Rocketing Into the Future The History and Technology of Rocket Planes /

• Κύριος συγγραφέας: van Pelt, Michel (Συγγραφέας)
• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Springer, 2012.
• Σειρά: Springer Praxis Books
• Θέματα: Engineering.; Space sciences.; Astronomy.; Aerospace engineering.; Astronautics.; Aerospace Technology and Astronautics.; Popular Science in Astronomy.; Extraterrestrial Physics, Space Sciences.

Rocketing into the Future journeys into the exciting world of rocket planes, examining the exotic concepts and actual flying vehicles that have been devised over the last one hundred years. Lavishly illustrated with over 150 photographs, it recounts the history of rocket planes from the early pionee...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• Illustrations
• Author's preface
• Chapter 1: Introduction
• Chapter 2: A crash course in rocket plane design
• Chapter 3: Germany's wonder weapons
• Chapter 4: Non-German wartime rocket fighters
• Chapter 5: The rise and fall of the rocket interceptor
• Chapter 6: Breaking the barrier
• Chapter 7: Rocket plane spaceflight
• Chapter 8: Future spaceplanes
• Chapter 9: Joyriding a rocket plane
• Chapter 10: Man versus robot
• Chapter 11: Conclusions
• Appendix: Aircraft maximum velocity and altitude evolution
• Bibliography
• Index.