The gigantic Saturn V launch vehicle may well be the first and last
of its kind. Subsequent space ventures will be based on new
vehicles, such as the smaller, reusable Space Shuttle. Manned
launches in the near future will be geared to orbital missions
rather than planetary excursions, and unmanned deep-space missions
will not demand the very high thrust boosters characteristic of the
Apollo program. As the space program moves into the future, it also
appears that the funding for elaborate "big booster" missions will
not be forthcoming for NASA. The Saturn V class of launch vehicles
are the end of the line of the Saturn generation. It is not likely
that anything like them will ever be built again. Because of the
commanding drama of the awesome Saturn V, it is easy to forget the
first Saturns, the Saturn I and Saturn IB. This history is an
attempt to give due credit to these pioneering vehicles, to analyze
the somewhat awkward origins of the Saturn I as a test bed for
static testing only, not as an operational vehicle, and to discuss
the uprated Saturn IB as an interim booster for the orbital testing
of the first Apollo capsules. This book is a technological history.
To many contemporaries the narrative may read too much like a
technical manual, but the author's concern is for posterity, when
the technical manuals may be lost or dispersed and knowledgeable
participants have passed on. The narrative approach was largely
predicated on questions that might well be asked by future
generations: How were the Saturns made? How did they work?
General
| Imprint: |
Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
|
| Country of origin: |
United States |
| Release date: |
July 2012 |
| First published: |
July 2012 |
| Authors: |
Roger E. Bilstein
|
| Dimensions: |
229 x 152 x 27mm (L x W x T) |
| Format: |
Paperback - Trade
|
| Pages: |
536 |
| ISBN-13: |
978-1-4783-3831-4 |
| Categories: |
Books >
Humanities >
History >
General
Books >
History >
General
Promotions
|
| LSN: |
1-4783-3831-8 |
| Barcode: |
9781478338314 |
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