SPACE TECHNOLOGY by Seifert, H. S. (ed) reviewed by Frederick I. Ordway III

From The Space Library

SPACE TECHNOLOGY

by Seifert, H. S. (ed)

New York, 1959: John Wiley and Sons, Inc., 1,172 pages, $22.50

The book is concerned with five main areas, namely: flight dynamics, propulsion and structures, communications and guidance, man in space, and space technology applications. It is based on courses given at the University of California and has 38 contributors, who have prepared chapters fitting into the above five major categories of space technology and space science. Typical chapter titles are "Time Dilation Effects in Space Travel," "Performance of Rockets and the Theory of Multistaging," "Nuclear Propulsion Systems" and "Physical Factors of the Space Environment."

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