Sailors, scientists, and rockets
Subtitle: origins of the Navy rocket program and of the Naval Ordnance Test Station, Inyokern
By: by Albert B. Christman ; with an introduction by Edwin B. Hooper
Series: History of the Naval Weapons Center, China Lake, California -- v. 1; History of the Navy at China Lake, California -- v. 1.
Publisher: Naval History Division; For sale by the Supt. of Docs., U.S. G.P.O.
Published: 1971
Place of publication: Washington, D.C
Language: eng
Number of pages: 303
Subjects: History; Naval Ordnance; Rockets (Ordnance); Naval Ordnance Test Station (Inyokern, Calif.)
Other titles: Origins of the Navy rocket program and of the Naval Ordnance Test Station, Inyokern
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Foreword; title: Introduction; title: Preface; title: List of illustrations; title: Ch. 1. Naval ordnance and science in World War I; title: Ch. 2. Naval ordnance and science between wars; title: Ch. 3. Crisis spurs rocket program; title: Ch. 4. War and the rocket program; title: Ch. 5. Establishment of NOTS; title: Ch. 6. NOTS, the first months; title: Epilogue; title: Chronology, 1914 to 1944; title: Appendix A. Expansion of program of rocket development; title: Appendix B. An account of the U.S. rocket program; title: A general note on methods and sources; title: Notes; title: Interviews; title: Bibliography; title: Index.