BALLISTIC MISSILE AND SPACE VEHICLE SYSTEMS by Seifert, H. S. and K. Brown (eds) reviewed by Frederick I. Ordway III

From The Space Library

BALLISTIC MISSILE AND SPACE VEHICLE SYSTEMS

by Seifert, H. S. and K. Brown (eds)

New York, 1961: John Wiley and Sons, Inc., 526 pages, $12.00

This work contains chapters by various contributors on systems engineering, rocket propulsion fundamentals, liquid engine design parameters, solid engines, nuclear rocket propulsion, plasma propulsion, propulsion interface, flight dynamics and staging, mission and vehicle design, structures (static integrated analysis and integrated dynamic analysis), estimating performance capabilities of boost rockets, trajectory analysis, control system theory and components, radio guidance fundamentals, inertial guidance for ballistic vehicles, reentry and recovery, auxiliary subsystems, and the missile as an integrated vehicle system.

Extracted from the 1962 Publication Annotated Bibliography of Space Science and Technology with an Astronomical Supplement - A History of Astronautical Book Literature 1931 - 1961. by Frederick I. Ordway III