Bibliograph

Escape from Earth, a secret history of the space rocket, Fraseer MacDonald

Type

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Escape from Earth, a secret history of the space rocket, Fraseer MacDonald

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

resource.biographical

contains biographical information

Illustrations

platesillustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Escape from Earth

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

1056780266

Responsibility statement

Fraseer MacDonald

Sub title

a secret history of the space rocket

Summary

Tells the story of engineering student Frank Malina and his friend, explosives enthusiast Jack Parsons. Together, they embarked on a journey that took them from junk yards and desert lots to the heights of the military-industrial complex. Malina designed the first American rocket to reach space and established the Jet Propulsion Laboratory. But trouble found him when the FBI suspected him of being a communist. And when some classified documents went missing, Malina was thrust into the center of an increasingly serious investigation

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