What's so hard about rocket science? Secrets the rocket boys knew

Scientific and Technological Thinking

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 259-276

  Bradshaw, Gary ^a  

^a MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 33746232794     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9781410611314     Document Type: Chapter

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