文档介绍：Escaping the Bonds of Earth
The Fifties and the Sixties
Ben Evans
Escaping the Bonds of
Earth
The Fifties and the Sixties
Published in association with
Praxis Publishing
Chichester, UK
Ben Evans
Space Writer
Atherstone
Warwickshire
UK
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To Michelle
Contents
Illustrations .................................................... xi
Author's preface.................................................xv
Acknowledgements .............................................. xvii
1. From the East................................................1
Contrasts ...................................................1
Veil of secrecy ...............................................3
`Star sailors' ....................................