{"id":5146,"date":"2017-05-02T07:30:28","date_gmt":"2017-05-02T11:30:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.lib.purdue.edu\/news\/?p=5146"},"modified":"2017-05-02T08:43:27","modified_gmt":"2017-05-02T12:43:27","slug":"james-r-hansen-to-helm-new-aeronautics-and-astronautics-book-series-with-purdue-university-press","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.lib.purdue.edu\/news\/2017\/05\/02\/james-r-hansen-to-helm-new-aeronautics-and-astronautics-book-series-with-purdue-university-press\/","title":{"rendered":"James R. Hansen to Helm New Aeronautics and Astronautics Book Series with Purdue University Press"},"content":{"rendered":"
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This release<\/a> was written and first appeared online by Purdue News Service on May 1, 2017.<\/em><\/p>\n

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. \u2014 A new book series from Purdue University Press will explore cutting-edge topics in aeronautics and astronautics enterprises, tell unique stories from the history of flight and space travel and contemplate the future of human space exploration and colonization.<\/p>\n

The series, \u201cPurdue Studies in Aeronautics and Astronautics<\/a>,\u201d will be edited by James R. Hansen, author of \u201cFirst Man: The Life of Neil A. Armstrong\u201d <\/i>(Simon & Schuster, 2005, 2012). Hansen, the authorized biographer of Neil A. Armstrong, in 2008 donated 55 hours of one-on-one tape-recorded interviews with the famed astronaut to the Purdue University Libraries\u2019 Division of Archives and Special Collections. \u201cFirst Man\u201d spent three weeks on The New York Times best-seller list. A new edition of \u201cFirst Man,\u201d from Simon & Schuster, is planned to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the lunar landing.<\/p>\n

“I am thrilled to edit such an innovative series for the Purdue University Press,” Hansen said. “These titles will build on past titles from Purdue and showcase Purdue’s deep connection with space travel and innovation.”<\/p>\n

The first title to be released in the series is \u201cPiercing the Horizon: The Story of Visionary NASA Chief Tom Paine<\/a>,\u201d by Sunny Tsiao.<\/p>\n

The book delivers new insights into the behind-the-scenes drama of the space race. Tsiao examines how Paine\u2019s days as a World War II submariner fighting in the Pacific shaped his vision for the future of humankind in space. The book tells of how Paine honed his skills as a pioneering materials engineer at the fabled postwar General Electric Co. in the 1950s, to his dealings inside the halls of NASA and with U.S. presidents Johnson, Nixon and later, the Reagan and Bush administrations.<\/p>\n

As robotic missions begin leaving Earth, Tsiao invites the reader to take another look at the plans that Paine articulated regarding how America could have had humans on Mars by the year 2000 as the first step to the exploration of deep space.\u00a0\u201cPiercing the Horizon\u201d\u00a0provides provocative context to current conversations on the case for reaching Mars, settling our solar system and continuing the exploration of space.<\/p>\n

“This series on aeronautics and astronautics that span from science and engineering to policies and the human spirit will inspire the next generation of pioneers, explorers, and champions to dream and achieve the impossible.\u00a0I cannot think of a better person to lead this exciting series than Jim Hanson,” said Tom Shih, head of the School of Aeronautics and Astronautics at Purdue.<\/p>\n

The series builds on Purdue University Press\u2019s recent successful titles, such as \u201cCalculated Risk: The Supersonic Life and Times of Gus Grissom<\/a>,\u201d by George Leopold (Purdue, 2016), and \u201cSpacewalker: My Journey in Space and Faith as NASA\u2019s Record-Setting Frequent Flyer<\/a>,\u201d by Jerry Ross with John Norberg (Purdue, 2013).<\/p>\n

\u00a0“An international research center and aeronautics and astronautics program like ours, with such a rich tradition and such active ongoing research, deserves a fine publishing program. It will not only celebrate our institutional and national heritage, but also our human heritage and, indeed, bring important new thinking to new audiences,\u201d said Peter Froehlich, director of Purdue University Press.” Our team is excited to be working with Jim Hansen on this new series for Purdue.”<\/p>\n

Writer:<\/strong> Megan Huckaby, 765-496-1325, mhuckaby@purdue.edu<\/a><\/p>\n

Sources:<\/strong> Peter Froehlich, 765-494-8251, pfroehli@purdue.edu<\/a><\/p>\n

Tom I-P. Shih, tomshih@purdue.edu<\/a><\/p>\n

James Hansen, hansejr@auburn.edu<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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