The Saturn V F-1 Engine: Powering Apollo into History (Springer Praxis Books / Space Exploration) - Couverture souple

Young, Anthony

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0387096299 ISBN 13 : 9780387096292

Editeur : Praxis, 2008

Synopsis

The launch of Sputnik in 1957 not only began the space age, it also showed that Soviet rockets were more powerful than American ones. Within months, the US Air Force hired Rocketdyne for a feasibility study of an engine capable of delivering at least 1 million pounds of thrust. Later, NASA ran the development of this F-1 engine in order to use it to power the first stage of the Saturn V rocket that would send Apollo missions to the Moon. It is no exaggeration to say that without the F-1 engine NASA would not have been able to achieve President Kennedy's 1961 challenge to his nation to land a man on the Moon before the decade was out.

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

Anthony Young's first automotive book, published in 1984, became the best-selling automotive title sold in America within three months of its publication, according to Auto Week magazine. His first Springer-Praxis book, Lunar and Planetary Rovers: The Wheels of Apollo and the Quest for Mars will be published in the fall of 2006. He is a regular contributor to Space Times magazine and the online weekly website, The Space Review.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Praxis
• Date d'édition: 2008
• ISBN 10: 0387096299
• ISBN 13: 9780387096292
• Reliure: Broché
• Langue: anglais
• Nombre de pages: 332
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible