To reach the high frontier : a history of U.S. launch vehicles /
Access -- no single word better describes the primary concern of the exploration and development of space. Every participant in space activities -- civil, military, scientific, or commercial -- needs affordable, reliable, frequent, and flexible access to space. To Reach the High Frontier details the...
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| Other Authors / Creators: | Launius, Roger D. Jenkins, Dennis R. |
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| Format: | eBook Electronic |
| Language: | English |
| Language notes: | English. |
| Imprint: | Lexington, Ky. : University Press of Kentucky, ©2002. |
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| Online Access: | Click here for full text at Project MUSE at Project MUSE |
Table of 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.