Astronautics Dawn Of The Space Age
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Nasa S Origins And The Dawn Of The Space Age
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Author : David S. F. Portree
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1998
Nasa S Origins And The Dawn Of The Space Age written by David S. F. Portree and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1998 with Aeronautics categories.
Astronautics Dawn Of The Space Age
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Author : Ted Spitzmiller
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2006
Astronautics Dawn Of The Space Age written by Ted Spitzmiller and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006 with Nature categories.
Chronicling the history of space rocketry, this resource details the discoveries and engineering innovations that have occurred--in both the United States and the former Soviet Union--from World War II to the early 1970s. From European war missiles to multibillion dollar spacecraft that orbit the earth today, this sourcebook covers the evolution of rocketry in great detail and discusses the impact rocket science has had on other areas of humanity. Filled with fascinating facts from history without technical jargon and specialized language, this reference will interest both space enthusiasts and general readers alike.
Dawn Of The Space Age
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Author : Robin Kerrod
language : en
Publisher: Gareth Stevens Publishing LLLP
Release Date : 2004-07-04
Dawn Of The Space Age written by Robin Kerrod and has been published by Gareth Stevens Publishing LLLP this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004-07-04 with Juvenile Nonfiction categories.
Introduces the early history of space flight, including the Chinese invention of the rocket, the pioneering ideas of Tsiolkovsky, the early experiments of Goddard, and various rocket and satellite launchings up through 1967.
Remembering The Space Age
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Author : Steven J. Dick
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2008
Remembering The Space Age written by Steven J. Dick and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008 with Astronautics categories.
From the Publisher: Proceedings of October 2007 conference, sponsored by the NASA History Division and the National Air and Space Museum, to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Sputnik 1 launch in October 1957 and the dawn of the space age.
Blast Off
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Author : Ken McCracken
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2008
Blast Off written by Ken McCracken and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008 with Astronautics categories.
"From the launch of Sputnik, the world's first satellite, Ken McCracken takes is on a space journeyy through the heady, early days of space exploration - when scientists were making startling discoveries about space, our atmosphere and the effects of the Sun on the Earth alomst daily." --Backcover.
Eisenhower At The Dawn Of The Space Age
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Author : Mark Shanahan
language : en
Publisher: Lexington Books
Release Date : 2016-11-14
Eisenhower At The Dawn Of The Space Age written by Mark Shanahan and has been published by Lexington Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-11-14 with History categories.
Historians have established a norm whereby President Eisenhower's actions in relation to the dawn of the space age are judged solely as a response to the Soviet launch of the Sputnik satellite, and are indicative of a passive, negative presidency. His low-key actions are seen merely as a prelude to the US triumph in space which is largely bookended first by President Kennedy’s man-to-the-moon pledge in 1961, and finally by Neil Armstrong’s moon landing eight years later. This book presents an alternative view of the development of space policy during Eisenhower’s administration, assessing the hypothesis that his space policy was not a reaction to the heavily-propagandized Soviet satellite launches, or even the effect they caused in the US political and military elites, but the continuation of a strategic journey. This study engages with three distinct but converging strands of literature and proposes a revised interpretation of Eisenhower’s actions in relation to rockets, missiles and satellites: namely that Eisenhower was operating on a parallel path to the established norm that started with the Bikini Atoll Castle H-bomb tests; developed through the CIA's reconnaissance efforts and was distilled in the Aeronautics and Space Act of 1958 which set a policy for US involvement in outer space that matched Eisenhower’s desire for a balanced budget and fundamental belief in maintaining peace. President Eisenhower was not interested in joining a “space race”: while national security underpinned his thinking, his space policy actions were strategic steps that actively sidestepped internecine armed forces rivalry, and provided a logical next step for both civilian and military space programs at the completion of the International Geophysical Year. In reassessing the United States’ first space policy, the book adds to the revisionism under way in relation to the Eisenhower presidency, focusing on the “Helping Hands” that enabled him to wage peace.
Blast Off
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Author : Kenneth G. McCracken
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2008
Blast Off written by Kenneth G. McCracken and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008 with Astronautics categories.
Beyond The Saga Of Rocket Science
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Author : Walter Sierra
language : en
Publisher: Xlibris
Release Date : 2016-12-19
Beyond The Saga Of Rocket Science written by Walter Sierra and has been published by Xlibris this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-12-19 with categories.
Beyond the Saga of Rocket Science is a series of four closely related books that provide an amply-illustrated, overarching perspective to a broad, non-technical audience of the entire panorama surrounding the development of rockets, missiles, and space vehicles as we know them today and what the exciting future holds. The books are sequential and form an integrated whole: The Dawn of the Space Age Avoiding Armageddon In Space To Stay The Never-Ending Frontier The Dawn of the Space Age begins with exciting tales of the earliest developers of rudimentary rockets and the deadly battles they fought in China between 228 and 1600 A.D. A historical fiction approach brings long-ago characters and events to life. Palace intrigues, treachery, and warmongering are interwoven with vivid depictions of courage and bravery to showcase the gradual progression of the science of rocketry from fireworks displays to effective weapons in the battlefield. Readers in the West will learn something about the Eastern mindset, where over half the world''s population lives today. The tremendous achievements of the Wright Brothers - Wilbur and Orville - in the early 1900s serve as a useful backdrop for showcasing the difficulties in developing completely new technologies for practical use. The Wright Brothers had to go abroad to France before World War I to garner enough support and funding to mature airplane science to the point that the U.S. Army took notice. Building on the Wrights'' successes, Ludwig Prandtl in Germany and Theodore von K�rm�n in the United States made pioneering developments in aerodynamics which are crucial to rocket flight. The invention of the airplane inspired early innovators in the 1920s - 1930s to lay the foundation for the giant aerospace conglomerates of today; including William Boeing. (Boeing Company), Allan Loughead and Glenn Martin (Lockheed Martin), Jack Northrop and Leroy Grumman (Northrop Grumman), James McDonnell and Donald Douglas (McDonnell-Douglas). These stalwarts were very foresighted and willing to take calculated risks. The ingenious Dr. Robert Goddard, inventor of the modern rocket, developed a sound theory and conducted pioneering flight tests in the 1920s - 1930s, while overcoming many failures. However, Goddard''s rockets were not taken seriously enough in the United States to enable the development of practical missiles and launch vehicles. But Germany sure took notice. World War II gave the biggest impetus ever to advancing rocket science and related technologies. The Nazi war machine funded Dr. Wernher von Braun and his cohorts to develop rocket-driven weapons such as the V-1 and V-2 which killed thousands during World War II. Fortunately for America, von Braun and key members of his team decided to seek asylum in the United States when the war ended. Now the country took up the engineering of rockets in earnest. Von Braun went on to lead the American space program during the crucial decades of the 1950s - 1960s. He did more to advance missiles, rockets, spaceflight, and enable manned landings on the moon than anybody else in America. Six astronauts flew solo on six Project Mercury flights (1961-1963). Three of them joined another 13 astronauts to orbit Earth on 10 two-person Project Gemini flights (1965-1966). Without a single failure. The Soviet Union captured their fair share of German rocketeers, including the influential Helmut Gr�ttrup. They learned everything possible from the German expatriates. Then they cast the Germans aside and undertook rocket and missile development using indigenous experts like Sergei Korolyov and Valentin Glushko. Like von Braun, Korolyov was ingenious in his own right, and led the development of Soviet rocket science until his untimely death in January 1966. Engineers and scientists are today''s "unsung heroes." They work in the shadows, without any public acclaim or recognition; yet the technologies they develop touch every facet of our daily lives. As an extreme example, Korolyov practically carried the entire Soviet space program on his shoulders, yet the Soviet media did not even acknowledge his existence, and his very name was hidden from public view and guarded as a state secret while he was alive! The Soviet Union captured an early lead over their archrival superpower during the Cold War, and achieved an embarrassing (for the United States) plethora of civilian space firsts: first Earth orbiting satellite (Sputnik 1, October 1957), first probe to impact the Moon (Luna 2, 1959), first images of the Moon''s far side (Luna 3, 1959), first manned spaceflight (Yuri Gagarin, 1961), first spacecraft to another planet (Venera-3 hit Venus in 1965), first manned space station (Salyut 1, 1971), to name a few.
Nasa S Origins And The Dawn Of The Space Age Monograph In Aerospace History
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Author : David S. F. Portree
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2011-03-01
Nasa S Origins And The Dawn Of The Space Age Monograph In Aerospace History written by David S. F. Portree and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-03-01 with categories.
First published in 1998 as a volume in the NASA "Monograph in Aerospace History" series. This study contains photographs and illustrations.
A Dictionary Of The Space Age
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Author : Paul Dickson
language : en
Publisher: JHU Press
Release Date : 2009-04-14
A Dictionary Of The Space Age written by Paul Dickson and has been published by JHU Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-04-14 with Reference categories.
"The launch of Sputnik 1 in 1957 ushered in an exciting era of scientific and technological advancement. As television news anchors, radio hosts, and journalists reported the happenings of the American and the Soviet space programs to millions of captivated citizens, words that belonged to the worlds of science, aviation, and science fiction suddenly became part of the colloquial language. What's more, NASA used a litany of acronyms in much of its official correspondence in an effort to transmit as much information in as little time as possible. To translate this peculiar vocabulary, Paul Dickson has compiled the curious lingo and mystifying acronyms of NASA in an accessible dictionary of the names, words, and phrases of the Space Age." "This dictionary captures a broader foundation for the language of the Space Age based on the historical principles employed by the Oxford English Dictionary and Webster's Third New International Dictionary. Word histories for major terms are detailed in a conversational tone, and technical terms are deciphered for the interested student and lay reader. This is a must-own reference for space history buffs." --Book Jacket.