Rockets and missiles the life story of a technology
It covers the full history of rocket technology-including how rockets improved in performance, reliability, and versatility and how they affected everyday life.
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Baltimore, MD
The Johns Hopkins University Press
2007
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Table of Contents:
- Timeline
- 1. Introduction
- 2. The age of black powder, 1000-1900
- 3. The birth of modern rocketry, 1900-1942
- 4. Rockets in World War II, 1939-1945
- 5. Rockets for research, 1945-1960
- 6. Ballistic missiles and the Cold War, 1945-199
- 7. Rockets to the moon, 1960-1975
- 8. Tactical missiles in the Cold war, 1950-1990
- 9. Spaceflight becomes a routine, 1970-present
- 10. MIssiles after the Cold War, 1990-present
- 11. Conclusion : what next?