An edition of Rockets, missiles, and space travel (1951)

Rockets, missiles, and space travel.

The up-to-tomorrow story of rocket development and space travel prospects

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An edition of Rockets, missiles, and space travel (1951)

Rockets, missiles, and space travel.

The up-to-tomorrow story of rocket development and space travel prospects

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Viking Press
Language
English
Pages
528

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Subjects

Astronautics, Rocketry, Rockets (Aeronautics), Guided missiles
Edition Availability
Cover of: Rockets, missiles, and space travel.
Rockets, missiles, and space travel.
1961, Viking Press
in English - Rev. and enl. for the 1960's.
Cover of: Rockets, missiles, and space travel.
Rockets, missiles, and space travel.
1957, Chapman & Hall Ltd.
in English - Revised and enlarged edition.
Cover of: Rockets, missiles, and space travel.
Rockets, missiles, and space travel.: The up-to-tomorrow story of rocket development and space travel prospects
1957, Viking Press
Hardcover in English - Rev. and enl. ed.
Cover of: Rockets, missiles, and space travel.
Rockets, missiles, and space travel.
1954, Chapman & Hall
in English
Cover of: Rockets, missiles, and space travel.
Rockets, missiles, and space travel.
1951, Viking Press
in English

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Table of Contents

Forward
Chapter 1. The Beginnings of an Idea
Page 3
Chapter 2. The Decades of the Great Dreams
Page 27
Chapter 3. "The Rockets' Red Glare"
Page 50
Chapter 4. Prophets with Some Honor
Page 82
Chapter 5. The Battle of the Formulae
Page 105
Chapter 6. Success, Failure and Politics
Page 131
Chapter 7. The Return of the War Rocket
Page 163
Chapter 8. Peenemunde
Page 197
Chapter 9. White Sands
Page 245
Chapter 10. The Rocket into Cosmic Space
Page 290
Chapter 11. The Shot around the World
Page 322
Chapter 12. The Spaceship
Page 362

Edition Notes

Bibliography: p. 489-520.
First published in 1944 under title: Rockets.

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New York

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
629.1388, 629.14353*
Library of Congress
TL782 .L43 1957

The Physical Object

Format
Hardcover
Pagination
xv, 528 p.
Number of pages
528
Dimensions
8 1/2 x 6 x 1 1/2 inches
Weight
738 grams

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL6225062M
Internet Archive
rocketsmissiless0000leyw_h8y6
LCCN
57011123
OCLC/WorldCat
418431

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