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Rocketing Into the Future
ISBN-13:
9781461432005
Veröffentl:
2012
Seiten:
366
Autor:
Michel Van Pelt
Serie:
Springer Praxis Books Space Exploration
eBook Typ:
PDF
eBook Format:
EPUB
Kopierschutz:
1 - PDF Watermark
Sprache:
Englisch
Beschreibung:
Rocketing into the Future journeys into the exciting world of rocket planes, examining the exotic concepts and actual flying vehicles that have been devised over the last one hundred years. Lavishly illustrated with over 150 photographs, it recounts the history of rocket planes from the early pioneers who attached simple rockets on to their wooden glider airplanes to the modern world of high-tech research vehicles.
Illustrations.- Author's preface.- Chapter 1: Introduction.- Chapter 2: A crash course in rocket plane design.- Chapter 3: Germany's wonder weapons.- Chapter 4: Non-German wartime rocket fighters.- Chapter 5: The rise and fall of the rocket interceptor.- Chapter 6: Breaking the barrier.- Chapter 7: Rocket plane spaceflight.- Chapter 8: Future spaceplanes.- Chapter 9: Joyriding a rocket plane.- Chapter 10: Man versus robot.- Chapter 11: Conclusions.- Appendix: Aircraft maximum velocity and altitude evolution.- Bibliography.- Index.
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