INTERNATIONAL MISSILE AND SPACECRAFT GUIDE by Ordway, F. I., III and R. C. Wakeford reviewed by Frederick I. Ordway III

From The Space Library

INTERNATIONAL MISSILE AND SPACECRAFT GUIDE

by Ordway, F. I., III and R. C. Wakeford

New York, 1960: McGraw-Hill Book Co., Inc., 411 pages, $25.00

This large format book is divided into two parts, the first treating the "Background to Missile and Spacecraft Progress" and the second being a "Guide to Modern World Missiles and Spacecraft." Part 1 provides a chronology of missile, rocket, and spacecraft progress (with firing tables of major military missiles, artificial satellites, and space probes, as well as altitude and velocity progress over the years); an organizational breakdown of missile and spacecraft activities by nation (listing government agencies, industrial organizations, and support organizations); and chapters on surface-to-surface missiles; surface-to-air missiles; air-to-surface missiles; air-to-air missiles; rocket airplanes, manned missiles and spacecraft; test missiles, drones and special vehicles; upper atmosphere research rockets; and space research vehicles. At the end of these chapters are found selected early developments, grouped by nation . . . descriptions, specifications, photographs and sideviews of major world missiles and rockets developed up to the early 1950s. Part 2 of the Guide is organized according to nation and then is broken down by vehicle type. All major modern rockets, missiles and space vehicles of Argentina, Australia, France, Great Britain, Italy, Japan, Netherlands, Sweden, Switzerland, USSR, and USA are covered. The book concludes with a bibliography and a "New Developments and Late Information" section.

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