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Books > Humanities > Archaeology
First hand anecdotal snap shots offer a taste of daily life during
the author's fifteen-year period at the High Down and Woomera
rocket test sites. The preparation of eight Black Knight and four
Black Arrow rockets up to their liftoff are recounted in detail
with relevant diagrams and a few photos. So-called "rocket-science"
jargon is deliberately sidestepped throughout. Delays that dogged
Black Arrow's birth are touched along with a full explanation for
terminating RO's maiden flight. Peripheral issues met during the
final two proving flights are also discussed. The launch team's
bittersweet feelings as R3 was readied and lifted off to deliver
Prospero into earth orbit are chronicled alongside their dismay at
the projects unfitting end. Black Arrow was Britain's only home
grown rocket to stage an orbital insertion and may also be the only
rocket to achieve this using peroxide oxidiser.
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