Canada's fifty years in space; the COSPAR anniversary.9781894959728 Canada's fifty years in space; the COSPAR COSPAR Committee On Space Research anniversary. Shepherd, Gordon and Agnes Kruchio. Apogee Books 2008 280 pages $26.95 Paperback Apogee Books space series; 71 TL789 Shepherd (earth and space science, York U.) and Kruchio, the founding editor of an online academic journal on technology and culture, have written this commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the Canadian space program to celebrate the first meeting of COSPAR (Committee on Space Research) in 1958. The authors describe COSPAR's intentions of being fully functional by the time of the International Geophysical Year International Geophysical Year (IGY), 18-month period from July, 1957, through Dec., 1958, during a period of maximum sunspot activity, designated for cooperative study of the solar-terrestrial environment by the scientists of 67 nations. in 1958, and how the Canadian space program was formalized for·mal·ize tr.v. for·mal·ized, for·mal·iz·ing, for·mal·iz·es 1. To give a definite form or shape to. 2. a. To make formal. b. in 1989 by the creation of the Canadian Space Agency The Canadian Space Agency (CSA or, in French, l'Agence spatiale canadienne, ASC) is the Canadian government space agency responsible for Canada's space program. It was established in March 1989 by the Canadian Space Agency Act and sanctioned in December 1990. . General audiences interested in space exploration will enjoy the color photographs from missions such as ISIS-II and Radarsat-1, explicit descriptions of COSPAR collaborations with NASA NASA: see National Aeronautics and Space Administration. NASA in full National Aeronautics and Space Administration Independent U.S. and the actual anniversary celebration held in Montreal in July 2008. ([c]20082005 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR) |
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