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Rocketing into the future : the history and technology of rocket planes / Michel van Pelt.

By: Van Pelt, MichelMaterial type: Text

TextSeries: Springer-Praxis books in space exploration: Publisher: New York : Springer, c2012Description: xviii, 366 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 25 cmISBN: 9781461431992 (pbk. : acid-free paper); 1461431999 (pbk. : acid-free paper)Other title: History and technology of rocket planes | Rocket planesSubject(s): Rocket planes | Rocket planes -- History | Rockets (Aeronautics) -- History | Rockets (Aeronautics) -- Technological innovations | Rocket planes -- Technological innovations -- History | Space flight -- Technological innovationsLOC classification: TL781 | .V358 2012Also available online via SpringerLink.

Contents:

Crash course in rocket plane design -- Germany's wonder weapons -- Non-German wartime rocket fighters -- rise and fall of the rocket interceptor -- Breaking the barrier -- Rocket plane spaceflight -- Future spaceplanes -- Joyriding a rocket plane -- Man versus robot -- Man versus robot --

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Copy number	Status	Notes	Date due	Barcode
Books	Female Library	TL781 .V358 2012 (Browse shelf (Opens below))	1	Available	STACKS		51952000168775
Books	Main Library	TL781 .V358 2012 (Browse shelf (Opens below))	1	Available	STACKS		51952000146032

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Introduction -- Crash course in rocket plane design -- Germany's wonder weapons -- Non-German wartime rocket fighters -- The rise and fall of the rocket interceptor -- Breaking the barrier -- Rocket plane spaceflight -- Future spaceplanes -- Joyriding a rocket plane -- Man versus robot -- Man versus robot -- Conclusions.