Launius, Roger D. <br/><br/>
To Reach the High Frontier :  A History of U. S. Launch Vehicles. 

 - 1st ed. 
 - 1 online resource (528 pages) 
<br/><br/>Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Introduction: Episodes in the Evolution of Launch Vehicle Technology -- 1. Rocketry and the Origins of Space Flight -- 2. Stage-and-a-Half: The Atlas Launch Vehicle -- 3. Delta: The Ultimate Thor -- 4. Titan: Some Heavy Lifting Required -- 5. History and Development of U.S. Small Launch Vehicles -- 6. Minuteman and the Development of Solid Rocket Launch Technology -- 7. The Biggest of Them All: Reconsidering the Saturn V -- 8. Taming Liquid Hydrogen: The Centaur Saga -- 9. Broken in Midstride: Space Shuttle as a Launch Vehicle -- 10. Eclipsed by Tragedy: The Fated Mating of the Shuttle and Centaur -- 11. The Quest for Reusability -- 12. Epilogue: "To the Very Limit of Our Ability":Reflections on Forty Years of Military-Civil Partnership in Space Launch -- Notes on Contributors -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- X -- Y -- Z. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780813148076 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Launch vehicles (Astronautics) -- United States -- History.<br/>Rocketry -- United States -- History.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic books.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>TL785.8.L3.T6 2002eb 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>629.47/5