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" Rockets / "
Joseph A. Angelo, Jr.
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BL
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975423
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b729793
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| Main Entry
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Angelo, Joseph A.
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| Title & Author
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Rockets /\ Joseph A. Angelo, Jr.
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| Publication Statement
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New York :: Facts on File,, ©2006.
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| Series Statement
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Frontiers in space
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xvii, 254 pages :: illustrations ;; 24 cm.
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0816057710
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: 9780816057719
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 235-240) and index.
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| Contents
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From fire arrows to Mars missions -- Rocket propulsion fundamentals -- Pioneering rocket planes -- Military missiles and rockets -- Space launch vehicles -- Launch sites -- Upper-stage rockets and orbital transfer vehicles -- Sounding rockets -- Nuclear rockets to Mars and beyond -- Electric propulsion for deep-space missions -- Advanced propulsion systems for the 21st century -- Interstellar probes and starships -- Conclusion -- Chronology -- Glossary -- Further reading -- Index.
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| Abstract
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Contains essays that examine significant people, events, discoveries, collaborations, and experiments related to the development and use of rockets, and includes an extensive chronology, photographs and illustrations, and a glossary.
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Rocketry.
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Rockets (Aeronautics)
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Fusées (aéronautique).
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Rocketry.
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Rockets (Aeronautics)
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| Dewey Classification
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621.43/56
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TL782.A48 2006
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