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01983aam a2200373Ii 4500 001 DC3D887A166311EA9B100A4E97128E48 003 SILO 005 20191204010031 008 181015s2019 nyua b 001 0deng d 010 $a 2019936734 020 $a 1610398718 020 $a 9781610398718 035 $a (OCoLC)1056780266 040 $a YDX $b eng $e rda $c YDX $d BDX $d OCLCQ $d ORX $d BYP $d UAP $d JNE $d BYV $d TOH $d OCLCF $d CLE $d SILO 050 4 $a TL781.8 U5 M23 2019 100 1 $a MacDonald, Fraser, $d 1972- $e author. 245 10 $a Escape from Earth : $b a secret history of the space rocket / $c Fraser MacDonald. 250 $a First US edition. 264 1 $a New York, NY : $b PublicAffairs, $c 2019. 300 $a 371 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : $b illustrations ; $c 25 cm 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 520 $a 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. 600 10 $a Malina, Frank J. 600 10 $a Parsons, Jack, $d 1914-1952 $x Friends and associates. 610 20 $a Jet Propulsion Laboratory (U.S.) $x History. 650 0 $a Rocketry $z United States $x History $y 20th century. 650 0 $a Astronautics $z United States $x History $y 20th century. 650 0 $a Communism $z United States $x History $y 20th century. 650 0 $a Occultism $z United States $x History. 648 7 $a 1900-1999 $2 fast 941 $a 1 952 $l USUX851 $d 20220105015348.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=DC3D887A166311EA9B100A4E97128E48 994 $a C0 $b IWAInitiate Another SILO Locator Search