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Escape From Earth: A Secret History of the Space Rocket by Fraser MacDonald
Engrossing history of the US space programme's radical pioneers
Space pioneer: Frank Malina with a WAC Corporal rocket
MATTHEW HAWKINS rakes through un-fancy words and flair-free summaries to find who and what might be flamboyant
PETER MASON is exhilarated by an exciting, well-considered and historically minded tribute to the great Trinidadian instrument
Reducing historical lives to ‘male’ and ‘female’ roles, we lose the nuance of those lives and a clearer understanding of past societies, suggests CLAIRE ISABELLA GILMOUR
CHRIS SEARLE relishes the genius of pianist Alexander Hawkins, his many ensembles, and his new album
WITH the 50th anniversary of the lunar landings being currently marked, the rocket is capturing the imagination once again.
But, as Fraser MacDonald’s book reveals, the rocket that propelled the Apollo mission to the moon had its precursors.
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