Virtual Apollo: A Pictorial Essay of the Engineering and Construction of the Apollo Command and Service Modules: Apogee Books Space Series 30 (Apogee Books Space Series)

Virtual Apollo: A Pictorial Essay of the Engineering and Construction of the Apollo Command and Service Modules: Apogee Books Space Series 30 (Apogee Books Space Series)
by Scott Sullivan

List Price: ~~$24.95~~
Our Price: $14.96
You Save: $9.99 (40%)
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Buy Used: from $14.42 (click here)
Category: Book
See more book details and other editions

Compare Prices for Virtual Apollo: A Pictorial Essay of the Engineering and Construction of the Apollo Command and Service Modules: Apogee Books Space Series 30 (Apogee Books Space Series)

Buy this book at online book store in your country
Canada | UK | Germany | France

Book Summary Information

Author: Scott Sullivan
Foreword: Tom Hanks
Edition: Paperback
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 2003-02-01
ISBN: 1896522947
Number of pages: 128
Publisher: Collector's Guide Publishing, Inc.

Book Reviews of Virtual Apollo: A Pictorial Essay of the Engineering and Construction of the Apollo Command and Service Modules: Apogee Books Space Series 30 (Apogee Books Space Series)

Book Review: Two Engineering Marvels!
Summary: 5 Stars

The Service Module and Command module are incredibly complex engineering marvels that carried the Apollo astronauts to the moon (and back) in the harsh space environment. The command module also brought the astronauts through the earth's atmosphere safely home. As an engineer by education and experience I find these vehicles breathe taking.

It is fascinating to see the complexity of all the systems on the vehicles. Extremely well illustrated, this book provides an excellent overview into the work that went into developing them. One can see by the sophistication of the vehicles that the training necessary for the astronauts to competently operate them was serious business. Even more amazing is that this is just the high level view of these vehicles. Each of the systems: Radar, propulsions, life support, instrumentation (and more) have many more layers of complexity!

This book and Virtual LM a about the lunar module (also written by Scott Sullivan) are both worth the read for anyone interested in the space program or engineering marvels, or both!

The Re-Discovery of Common Sense: A Guide to: The Lost Art of Critical Thinking

Virtual LM: A Pictorial Essay of the Engineering and Construction of the Apollo Lunar Module: Apogee Books Space Series 47 (Apogee Books Space Series)

Write your own review

More Virtual Apollo: A Pictorial Essay of the Engineering and Construction of the Apollo Command and Service Modules: Apogee Books Space Series 30 (Apogee Books Space Series) reviews:
1 2 3 4 5 6

Summary of Virtual Apollo: A Pictorial Essay of the Engineering and Construction of the Apollo Command and Service Modules: Apogee Books Space Series 30 (Apogee Books Space Series)

With this book readers can become acquainted with the Apollo spacecraft in detail and learn the story of its design and construction.

General Books

Book Subjects

Most talked about in Great Books about the Early US Space Program

Apollo : An Eyewitness Account By Astronaut/ Explorer Artist/ Moonwalker
by Alan Bean, Andrew Chaikin
The Greenwich Workshop Press; Published: 1998-01-10; Hardcover; Book
Best price: $75.40

Virtual Apollo: A Pictorial Essay of the Engineering and Construction of the Apollo Command and Service Modules: Apogee Books Space Series 30 (Apogee Books Space Series)
by Scott Sullivan
Collector's Guide Publishing, Inc.; Published: 2003-02-01; Paperback; Book
Best price: $14.94
Price in other shops: ~~$24.95~~

Virtual LM: A Pictorial Essay of the Engineering and Construction of the Apollo Lunar Module: Apogee Books Space Series 47 (Apogee Books Space Series)
by Scott P. Sullivan
Collector's Guide Publishing, Inc.; Published: 2004-10-01; Paperback; Book
Best price: $88.87

The Real Space Cowboys (Apogee Books Space Series)
by Ed Buckbee, Wally Schirra
Collector's Guide Publishing, Inc.; Published: 2005-05-01; Paperback; Book
Best price: $18.78
Price in other shops: ~~$29.95~~

The Unbroken Chain: Apogee Books Space Series 20 (Apogee Books Space Series)
by Guenter Wendt, Russell Still
Collector's Guide Publishing Inc; Published: 2001-10-01; Hardcover; Book
Best price: $99.95

A Man on the Moon: The Voyages of the Apollo Astronauts
by Andrew Chaikin
Penguin (Non-Classics); Published: 2007-08-28; Paperback; Book
Best price: $5.90
Price in other shops: ~~$18.00~~

The Last Man on the Moon: Astronaut Eugene Cernan and America's Race in Space
by Eugene Cernan, Donald A. Davis
St. Martin's Griffin; Published: 2009-06-23; Paperback; Book
Best price: $3.83
Price in other shops: ~~$15.95~~

Failure is not an Option: Mission Control from Mercury to Apollo 13 and Beyond
by Gene Kranz
Berkley Trade; Published: 2001-05-01; Paperback; Book
Best price: $4.59
Price in other shops: ~~$16.00~~

Similar Books and other products

From the Earth to the Moon - The Signature Edition
HANKS,TOM; Release date: 2005-09-20; DVD
Best price: $18.47
Price in other shops: ~~$59.98~~

Moon Lander: How We Developed the Apollo Lunar Module
by Thomas J. Kelly
Smithsonian; Published: 2001-03-17; Hardcover; Book
Best price: $16.67
Price in other shops: ~~$27.95~~

Saturn (Apogee Books Space Series)
by Alan Lawrie
Collector's Guide Publishing, Inc.; Published: 2005-07-01; Paperback; Book
Best price: $26.43
Price in other shops: ~~$27.95~~

How Apollo Flew to the Moon (Springer Praxis Books / Space Exploration)
by W. David Woods
Praxis; Published: 2008-01-08; Paperback; Book
Best price: $16.41
Price in other shops: ~~$29.95~~

In the Shadow of the Moon
Image Entertainment; Release date: 2008-02-22; DVD
Best price: $12.84
Price in other shops: ~~$19.99~~

Apollo: The Definitive Sourcebook (Springer Praxis Books / Space Exploration)
by Richard W. Orloff, David M. Harland
Springer; Published: 2006-04-27; Paperback; Book
Best price: $43.67
Price in other shops: ~~$54.95~~

Stages to Saturn: A Technological History of the Apollo/ Saturn Launch Vehicles
by ROGER BILSTEIN
University Press of Florida; Published: 2003-09-19; Paperback; Book
Best price: $21.95
Price in other shops: ~~$39.95~~

Digital Apollo: Human and Machine in Spaceflight
by David A. Mindell
MIT Press; Published: 2008-05-31; Hardcover; Book
Best price: $18.48
Price in other shops: ~~$29.95~~

Building Moonships: The Grumman Lunar Module (Images of America: New York)
by Joshua Stoff
Arcadia Publishing; Published: 2004-06-23; Paperback; Book
Best price: $11.99
Price in other shops: ~~$19.99~~