SPACE FLIGHT by Adams, C. C., F. I. Ordway, III, H. E. Canney, Jr., and R. C. Wakeford reviewed by Frederick I. Ordway III

From The Space Library

SPACE FLIGHT

by Adams, C. C., F. I. Ordway, III, H. E. Canney, Jr., and R. C. Wakeford

New York, 1958: McGraw-Hill Book Co., Inc., 373 pages, $7.00

When it first appeared, "Space Flight" offered as complete a coverage of a many faceted subject as was available in the book literature. It includes chapters on the history of astronautics, the history of rocketry, rocket propulsion theory, satellites, the problem of escape, spaceships, man in space, space communications, the lunar objective, planetary astronomy, navigation in space, and interstellar travel.

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