To reach the high frontier : a history of U.S. launch vehicles / edited by Roger D. Launius and Dennis R. Jenkins.

Contributor Launius, Roger D.

Imprint:Lexington, Ky. : University Press of Kentucky, c2002.

Description519 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Note:Introduction: Episodes in the evolution of luanch vehicle technology / Roger D. Launius -- 1. Rocketry and the origins of space flight / Ray A. Williamson, Roger D. Luanius -- 2. Stage-and-a-half: the Atlas launch vehicle / Dennis R. Jenkins -- 3. Delta: the ultimate Thor / Kevin S. Forsyth -- 4. Titan: some heavy lifting required / Roger D. Launius -- 5. History and development of U.S. small launch vehicles / Matt Bille, Pat Johnson, Robyn Kane, Erika R. Lishock -- 6. Minuteman and the development of solid rocket launch technology / J.D. Hunley -- 7. The biggest of them all: reconsidering the Saturn V / Ray A. Williamson -- 8. Taming liquid hydrogen: the Centaur saga / Virginia P. Dawson -- 9. Broken in midstride: space shuttle as a launch vehicle / Dennis R. Jenkins -- 10. Eclipsed by tragedy: the fated mating of the shuttle and Centaur / Mark D. Bowles -- 11. The quest for reusability / Andrew J. Butrica -- 12. Epilogue: To the very limit of our ability: reflections on forty years of military-civil partnership in space launch / David N. Spires, Rick W. Sturdevant.

Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references and index.

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