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The Rocket - The history and development of rocket & missile technology - David Baker - Pdf





This book is designed for the general reader, while at the same time providing ease of access to specific periods of rocket development for students of historical events.lt will be observed that the history section comprises eleven chapters dedicated to a discussion of development on a subject classification basis. This means, for example, that a description of the launch vehicles used in the space programme since 1958 is contained within a specific chapter, while military developments in the same period are dealt with in the following chapter. In this way, the description of historical events is separated by function rather than time. In the period between 1945 and 1957, up to the launch of the first artificial satellite, space and military applications are inseparable. Before 1945 there was little or no separation by function, rocket vehicle applications being almost wholly experimental or military in nature.
While a full and comprehensive view of rocket development can only be had from a careful examination of both space and military applications, the student of military activities should read Chapters 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6. 7 and 10 before turning to Chapters 8, 9 and 11. Persons primarily interested in the application of rocket vehicles to space activities should read Chapters 1, 2, 6, 8, 9 and 11 and then turn to Chapters 3, 4, 5. 7 and 10. It is recommended. however, that these staggered reading plans should only be attempted after at least cursory examination of the full text of the history section.
Technical histories of specific missile and launch vehicle types are contained in the Compendium and will be found to follow an al phabetical order, first by country and then by type name or letter. A separate Compendium covers the progressive development of aircraft using rocket motors as the sole source of propulsion. If readers wish to examine the history of a specific rocket but are unaware of the country of origin, the Index at the back of this book will provide the page number where it can be found in the Compendium and the page(s) where it is discussed in the history section.
The emphasis on cross-references is felt to be the best way of providing full access to any comment, in either the history section or the Compendium, on specific projects. All space launch vehicles ever brought to operational status are discussed in the Compendium, together with strategic and tactical missiles of military application. Types grouped in air-toground, surface-to-air, air-to-air, anti-ship. anti-submarine and anti-tank roles are too numerous to permit detailed description in the Compendium and summary data will be found in the comprehensive tables at the back of the book.


Titre: The Rocket - The history and development of rocket & missile technology
Genre: vulgarisation, astronautique
Auteur: David Baker
Année de publication: 1978
Maison d'édition: New Cavendish Books
Langue: anglais
Nombre de pages: 273
Fichier: pdf
Taille: 1 fichier - 59,6 Mo

 


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