Project Orion
Subtitle: The True Story of the Atomic Spaceship
Publisher: Owl Books
Published: April 1, 2003
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 368
ISBN-13: 9780805072846
Subjects: United States - General; Science; Science/Mathematics; History; Astronomy - General; Science / History; Astrophysics & Space Science; Aeronautics & Astronautics
First sentence: On October 4, 1957, Earth's first artificial satellite, weighing 184 pounds, was launched.
Table of contents: label: Preface
title: Bel-Air
pagenum: xiii; label: Chapter 1
title: Sputnik
pagenum: 1; label: Chapter 2
title: The World Set Free
pagenum: 10; label: Chapter 3
title: Ulam's Demon
pagenum: 20; label: Chapter 4
title: General Atomic
pagenum: 29; label: Chapter 5
title: TRIGA
pagenum: 39; label: Chapter 6
title: Critical Mass
pagenum: 47; label: Chapter 7
title: QED
pagenum: 58; label: Chapter 8
title: Lew Allen's Balls
pagenum: 67; label: Chapter 9
title: ARPA
pagenum: 74; label: Chapter 10
title: Columbus
pagenum: 86; label: Chapter 11
title: Noah's Ark
pagenum: 97; label: Chapter 12
title: Free Expansion of a Gas
pagenum: 109; label: Chapter 13
title: Hotter Than the Sun, Cooler Than a Bomb
pagenum: 120; label: Chapter 14
title: C-4
pagenum: 132; label: Chapter 15
title: Point Loma
pagenum: 144; label: Chapter 16
title: Engineers' Dreams
pagenum: 158; label: Chapter 17
title: Coca-Cola
pagenum: 169; label: Chapter 18
title: Enceladus
pagenum: 181; label: Chapter 19
title: Deep Space Force
pagenum: 193; label: Chapter 20
title: Jackass Flats
pagenum: 208; label: Chapter 21
title: Fallout
pagenum: 223; label: Chapter 22
title: Huntsville
pagenum: 238; label: Chapter 23
title: Death of a Project
pagenum: 254; label: Chapter 24
title: 2001
pagenum: 270; label: Chapter 25
title: The Sun Snairers
pagenum: 288; label: Appendix
title: Project Orion Technical Reports, 1957-1965
pagenum: 299; label: Notes
title: Notes
pagenum: 311; label: Acknowledgments
title: Acknowledgments
pagenum: 329; label: Index
title: Index
pagenum: 331; label: Illustration Credits
title: Illustration Credits
pagenum: 344