The rocket starts. The history of space development that you did not know. Luke Perry

The history of space development is not only from heroes and achievements, but also (first of all!) From stupid mistakes, failures and household turmoil. Astrophysicist and popularizer of science on Luka Perry without embellishment tells about the inside of space travel and the life of astronauts.

How was the ordinary yard dog in the earth's orbit?

Why can you drown in space... < /p>

How is the toilet on the spaceship arranged?

How to return from the moon with a felt -tip pen?

The answers to these and other unusual questions will you learn from the book. As they say, let's go!

for whom this book is:

for adolescents who are interested in popular science literature in general and space in particular.

for parents who are They want the child to combine pleasant with useful: he studied, having fun.

from the author:

there are hardly in the world there are many those who are not at all attracted by the idea of ​​traveling aboard a spacecraft. Those who exclaim: “Cosmos? Fu, what a muck! " Those who, in response to my question, only scornfully snort and energetically grind their heads.

When they tell you that the astronaut is the most exciting profession in the world, when they assure that there is nothing more beautiful than flights to space, When they say that not a single astronaut for a second regretted his choice and any achievements in space were forever imprinted in human memory... Know, they are trying to circle you around a finger. Because there is a lot of things that they try to hide from you. And what they will not talk about for anything.