U.S. space-launch vehicle technology : Viking to space shuttle / J.D. Hunley.
U.S. space-launch vehicle technology : Viking to space shuttle / J.D. Hunley.
U.S. space-launch vehicle technology : Viking to space shuttle / J.D. Hunley.
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Gainesville, FL : University Press of Florida, c2008.
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N629.47097/1
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English
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xiii, 453 p. : ill., map ; 24 cm.
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1. Viking and Vanguard, 1945-1959 -- 2. The Thor-Delta Family of Space-Launch Vehicles, 1958-1990 -- 3. The Atlas Space-Launch Vehicle and Its Upper Stages, 1958-1990 -- 4. The Scout Family of Space-Launch Vehicles, 1956-1990 -- 5. Saturn I through Saturn V, 1958-1975 -- 6. Titan Space-Launch Vehicl...
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Gainesville, FL : University Press of Florida, c2008.
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Florida
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c2008.
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"U.S. Space-Launch Vehicle Technology examines hardware designed explicitly for launching vehicles into space and traces the evolution of that technology from the early Vanguard through the space shuttle. Hunley looks at propulsion systems, structural issues, and guidance-and-control devices. He concludes that the major factors advancing the develo...
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U.S. space-launch vehicle technology : Viking to space shuttle / J.D. Hunley.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [403]-428) and index.
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c2008.
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N629.47097/1
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74VM8lPm2Amb
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VM8lPm2Amb
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0813031788 (alk. paper)
9780813031781 (alk. paper)
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629.470973
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991000313479702626
