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Author:

Jurek, Richard author.

Title:

The ultimate engineer : the remarkable life of NASA's visionary leader George M. Low / Richard Jurek ; foreword by Gerald D. Griffin.

Publisher:

University of Nebraska Press,

Copyright Date:

2019

Description:

xii, 285 pages, 26 unnumbered pages of plates ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Low, George M.,--1926-1984.
United States.--National Aeronautics and Space Administration--Officials and employees--Biography.
Low, George M.,--1926-1984.
United States.--National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Aeronautical engineers--United States--Biography.
Outer space--Exploration--United States.
Aeronautical engineers.
Employees.
Exploration of outer space.
Outer space.
United States.
Biographies.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

New beginnings -- A man in space, soonest -- Toward a worthy goal -- The longest days -- Post-Apollo -- Giving back to the future.

Series:

Outward odyssey. A people's history of spaceflight

ISBN:

0803299559
9780803299559

OCLC:

(OCoLC)1089882697

LCCN:

2019005751

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

SAPG074 -- Cedar Falls Public Library (Cedar Falls)