[FPSPACE] New Roscosmos publication

[David Woods]

Folks,

I went back and looked at the PDF file and it is for the 2005 edition.  
The English language edition that I just received is the 2007 edition, 
which I assume has just come off the presses. 

Dave

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Subject: 	Re: [FPSPACE] New Roscosmos publication
Date: 	Sat, 03 Nov 2007 17:08:10 +0100
From: 	Jakob Terweij <japio at dds.nl>
To: 	David Woods <drwoods1 at earthlink.net>
CC: 	fpspace at friends-partners.org
References: 	<472C81E1.5040000 at earthlink.net>



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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