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A Vertical Empire: History of the British Rocketry Programme (2nd Edition)

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ISBN-10: 1848167962

ISBN-13: 9781848167964

Edition: 2012

Authors: C. N. Hill

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This second edition provides a description of the British rocketry and space programme from the 1950s to 1970s, detailing the Medium Range Ballistic Missile Blue Streak and its conversion to a satellite launcher as part of the European Launcher Development Organisation (ELDO).
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Book details

List price: $45.00
Copyright year: 2012
Publisher: World Scientific Pub Co Inc
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 350
Size: 6.50" wide x 9.50" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 1.496
Language: English

Acknowledgements
Introduction
Places
Political and Administrative Matters
Politics
Rocket Motors
Rocket Motors in the UK
HTP
Hydrogen
Solid Fuel Motors
Rocket Interceptors
Designs in Detail
Facts and Figures
Blue Steel
Blue Streak - The Origins
The Warhead
A Solid Fuel Design?
The Missile Design
Blue Streak - The 'Underground Launcher'
Blue Streak - The Cancellation
BND(SG)
Origins of Skybolt
Unpopularity of Blue Streak
BSSLV
A Liquid Hydrogen Stage
Blue Streak with a Centaur Upper Stage
The European Launcher Development Organisation - ELDO
The Political Failure of ELDO
Europa
The Launches
Improving Europa
Europa III
Black Knight
Black Knight and the Re-entry Experiments
Black Knight Launches
Project Dazzle
Summary of Black Knight Launches
Crusade and the 54-inch Black Knight
How Successful was Black Knight?
Was Black Knight Good Value for Money?
Black Arrow
The Flights
The Cancellation
Black Arrow Improvements
The 'Might Have Beens'
A Black Knight IRBM
Could Britain Have Launched an Astronaut into Orbit?
Alternative Histories
Conclusions
Could the UK Once Again Become Involved in a Launcher Programme?
Original Documents
History of the Saunders Roe SR53 and SR177
K11 Underground Launcher
Use of Spadeadam for Space Firings
Space and the Future of The European Launcher Development Organisation (ELDO)
A Black Knight Launcher?
Timeline
Further Reading
Archives
Index
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