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Essays on the History of Rocketry and Astronautics: Proceedings of the Third through the Sixth History Symposia of the International Academy of Astronautics, volume 1This two volume publication presents the proceedings of the third through sixth history symposia of the International Academy of Astronautics. Thirty-nine papers are divided into four categories: (1) Early Solid Propellant Rocketry; (2) Rocketry and Astronautics: Concepts, Theory, and Analyses after 1880; (3) The Development of Liquid and Solid Propellant Rockets from 1880 to 1945; and (4) Rocketry and Astronautics after 1945. Categories 1 and 2 will be found in volume 1 and the remainder in volume 2. Among other diciplines, Rocketry and Astronautics encompasses the physical and engineering sciences including fluid mechanics, thermodynamics, vibration theory, structural mechanics, and celestial mechanics. Papers presented in these two volumes range from those of empirical experimenters who used the time-honored cut and try methods to scientists wielding theoretical principles. The work traces the coupling of the physical and engineering sciences, industrial advances, and state support that produced the awesome progress in rocketry and astronautics for the most part within living memory. The proceedings of the four symposia present in these two volumes contain information on the work of leading investigators and their associates carried out in the first two-thirds of the twentieth century.
Document ID
19770026086
Acquisition Source
Headquarters
Document Type
Conference Publication (CP)
Authors
R Cargill Hall
(National Aeronautics and Space Administration Washington D.C., District of Columbia, United States)
Date Acquired
August 8, 2013
Publication Date
January 1, 1976
Publication Information
Publication: Essays on the History of Rocketry and Astronautics: Proceedings of the Third Through the Sixth History Symposia of the International Academy of Astronautics, Volume 1
Publisher: National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Volume: 1
Subject Category
Astronautics (General)
Report/Patent Number
N77-33030
Report Number: NASA-CP-2014-VOL-1
Meeting Information
Meeting: Sixth History Symposia of the International Academy of Astronautics
Location: Vienna
Country: AT
Start Date: October 13, 1972
Sponsors: International Academy of Astronautics (IAA)
Accession Number
77N33030
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Work of the US Gov. Public Use Permitted.
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