The Making of Reusable Rockets : Why Were We Throwing Them Away?

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Neuware - What if one of the biggest breakthroughs in spaceflight was not learning how to go up, but figuring out how to come back For most of the space age, humanity accepted something that now seems almost unbelievable. Rockets packed with powerful engines, precision electronics, enormous fuel tanks, guidance systems, and millions of dollars in engineering were launched once, then much of that machinery was allowed to fall away, burn up, crash into the ocean, or disappear forever.Why THE MAKING OF REUSABLE ROCKETS: WHY WERE WE THROWING THEM AWAY tells the remarkable engineering and economic story behind the decades-long struggle to stop treating rockets as disposable machines.The idea sounds simple: launch it, land it, refuel it, and fly again.The reality was anything but simple.Every landing system added weight. Every kilogram of propellant saved for the return could not be used during ascent. Reentry brought extreme heat. Engines had to survive repeated use. Recovered hardware required inspection and maintenance. And even when engineers proved that a spacecraft could return safely, another uncomfortable question remained: Did reusing it actually save money This book follows that problem from the expendable rockets of the early space age through NASA's ambitious Space Shuttle, the unusual DC-X experiments, the troubled X-33 and X-34 programs, and the arrival of private companies willing to attack an old problem in new ways.Discover why reaching orbit is much harder than simply reaching space, why the Space Shuttle proved both the promise and limitations of reuse, how vertical rocket landings became possible, why Falcon 9's second flight mattered as much as its first landing, and why the next great challenge is not merely recovering rockets, but making recovery routine and economical.This is not just a story about SpaceX, NASA, Blue Origin, or one famous machine. It is the story of generations of engineers confronting physics, failure, politics, money, risk, and one stubborn question: Why build something so expensive only to use it once Perfect for readers fascinated by rockets, engineering, aviation, space exploration, technological breakthroughs, business, and the hidden decisions behind machines that changed history.If you have ever watched a rocket land and wondered how we reached this point, why it took so long, and what comes next, this book was written for you.Turn the first page and discover how bringing the rocket home became one of spaceflight's hardest victories.…

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Titre
The Making of Reusable Rockets : Why Were We Throwing Them Away?
Auteur
Alex R Bright
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Amazon Digital Services LLC - Kdp Sep 2026
Année de publication
2026
État de l'article
Neu
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Taschenbuch
Langue
anglais
ISBN à 13 chiffres
9798173202178
Poids de l'article
145 grammes
Dimensions
229x152x5 mm
Série
Livre 59 sur 59: DISCOVER SOMETHING NEW EVERYDAY

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