Careers in Space

When and how will the United States overleap the triumphs of the Russians in space.Here is a book about the Space Race--not merely this years race or even next years but about that race in the decade and more to come. The predictions of leading space authorities are used by the distinguished author to provide a blueprint of the projects already underway and planned which can in the next ten years move this country into the forefront of exploration on the space frontier.In this painstakingly compiled yet lively and profusely illustrates volume Otto O. Binder describes pioneering work on the giant chemical boosters manned space stations and follow-on space vehicles intended to visit the moon Venus and Mars.