Curtis Peebles
Auteur van Dark Eagles
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Veteran freelance writer & historian Curtis Peebles ("Dark Eagles," "Watch the Skies!," "The Corona Project," & "Guardians") lives on Palomar Mountain, California. He graduated from Cal State Long Beach in 1985 with a BA in history. A writer specializing in satellites, space flight, & military toon meer aviation, Mr. Peebles is also a fellow of the British Interplanetary Society & a frequent contributor to its journal, as well as "Space Education Magazine" & "Spaceflight Magazine." (Bowker Author Biography) toon minder
Fotografie: Curtis Peebles in 2004 [credit: Tom Tschida]
Werken van Curtis Peebles
Flying Without Wings (Smithsonian History of Aviation and Spaceflight) (1999) — Auteur — 20 exemplaren
Road to Mach 10: Lessons Learned from the X-43a Flight Research Program (Library of Flight Series) (2008) 11 exemplaren
Probing the Sky : Selected NACA Research Airplanes and Their Contributions to Flight (2014) 6 exemplaren
The Spoken Word II: Recollections of Dryden History, Beyond the Sky (Monographs in Aerospace History, No. 42) (2007) 3 exemplaren
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It covers all aspects from technical to politics and is a real tribute to many dedicated professionals and amateurs astronomers, geologist and other various scientists which are making history in asteroid and comets hunting. It also make me disappointed to know that the Southern hemisphere, were I live, is like a blind concerning the NEOs search effort.
Only one aspect prevent me too score 5 stars: In my opinion, the too long discussion on chapter 8 about he streetlights issue of San Diego.
A wonderful start book for anyone who intend to initiate in the NEOs study.… (meer)