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Topic: [Haynes Manual] Space Rockets (David Baker)
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cspg
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posted 06-18-2014 10:47 AM
   
Space Rockets Owners' Workshop Manual: Space Rockets and Launch Vehicles from 1942 Onwards (All Models)
by David Baker Rocket motors have made possible everything we do in space - from the tiniest motor the size of a pea to giant motors bigger than a house, they have been used to propel into space launchers as tall as St Paul's Cathedral weighing as much as a Navy warship - the Saturn V. The Rocket Manual tells the story of rocket motors, how they were first developed, how they work, what they are used for and how they are operated. This fascinating Manual explains and describes not only the engines themselves but also the rockets that carry payloads into space, to the Moon and to the planets. - Paperback: 192 pages
- Publisher: Haynes Publishing (February 1, 2015)
- ISBN-10: 0857333712
- ISBN-13: 978-0857333711
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cspg
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From: Geneva, Switzerland
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posted 07-22-2014 05:14 PM
Amazon book description added above. |
cspg
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posted 07-30-2014 10:06 AM
Amazon UK gives a new title to this book (as updated above): "Space Rockets Owners' Workshop Manual: Space Rockets and Launch Vehicles from 1942 Onwards (All Models)".It was: "Rocket Manual: All Types and Models 1926-2013". |
garymilgrom
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posted 07-30-2014 10:12 AM
Is this a companion to David Baker's 1978 book "The Rocket: The History and Development of Rocket and Missile Technology"? |
cspg
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posted 07-31-2014 03:29 PM
Only the author can answer!  The cover seems to portray a Titan III/IV and an early Atlas (?). |
cspg
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posted 09-23-2014 03:14 PM
A new title for this book (according to Amazon): "Rocket Manual - 1942 onwards: An Insight into the Development and Technology of Space Rockets and Satellite Launchers" |
cspg
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posted 02-17-2015 05:47 AM
Hmmm, I guess I was expecting some sort of encyclopedia or an updated version of "Rockets of the World" (Peter Alway, Saturn Press, 1995). The book focuses mainly on U.S. and European launchers with only the V-2 and Soyuz deserving a chapter. Other rockets are apparently mentioned (according to the index) but are not attributed specific chapters. I guess that would have required a second book/volume. A pity. |
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