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The program

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This chapter looks at how the current space program was constructed — its organization, institutes, architecture, infrastructure, ground facilities, cosmodromes, rockets, and rocket engines — starting with the people who made it all possible: the designers and their institutes.

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    Brian Harvey FBIS

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Harvey, B. (2013). The program. In: China in Space. Springer Praxis Books(). Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-5043-6_3

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