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Blazing the Trail : The Early History of Spacecraft and Rocketry.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Library of FlightPublisher: Reston : American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, 2003Copyright date: ©2004Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (520 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781600868726
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Blazing the TrailDDC classification:
  • 621.43/56
LOC classification:
  • TL781 -- .G78 2004eb
Online resources:
Contents:
COVER -- TITLE -- COPYRIGHT -- FOREWORD -- TABLE OF CONTENT -- PREFACEThis -- 1. HUMBLE BEGINNINGS -- 2. ROCKET PROLIFERATION -THE FIRST WAVE -- 3. UNDER ROCKET FIRE IN INDIA -- 4. THE CONGREVE ROCKET -- 5. ROCKETS COME TO AMERICA -- 6. FIRST AMERICAN ROCKETS -- 7. ROCKET PROLIFERATION -THE SECOND WAVE -- 8. PUBLIC IMAGINATION ON FIRE -- 9. GREAT PIONEERS -- 10. THE FIRST MODERN ROCKET -- 11. JATO AND BEYOND -- 12. BUILDING THE FOUNDATION -- 13. ROAD TO SPUTNIK -- 14. GATEWAYS TO HEAVEN -- 15. THE BREAKTHROUGH -- 16. OPENING THE SKIES -- 17. JOINING THE CLUB -- 18. THE FIRST THOUSAND YEARS -- APPENDIX A: ACRONYMS AND ABBREVIATIONS -- APPENDIX B: SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX.
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COVER -- TITLE -- COPYRIGHT -- FOREWORD -- TABLE OF CONTENT -- PREFACEThis -- 1. HUMBLE BEGINNINGS -- 2. ROCKET PROLIFERATION -THE FIRST WAVE -- 3. UNDER ROCKET FIRE IN INDIA -- 4. THE CONGREVE ROCKET -- 5. ROCKETS COME TO AMERICA -- 6. FIRST AMERICAN ROCKETS -- 7. ROCKET PROLIFERATION -THE SECOND WAVE -- 8. PUBLIC IMAGINATION ON FIRE -- 9. GREAT PIONEERS -- 10. THE FIRST MODERN ROCKET -- 11. JATO AND BEYOND -- 12. BUILDING THE FOUNDATION -- 13. ROAD TO SPUTNIK -- 14. GATEWAYS TO HEAVEN -- 15. THE BREAKTHROUGH -- 16. OPENING THE SKIES -- 17. JOINING THE CLUB -- 18. THE FIRST THOUSAND YEARS -- APPENDIX A: ACRONYMS AND ABBREVIATIONS -- APPENDIX B: SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX.

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