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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...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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London :
Imperial College Press,
2012.
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| Edición: | 2nd ed. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Acknowledgements; Chapter 1: Introduction; Places; The Royal Aircraft Establishment (RAE) at Farnborough; Rocket Propulsion Establishment (RPE) at Westcott; Spadeadam; Woomera; High Down; Political and Administrative Matters; Politics; The Air Ministry; The Ministry of Supply; Ministry of Defence; The Treasury; Politicians; Officials; Firms; Money values; Chapter 2: Rocket Motors; Rocket Motors in the UK; Snarler and Screamer; Delta; HTP; Hydrogen; Ion Motors; Solid Fuel Motors; Chapter 3: Rocket Interceptors; An Overview; Designs in Detail; The F138/SR53; Facts and Figures.
- The P177Chapter 4: Blue Steel; Chapter 5: Blue Streak
- The Origins; The Warhead; A Solid Fuel Design?; The Missile Design; Chapter 6: Blue Streak
- The 'Underground Launcher'; Chapter 7: Blue Streak
- The Cancellation; BND(SG); Origins of Skybolt; Unpopularity of Blue Streak; Chapter 8: BSSLV; A Liquid Hydrogen Stage; Blue Streak with a Centaur Upper Stage; Chapter 9: The European Launcher Development Organisation
- ELDO; The Political Failure of ELDO; Chapter 10: Europa; The Launches; F1; F2 and F3; F4; F5; F6/1; F6/2; F7; F8; F9; F10; F11; Improving Europa; Europa III.
- Chapter 11: Black KnightChapter 12: Black Knight and the Re-entry Experiments; Black Knight Launches; BK01; BK03; BK04; BK05; BK06; BK08; BK09; BK07; BK13; BK14; BK17; BK15; BK16; BK18; BK11; Project Dazzle; BK19; BK20; BK21; BK23; BK24; BK25; Summary of Black Knight Launches; Crusade and the 54-inch Black Knight; How Successful was Black Knight?; Was Black Knight Good Value for Money?; Chapter 13: Black Arrow; The Flights; R0
- 28 June 1968; R1
- 4 March 1970; R2
- 2 September 1970; R3
- 28 October 1971; The Cancellation; Black Arrow Improvements; Chapter 14: The 'Might Have Beens'
- A Black Knight IRBMCould Britain Have Launched an Astronaut into Orbit?; Alternative Histories; Chapter 15: Conclusions; Could the UK Once Again Become Involved in a Launcher Programme?; Appendix A: Original Documents; History of the Saunders Roe SR53 and SR177; K11 Underground Launcher; Use of Spadeadam for Space Firings; Space and the Future of The European Launcher Development Organisation (ELDO); Appendix B: A Black Knight Launcher?; Appendix C: Timeline; Further Reading; Archives; Index.