T plus twenty five years: A defense of the apollo program

JBIS - Journal of the British Interplanetary Society

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 71-79

  Lowman Jr , Paul D ^a  

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLD WARS; DEPARTMENT OF HEALTHS; INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS; LANDING MISSION; LANDSAT; LUNAR ORBITER; TECHNOLOGICAL PROGRESS; TEST PROJECTS;

MICROELECTRONICS; MOON; TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER;

SOFTWARE TESTING;

EID: 0344629961     PISSN: 0007084X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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