Overview
Explores the lives of pioneers in Italy’s history in space
Recounts the history of Italian space exploration
Discusses recent developments and future prospects
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Table of contents (13 chapters)
Keywords
- role of the Italian Space Agency to science and exploration
- pioneers and visionaries of the twentieth century
- italian space exploration
- italian rocket
- Italian Space Agency
- role of Italy in major international space programmes
- International Space Station (ISS)
- italian satellites
- italian austronauts
- Eldo project
- Sirio project
- Vega rocket
- Luigi Broglio
- ESA and ASI
- NASA and ASI
About this book
This well-documented and fascinating book tells how, over the centuries, a series of visionaries, scientists, technologists, and politicians fostered the involvement of Italy in space exploration. The lives of these pioneers was often far from easy, yet they persevered. The fruits of their efforts can today be witnessed in Italy’s success within the cutting-edge space sector. Italy’s history in space started at the end of the fourteenth century and continued with the development of fireworks. Later, the nineteenth century marked the beginning of research into rockets in a more scientific way. After World War II, rocket technology was advanced with the aid of German scientists, and in the 1960s Luigi Broglio, the father of Italian space exploration, designed the San Marco satellite. In 1979 the first Italian Space Plan was launched, but it was the foundation of the Italian Space Agency in 1988 that kick-started a program of exploration in various fields of cosmic research. The outcome was construction of the Vega launcher and collaboration in the International Space Station. Now the Italian space industry stands ready to play an important role in the Gateway orbital station. All of this history, and more, is explored in this riveting book.
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Book Title: A History of the Italian Space Adventure
Book Subtitle: Pioneers and Achievements from the XIVth Century to the Present
Authors: Giovanni Caprara
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-73987-8
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Physics and Astronomy, Physics and Astronomy (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2020
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-73986-1Published: 25 June 2020
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-73987-8Published: 24 June 2020
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIV, 390
Number of Illustrations: 48 b/w illustrations, 101 illustrations in colour
Topics: Popular Science in Astronomy, Space Sciences (including Extraterrestrial Physics, Space Exploration and Astronautics), History of Science, Aerospace Technology and Astronautics, Public Policy