U.S. Space Launch-Vehicle Technology

"U.S. Space-Launch Vehicle Technology examines hardware designed explicitly for launching vehicles into space and traces the evolution of that technology from the early Vanguard through the space shuttle. Hunley looks at propulsion systems, structural issues, and guidance-and-control devices. He concludes that the major factors advancing the development of this technology included high levels of cold-war funding, many innovations, an engineering culture that promoted technology transfer and was flexible enough to overcome unexpected problems, and management systems that furnished systems engineering and cost control over a huge number of organizations, thereby supporting and driving the improvements to each type of launch vehicle. Since 1990, however, launch-vehicle technology has entered a new phase whose outcomes and outlines are still unclear."--book jacket.

שנה

2008

שפה

English

הוצאה

University Press of Florida

מהדורות

1

עמודים

480

ISBN

9780813031781

מקור הנתונים: Wikidata