U.S. Space Launch-Vehicle Technology: Viking to Space Shuttle by Hunley, J. D.

U.S. Space Launch-Vehicle Technology: Viking to Space Shuttle (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780813031781)

Vendor: J. D. Hunley
Product type: Books
Format: Paperback
$39.95
$39.95
$39.95
Subtotal: $39.95
U.S. Space Launch-Vehicle Technology: Viking to Space Shuttle by Hunley, J. D.

U.S. Space Launch-Vehicle Technology: Viking to Space Shuttle

$39.95
U.S. Space Launch-Vehicle Technology: Viking to Space Shuttle by Hunley, J. D.

U.S. Space Launch-Vehicle Technology: Viking to Space Shuttle

$39.95
Format: Paperback
Description
Description
x
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: 0813031788
ISBN-13: 9780813031781
Publisher: University Press of Florida
Language: English
Published: 05/11/2008
Pages: 480
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.73lbs
Size: 9.20h x 6.33w x 1.02d

Review Citation(s):
Scitech Book News 06/01/2008 pg. 174
By J. D. Hunley
By J. D. Hunley
x
J. D. Hunley was chief historian of NASA Dryden Flight Research Center before his retirement in 2001. Besides working as a historian for the United States Air Force and NASA during his lengthy career, Hunley has also taught at Allegheny College and served as a Ramsey Fellow at the National Air and Space Museum.

Recently Viewed Products