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To Reach the High Frontier: A History of U.S. Launch Vehicles Roger D Launius
To Reach the High Frontier: A History of U.S. Launch Vehicles
Roger D Launius
The technical challenge of reaching space with chemical rockets, the high costs associated with space launch, the long lead times necessary for scheduling flights, and the poor reliability of the rockets themselves show launch vehicles to be the space program's most difficult challenge.
528 pages, photos, figures
| Media | Books Hardcover Book (Book with hard spine and cover) |
| Released | November 15, 2002 |
| ISBN13 | 9780813122458 |
| Publishers | The University Press of Kentucky |
| Genre | Chronological Period > 20th Century |
| Pages | 528 |
| Dimensions | 152 × 229 × 33 mm · 884 g |
| Editor | Jenkins, Dennis R. |
| Editor | Launius, Roger D. |
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