Single Stage to Orbit: Politics, Space Technology, and the Quest for Reusable Rocketry
Awards:   Winner of Michael C. Robinson Prize for Historical Analysis 2005 (United States)
Author:   Andrew J. Butrica (Historical Consultant)
Publisher:   Johns Hopkins University Press
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9780801873386


Pages:   288
Publication Date:   21 January 2004
Recommended Age:   From 17
Format:   Hardback
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  • Winner of Michael C. Robinson Prize for Historical Analysis 2005 (United States)

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Author:   Andrew J. Butrica (Historical Consultant)
Publisher:   Johns Hopkins University Press
Imprint:   Johns Hopkins University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.544kg
ISBN:  

9780801873386


ISBN 10:   080187338
Pages:   288
Publication Date:   21 January 2004
Recommended Age:   From 17
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   To order   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

Acknowledgments Chronology Introduction Part I: The Conservative Agenda for Space 1. The Reagan Revolution 2. Commerce on the High Frontier 3. Space Warriors Part II: The Quest 4. X-30: The Cold War SSTO 5. Space Visionaries Part III: The Space Ship Experimental 6. Launching the SSX 7. The SDIO SSTO Program Part IV: Spaceship Wars 8. W(h)ither SSTO? 9. The Disorder of Things 10. The Clipper Graham Conclusion Appendix Notes Bibliographic Essay Index

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<p>A history of one particular aspect of US space history -- the attempt to develop a single-stage-to-orbit launcher... it is a story of muddle and waste... Butrica provides a competent and readable account of this debacle, which concentrates on the small research vehicle, DC-X.--D. M. Ashford Times Literary Supplement (01/01/0001)


<p> A history of one particular aspect of US space history -- the attempt to develop a single-stage-to-orbit launcher... it is a story of muddle and waste... Butrica provides a competent and readable account of this debacle, which concentrates on the small research vehicle, DC-X. -- D. M. Ashford, Times Literary Supplement


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Andrew J. Butrica, a historical consultant, is the author of, among other works, To See the Unseen: A History of Planetary Radar Astronomy, which won the 1998 Richard W. Leopold Prize awarded by the Organization of American Historians.

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