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The Rocket Lab : Maurice Zucrow, Purdue University, and America's Race to Space

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Smith, Michael G.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: West Lafayette, IN : Purdue University Press, 2023.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo

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505 0 |a Cover -- The Rocket Lab -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- CONTENTS -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- Introduction: A Study in Professional Biography -- 1. Moishe Zucrow: An Emigrant's Life -- 2. Prime Movers: Purdue University and Its Power Plants -- 3. Research and Development: American Rockets for War -- 4. Jet Propulsion: The New Science of Rocket Engines -- 5. Project State: Guided Missiles for the Cold War -- 6. Satellite Visions: The Dilemmas of Space Exploration -- 7. Rocket Lab: Doc Zucrow and His Boys -- 8. Moon Race: Purdue's Pathways to Outer Space 
505 0 |a Epilogue: The Enduring Life of a Consultant -- Appendix 1: Zucrow PhD Students (as of 1965), With Graduation Dates and Positions -- Appendix 2: Career Paths and Contributions of Select Zucrow Students -- Appendix 3: Purdue Rocket Laboratory Courses Between 1946 and 1971 -- Notes -- Archival Sources -- Index -- About the Author 
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