Sourbès-Verger, Isabelle & Denis Borel
“Un empire très céleste: La Chine à la conquête de l’espace”
Dunod
2008
ISBN13: 978-2-100-51729-9
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“China Lunar Exploration Program”
Science Publishing
10/2007
ISBN-13: 978-7-030-20413-4
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? (Peter Peng?)
“Scientific Focus Series: Chang’e 1 (Spacecraft?)”
China Youth Press
10/2007
ISBN-13: 978-7-500-67957-8
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Wang Jiaji
“Chao Yue Guang Han - Yue Qiu Kai Fa De Mi Ren Qian Jing”
Ewen
10/2007
ISBN-13: 978-7-542-84116-2
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Librarian’s Note: I can’t read the text, but the imagery is an exploration of the concepts of Moonbases that have appeared in print and in fiction, leading ultimately to things like wormholes and interstellar spacecraft. I recognize a lot of science fiction images, though of course the overall preponderance of images in the book are NASA-related. Rombaut’s ‘Moon Hotel’ is in there as well. It comes across as a nice familiarization exercise in the idea of people not just visiting the Moon, but living and working at a base there as well, an admittedly ‘alien’ idea to most folks.
The whole series is quite well done from what I can understand of the charts, graphs and illustrations, and I would guess is aimed at about the talented high school/college level. These were found at the Chinese equivalents of a Barnes & Noble or Borders. (i.e. large bookstores in public shopping areas) I honestly can’t think of an in-print English-language Moon-related equivalent that I could pick up at my local bookstore to help inspire future workers in high-technology industries. Perhaps there’s a thing thing or three that we could learn from the Chinese about cultivating a future workforce.
Zou Yongliao
“Chang-e Ben Yue - Zhongguo De Tan Yue Fang Lue Ji Qi Shi Shi”
Ewen
10/2007
ISBN-13: 978-7-542-84115-5
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Zhang Hao
“Ao Xiang Jiu Tian - Cong Ren Zao Wei Xing Dao Yue Qiu Tan Ce Qi”
Ewen
10/2007
ISBN-13: 978-7-542-84114-8
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WANG Shijie
“Changong lansheng: renlei renshi de yueqiu shijie”
Ewen
10/2007
ISBN-13: 978-7-542-84112-4
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Librarian’s Note: I don’t yet read Chinese, so any help in providing the pinyin of the title and author(s) would be greatly appreciated.
NB: Thanks for the help! I roughly translate this as “Toad Palace See Win: Humanity Understands the High Price of Moon Sphere World”
Chang’e-1 (Spacecraft?)
1/45th Scale Model
CASC-CLEP
Librarian’s Note: I picked this one up at a really cool display on the Chinese Space Program at the Xidan bookstore in Beijing.
3D Moon Globe
Artemis
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Librarian’s Note: This appears to have been published in association with some institution, possibly the Beijing Planetarium, but not the Shanghai Science & Technology Museum where I picked it up. A neat little craftwork project for kids to assemble a cardstock Moon globe.
Moon Globe
Model No: ARYS316C/E-1
Artemis
Librarian’s Note: Sweeet! Found this at the Beijing Ancient Observatory. Labeled in Chinese, but includes the Apollo landing sites. It’s about the same size as my Replogle Moon Globe, maybe a bit larger. It is certainly of a much browner complexion than my other one. Definitely a nice addition to the Lunar Library.
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“Yueqiu Mima” (Moon Code)
Capital Normal University Press
10/2007
ISBN-13: 978-7-811-19172-1
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“To The Moon”
China Astronautic Publishing House
10/2007
ISBN-13: 978-7-802-18000-0
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Best of the Moon 2007 - Chinese Moon
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“Beautiful Moon”
China Youth Press
01/2006
ISBN: 7-500-66639-X
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Librarian’s Note: A nice find at the Beijing Ancient Observatory, this is drawn heavily from Rukl’s “Atlas of the Moon”. Comes with fold-out posters of the front and back sides of the Moon.
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“Proximity Moon”
SNSTP
09/2005
ISBN: 7-536-94013-0
Publisher’s Website
Librarian’s Note: This came with my Moon Globe. I’d call it a youth version of “Beautiful Moon” given their similarities.
Harvey, Brian
“China’s Space Program: From Conception to Manned Spaceflight”
Springer/Praxis
2004
ISBN: 1-852-33566-1
Johnson-Freese, Joan
“The Chinese Space Program: A Mystery Within a Maze”
Krieger Publishing Co.
1998
ISBN: 0-894-64062-3
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