Charles Ira Coombs (1914–1994)
Auteur van Project Apollo: Mission to the Moon
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Young Readers Baseball Mystery: Sleuth At Shortstop (Young Readers Bookshelf, 22) (1955) 5 exemplaren
Aerospace Power 3 exemplaren
Young Readers Water Sports Stories 3 exemplaren
Young Reader's Mystery Stories 2 exemplaren
Project Mercury 2 exemplaren
Ranch Mystery 2 exemplaren
Young Readers Football Stories 1 exemplaar
Baseball Stories 1 exemplaar
Young Readers Atom Mystery 1 exemplaar
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- Coombs, Charles Ira
- Geboortedatum
- 1914-06-27
- Overlijdensdatum
- 1994-02-20
- Geslacht
- male
- Nationaliteit
- USA
- Geboorteplaats
- Los Angeles, California, USA
- Plaats van overlijden
- Los Angeles, California, USA
- Woonplaatsen
- Los Angeles, California, USA
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- 82
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- 2
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- 443
- Populariteit
- #55,291
- Waardering
- 3.9
- Besprekingen
- 6
- ISBNs
- 51
- Talen
- 1
look at the human factors involved in the rapidly expanding field of terrestrial flight. Much of his material does cover the work being done to study the possibilities of space flight and this includes chapters on the G- load experiments of Col. Stapp as well as the psychological factors men must consider when floating in space. But for the most part his text is an excitingly presented consideration of test planes now being developed, of physical and mechanical problems tangential to flying beyond the speed of sound, of possibilities for civilian travel as well as military endeavors, of experiments such as the convertiplane (which may revolutionize air travel) and the pogo stick. A good layman's introduction made interesting by its suspenseful style and its speculations on the effect of machinery on man.… (meer)