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To reach the high frontier : a history of U.S. launch vehicles
- Title
- To reach the high frontier : a history of U.S. launch vehicles / edited by Roger D. Launius and Dennis R. Jenkins.
- Publication
- Lexington, Ky. : University Press of Kentucky, ©2002.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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| Text | Use in library | TL785.8.L3 T6 2002 | Off-site |
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- Description
- 519 pages : illustrations; 24 cm
- Summary
- "To Reach the High Frontier details the histories of the various launch vehicles developed in the United States since the birth of the space age in 1957." "This book presents case studies in the history of all the major rockets built by the United States. Each study has been written by a specialist knowledgeable about the vehicle described and places each system in the larger context of the history of space flight. To Reach the High Frontier promises to aid in the effort to resolve the launch vehicle problem, offering a comprehensive history and analysis of rocket development and suggesting remarkable new directions for future efforts."--BOOK JACKET.
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- History.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- Introduction: Episodes in the evolution of launch vehicle technology / Roger D. Launius -- Rocketry and the origins of space flight / Ray A. Williamson and Roger D. Launius -- Stage-and-a-half: the atlas launch vehicle / Dennis R. Jenkins -- Delta: the ultimate Thor / Kevin S. Forsyth -- Titan: some heavy lifting required / Roger D. Launius -- History and development of U.S. small launch vehicles / Matt Bille, Pat Johnson, Robyn Kane [and others] -- Minuteman and the development of solid rocket launch technology / J.D. Hunley -- The biggest of them all: reconsidering the Saturn V / Ray A. Williamson -- Taming liquid hydrogen: the Centaur saga / Virginia P. Dawson -- Broken in midstride: Space Shuttle as a launch vehicle / Dennis R. Jenkins -- Eclipsed by tragedy: the fated mating of the Shuttle and Centaur / Mark D. Bowles -- The quest for usability / Andrew J. Butrica -- Epilogue: "To the very limit of our ability" : reflections on forty years of military-civil partnership in space launch / David N. Spires and Rick W. Sturdevant.
- ISBN
- 0813122457
- 9780813122458
- LCCN
- 2002011433
- OCLC
- ocm49873630
- 49873630
- SCSB-1313318
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library