[FPSPACE] New Roscosmos publication
Jakob Terweij
japio at dds.nl
Sat Nov 3 11:08:10 EST 2007
Its a book that is issued every year . So I have the one from last
year for sale.
Its only available at roscosmos >So you need to have friends. Now you
understand why I go so often to Russia. Without friends I dont have
any info.
Jakob
PS any one interested in a picture of the new Sputnik monument in
Korolov. I have not seen it on the net.
Quoting David Woods <drwoods1 at earthlink.net>:
> Folks,
>
> The Russian Federal Space Agency, Roscosmos, has just put out a new book
> with a lot of interesting information.
>
> Title: Roscosmos
> ISBN 5-94141-010-7
> RESTART Publishing House
> Phone: (495) 631 80 79
> Fax: ( 495) 631 83 87
>
> "This book focuses on the issues concerned with the Russian
> Federation's civilian space activities. The Federal Space Agency
> (Roscosmos) plays a key role in the planning and implementation of
> the national space program. This publication also attempts to look
> into the future and project where Russian space activities will be
> in the years to come"
>
> An online PFD file has the index of contents on pages 1-5, plus pages
> 222-225 showing some of the contents.
> http://www.aerocosmos.ru/files/Roscosmos_Book_TOC.pdf
>
> My copy of the English edition is 239 pages long and filled with a mix
> of text, tables, and illustrations that go through all of the civilian
> facilities, launch vehicles, and different spacecraft programs: past,
> present and planned future, as well as key personalities. There are
> illustrations of all of these, some of which I have never seen before,
> such as the planned three additional Russian module additions for the
> International Space Station. The publisher indicates that it has
> printed only 2000 copies of the English edition so it may be a little
> difficult locating a copy.
>
> Dave
>
>
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