Авиация / Rocketing Into the Future: The History and Technology of Rocket Planes

Название: Rocketing Into the Future: The History and Technology of Rocket Planes
Автор(ы): Michel van Pelt
Издательство: Springer / Praxis Books
Год: 2012
ISBN: 1461431999
Страниц: 378
Язык: English
Формат: PDF
Размер: 267 МВ

This book describes the technology, history, and future of rocket planes. Michel van Pelt journies into this exciting world, examining the exotic concepts and actual flying vehicles that have been devised over the last hundred years. He recounts the history of rocket airplanes, from the early pioneers who attached simple rockets onto their wooden glider airplanes to the modern world of high-tech research vehicles. The author visits museums where rare examples of early rocket planes are kept and modern laboratories where future spaceplanes are being developed. He explains the technology in an easily understandable way, describing the various types of rocket airplanes and looking at the possibilities for the future.