History of rocketry and astronautics
Subtitle: proceedings of the Thirty-Fourth History Symposium of the International Academy of Astronautics : Rio de Janeiro, 2000
By: Otfrid G. Liepack, volume editor ; Donald C. Elder, series editor
Contributors: International Academy of Astronautics; American Astronautical Society; History Symposium of the International Academy of Astronautics (34th : 2000 : Rio De Janeiro, Brazil)
Series: AAS history series -- v. 30; IAA history symposia -- v. 20; AAS history series -- v. 30.; IAA history symposia -- v. 20.
Publisher: Published for the American Astronautical Society by Univelt, Inc.
Published: 2009
Place of publication: San Diego, Calif
Language: eng
Number of pages: 334
ISBN-13: 9780877035497
Subjects: Congresses; Rocketry; Astronautics; History
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Table of contents: title: pt I. Developing space countries. Teofilo M. Tabanera (1909-1981) : the divulger ; Biological studies in animals using sounding rockets ; Rocketry in Latin America in the 19th century : a historical overview ; Indian space endeavors : a historical prospective ; Rocket weapons in ancient China; title: pt II. Failure and success : lessons learned for everybody. Baikonur tragedy ; Between a rocket and a hard place : episodes in the evolution of launch vehicle technology ; The true beginnings of French astronautics : 1938-1959 )part II) ; Early history of Kagoshima Space Center ; the military space organization in the Soviet Union : 1946-1991 ; Rugged efficiency : a history of French liquid rocket engine developments from Véronique to MS100, 1950-2000 ; The larger solid propellant rocket motors of the United Kingdom ; History of the Department of Defense Test Program; title: pt. III. People and society. Czechs in space ; Herman Potoc̆nik Noordung : Slovenian space visionary ; French youth and space activities : a historical approach (1961-1966); title: pt. IV. In memoriam. The first Soviet space flight organizations ; In memoriam : Victor Nikolaevich Sokolsky (1924-2002) ; In memoriam : Boris Viktorovitsch Rauschenbach (1915-2001).