To Reach the High Frontier : A History of U.S. Launch Vehicles /

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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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Detalles Bibliográficos
Otros Autores: Jenkins, Dennis R., Launius, Roger D.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Lexington, Ky. : University Press of Kentucky, 2002.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Rocketry.
Launch vehicles (Astronautics)
HISTORY > United States > 20th Century.
Fuseologie > États-Unis > Histoire.
Lanceurs (Astronautique) > États-Unis > Histoire.
Rocketry > United States > History.
Launch vehicles (Astronautics) > United States > History.
United States.
History.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario: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 histories of the various space access vehicles developed in the United States since the birth of the space age in 1957. Each case study has been written by a specialist knowledgeable about the vehicle described and places each system in the larger context of the history of spaceflight. The technic.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (528 pages): illustrations
ISBN:9780813148076

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