To Reach the High Frontier

Author:   Roger D Launius (National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution) ,  Dennis R Jenkins
Publisher:   University Press of Kentucky
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9781322596181


Pages:   528
Publication Date:   01 January 2015
Format:   Electronic book text
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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 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 technical challenge of reaching space with chemical rockets, the high costs associated with space launch, the long lead times necessary for scheduling flights, and the poor reliability of the rockets themselves show launch vehicles to be the space program's most difficult challenge.

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Author:   Roger D Launius (National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution) ,  Dennis R Jenkins
Publisher:   University Press of Kentucky
Imprint:   University Press of Kentucky
ISBN:  

9781322596181


ISBN 10:   1322596182
Pages:   528
Publication Date:   01 January 2015
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Electronic book text
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In stock   Availability explained
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Until now, no single book has addresses the parallel and intersecting histories of American launch vehicles.... Includes a chapter on every American launch vehicle used to access space since 1957: Atlas, Delta, Titan, Minuteman, Saturn V, Centaur, and the shuttle. -- Technology and Culture


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