Rocketeers and Gentlemen Engineers : A History of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics-- and What Came Before

by Crouch, Tom D.; Aldrin, Buzz

• ISBN13: 9781563476686
• ISBN10: 1563476681
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2006-01-05
• Publisher: Amer Inst of Aeronautics &

Table of Contents

Introduction and Acknowledgments	xi
Creating a Profession: The Prehistory of the Institute of the Aeronautical Sciences, 1881--1928	1	(24)
The Rocketeers: The American Rocket Society, 1930--1940	25	(28)
Organizing a Profession: The Institute of the Aeronautical Sciences, 1928--1935	53	(20)
Coming of Age: The Institute of the Aeronautical Sciences, 1935--1945	73	(26)
Turning Professional: The American Rocket Society, 1941--1952	99	(22)
Engineering the Space Age: The American Rocket Society, 1953--1958	121	(30)
Years of Victory and Growth: The Institute of the Aeronautical Sciences, 1945--1957	151	(30)
The Merger and Beyond: IAS, ARS, AIAA, 1957--1980	181	(30)
AIAA, 1980--2003	211	(20)
Bibliography	231	(6)
Appendix A Presidents of the ARS, IAS, and AIAA	237	(4)
Appendix B Award Recipients of the ARS, IAS, and AIAA	241	(36)
Appendix C ARS Rocket Designs	277	(8)
Index	285	(8)
Supporting Materials	293