Preludes to U.S. Space-Launch Vehicle Technology: Goddard Rockets to Minuteman III (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780813031774)

For nearly fifty years, a wide range of missiles and rockets has propelled U.S. satellites and spacecraft into the sky. J. D. Hunley's two-volume work traces the evolution of this technology, from Robert Goddard's research in the 1920s through the development of the Titan missiles and launch vehicles in the 1960s to the refinement of the space shuttle in the 1980s. With the first book devoted primarily to military hardware and the second to launch vehicle hardware, Hunley offers a sweeping overview of these impressive engineering innovations as well as insights into the dynamic personalities responsible for them. Together, the two volumes offer a unique, invaluable history of rocketry that should appeal to a wide range of scholars and space buffs.

Author: J. D. Hunley
ISBN-10: 081303177X
ISBN-13: 9780813031774
Publisher: University Press of Florida
Language: English
Published: 05/01/2008
Pages: 480
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.76lbs
Size: 9.18h x 6.32w x 1.08d

Review Citation(s):
Scitech Book News 06/01/2008 pg. 174