Rocketing Into the Future The History and Technology of Rocket Planes /

Rocketing into the Future journeys into the exciting world of rocket planes, examining the exotic concepts and actual flying vehicles that have been devised over the last one hundred years. Lavishly illustrated with over 150 photographs, it recounts the history of rocket planes from the early pionee...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: van Pelt, Michel (Autor)
Autor Corporativo: SpringerLink (Online service)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Springer, 2012.
Edición:1st ed. 2012.
Colección:Space Exploration,
Temas:
Aerospace engineering.
Astronautics.
Astronomy.
Solar system.
Aerospace Technology and Astronautics.
Astronomy, Cosmology and Space Sciences.
Space Physics.
Acceso en línea:Texto Completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Illustrations
  • Author's preface
  • Chapter 1: Introduction
  • Chapter 2: A crash course in rocket plane design
  • Chapter 3: Germany's wonder weapons
  • Chapter 4: Non-German wartime rocket fighters
  • Chapter 5: The rise and fall of the rocket interceptor
  • Chapter 6: Breaking the barrier
  • Chapter 7: Rocket plane spaceflight
  • Chapter 8: Future spaceplanes
  • Chapter 9: Joyriding a rocket plane
  • Chapter 10: Man versus robot
  • Chapter 11: Conclusions
  • Appendix: Aircraft maximum velocity and altitude evolution
  • Bibliography
  • Index.

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