A vertical empire : history of the British rocketry programme /

A Vertical Empire provides a description of the British rocketry and space programme from the 1950s to 1970s, detailing the Medium Range Ballistic Missile Blue Streak and its conversion to a satellite launcher as part of the European Launcher Development Organisation (ELDO). This extensively revised...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Hill, C. N.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: London : Imperial College Press, 2012.
Edición:2nd ed.
Temas:
Astronautics > Great Britain > History.
Rocketry > Great Britain > History.
Astronautique > Grande-Bretagne > Histoire.
Fuséologie > Grande-Bretagne > Histoire.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Aeronautics & Astronautics.
Astronautics
Rocketry
Mechanical Engineering.
Engineering & Applied Sciences.
Aeronautics Engineering & Astronautics.
Great Britain
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario:A Vertical Empire provides a description of the British rocketry and space programme from the 1950s to 1970s, detailing the Medium Range Ballistic Missile Blue Streak and its conversion to a satellite launcher as part of the European Launcher Development Organisation (ELDO). This extensively revised second edition includes material only made available in the past ten years and the text is supplemented by numerous photographs, sketches and statistics. The all-British satellite Black Arrow is described, as well as the research rocket Black Knight, the Blue Steel missile and the rocket powered in.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (viii, 379 pages)
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781848167650
1848167652

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