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100	1		_aLaunius, Roger D.
245	1	0	_aTo Reach the High Frontier : _bA History of U. S. Launch Vehicles.
250			_a1st ed.
264		1	_aLexington : _bUniversity Press of Kentucky, _c2002.
264		4	_c©2014.
300			_a1 online resource (528 pages)
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier
505	0		_aCover -- 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.
588			_aDescription based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
590			_aElectronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
650		0	_aLaunch vehicles (Astronautics) -- United States -- History.
650		0	_aRocketry -- United States -- History.
655		4	_aElectronic books.
700	1		_aJenkins, Dennis R.
776	0	8	_iPrint version: _aLaunius, Roger D. _tTo Reach the High Frontier _dLexington : University Press of Kentucky,c2002 _z9780813122458
797	2		_aProQuest (Firm)
856	4	0	_uhttps://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/orpp/detail.action?docID=1915333 _zClick to View
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