The Complete Book of Outer Space

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name = The Complete Book of Outer Space
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image_caption = Dust-jacket from the first book publication
author = edited by Jeffrey Logan
illustrator = Frank R. Paul et al
cover_artist = Chesley Bonestell
country = United States
language = English
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subject = Space exploration
publisher = Gnome Press
release_date = 1953
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media_type = Print (Hardback)
pages = 144 pp
isbn = NA
oclc = 6824625
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"The Complete Book of Outer Space" is a 1953 collection of essays about space exploration edited by Jeffrey Logan. It first appeared as a magazine, published by Maco Magazine Corp. The first book publication was by Gnome Press in 1953 in an edition of 3,000 copies.

Contents

* Preface, by Kenneth MacLeish
* "A Preview of the Future: Introduction", by Jeffrey Logan
* "Development of the Space Ship", by Willy Ley
* "Station in Space", by Werner Von Braun
* "Space Medicine", by Heinz Haber
* "Space Suits", by Donald H. Menzel
* "The High Altitude Program", by Robert P. Haviland
* "History of the Rocket Engine", by James H. Wyld
* "Legal Aspects of Space Travel", by Oscar Schachner
* "Exploitation of the Moon", by Hugo Gernsback
* "Life Beyond the Earth", by Willy Ley
* "Interstellar Flight", by Leslie R. Shepard
* "The Spaceship in Science Fiction", by Jeffrey Logan
* "Plea for a Coordinated Space Program", by Werner Von Braun
* "The Flying Saucer Myth", by Jeffrey Logan
* "The Panel of Experts"
* "Chart of the Moon Voyage"
* "Chart of the Voyage to Mars"
* "Timetables and Weights"
* "A Space Travel Dictionary"

References

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