Overview
- Provides a comprehensive contemporary account of the Chinese space program set in a historical context
- Contains a listing of all Chinese launches and missions with tables of the different categories
- First book to focus on China's new space station, at a time when the ISS may be in its last decade of operation
Part of the book series: Springer Praxis Books (PRAXIS)
Part of the book sub series: Space Exploration (SPACEE)
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About this book
China’s space programme is one of the least well-known, but this book will bring the reader up to date with its mysteries, achievements and exciting plans. China has built a fleet of new, powerful Long March rockets, four launch bases, tracking stations at home and abroad, with gleaming new design and production facilities. China is poised to build a large, permanent space station, bring back lunar rocks, assemble constellations of communications satellites and send spaceships to Mars, the moons of Jupiter and beyond. A self-sustaining lunar base, Yuegong, has already been simulated. In space, China is the country to watch.
Reviews
“Brian has written a number of books on spaceflight for Springer and this new tome is an excellent addition to the stable.” (John Flannery, Orbit, Vol. 56 (1), 2021)
“Harvey's consistency in publishing on China's space program makes him an academic authority on Chinese space activities. … A read of Harvey's book provides an excellent opportunity to comprehensively understand the technology and projects of China's space program.” (Astropolitics, Vol. 18 (1), 2020)
“The most comprehensive and insightful review of the history, current status, and future plans of China’s space program is Brian Harvey’s most recent book, China in Space: The Great Leap Forward.” (Marsha Freeman, Quest, Vol. 27 (3), 2020)
“This is a worthy reference book as well as a good read and your reviewer has no reservations in recommending Brian Harvey’s latest magnum opus. It ishard to see it being outclassed by other works yet to be published on this subject.” (David Baker, Spaceflight, Vol. 62, September, 2020)
“Thanks for putting the effort into this indispensable tool for reading and studying. … This book is strongly recommended to all those newly-arrived young authors who find it fanciful to write about China's space programme on the web, but lack the knowledge and the understanding of the context.” (Jacqueline Myrrhe, GT Review, Issue 28, February 2020)
“This book should find a place equally well on the shelves of great libraries and the corridors of political power, as much as it will find its place on the shelves of all who are passionate about or interested in space exploration.” (Kevin Nolan, Astronomy Ireland, January, 2020)
Authors and Affiliations
About the author
Brian Harvey is a writer and broadcaster on space flight who lives in Dublin, Ireland. He has a degree in history and political science from Dublin University (Trinity College) and a MA from University College Dublin. His first book was Race into space – the Soviet space programme (Ellis Horwood, 1988), followed by further books on the Russian, Chinese, European, Indian and Japanese space programs. His books and chapters have been translated into Russian, Chinese and Korean.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: China in Space
Book Subtitle: The Great Leap Forward
Authors: Brian Harvey
Series Title: Springer Praxis Books
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-19588-5
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Physics and Astronomy, Physics and Astronomy (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2019
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-19587-8Published: 18 October 2019
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-19588-5Published: 08 October 2019
Edition Number: 2
Number of Pages: XII, 552
Number of Illustrations: 6 b/w illustrations, 225 illustrations in colour
Topics: Popular Science in Technology, Aerospace Technology and Astronautics, Space Sciences (including Extraterrestrial Physics, Space Exploration and Astronautics), History of China