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9780813122458

To Reach the High Frontier

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  • ISBN13:

    9780813122458

  • ISBN10:

    0813122457

  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 2002-11-15
  • Publisher: Univ Pr of Kentucky

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Summary

" 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.

Table of Contents

Introduction: Episodes in the Evolution of Launch Vehicle Technology 1(32)
Roger D. Launius
Rocketry and the Origins of Space Flight
33(37)
Ray A. Williamson
Roger D. Launius
Stage-and-a-Half: The Atlas Launch Vehicle
70(33)
Dennis R. Jenkins
Delta: The Ultimate Thor
103(44)
Kevin S. Forsyth
Titan: Some Heavy Lifting Required
147(39)
Roger D. Launius
History and Development of U.S. Small Launch Vehicles
186(43)
Matt Bille
Pat Johnson
Robyn Kane
Erika R. Lishock
Minuteman and the Development of Solid Rocket Launch Technology
229(72)
J.D. Hunley
The Biggest of Them All: Reconsidering the Saturn V
301(33)
Ray A. Williamson
Taming Liquid Hydrogen: The Centaur Saga
334(23)
Virginia P. Dawson
Broken in Midstride: Space Shuttle as a Launch Vehicle
357(58)
Dennis R. Jenkins
Eclipsed by Tragedy: The Fated Mating of the Shuttle and Centaur
415(28)
Mark D. Bowles
The Quest for Reusability
443(27)
Andrew J. Butrica
Epilogue: ``To the Very Limit of Our Ability'': Reflections on Forty Years of Military-Civil Partnership in Space Launch
470(32)
David N. Spires
Rick W. Sturdevant
Notes on Contributors 502(3)
Index 505

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