Single Stage to Orbit

JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY PRESSISBN: 9780801873386

Politics, Space Technology, and the Quest for Reusable Rocketry

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By Andrew J. Butrica
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JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY PRESS
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AcknowledgmentsChronologyIntroductionPart I: The Conservative Agenda for Space1. The Reagan Revolution2. Commerce on the High Frontier3. Space WarriorsPart II: The Quest4. X-30: The Cold War SSTO5. Space VisionariesPart III: The Space Ship Experimental6. Launching the SSX7. The SDIO SSTO ProgramPart IV: Spaceship Wars8. W(h)ither SSTO?9. The Disorder of Things10. The Clipper GrahamConclusionAppendixNotesBibliographic EssayIndex

""A history of one particular aspect of US space history'the attempt to develop a single-stage-to-orbit launcher... it is a story of muddle and waste... Butrica provides a competent and readable account of this debacle, which concentrates on the small research vehicle, DC-X.""

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