{"product_id":"the-rocket-the-history-and-development-of-rocket-missile-technology-big-size-25-x-34","title":"THE ROCKET — The History and Development of Rocket \u0026 Missile Technology — BIG SIZE 25 x 34 —","description":"\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: left; background-color: #f7f8f9; padding: 20px; border-left: 4px solid #647382;\"\u003eA comprehensive history of rocket and missile technology from ancient Chinese black powder to modern space exploration, military applications, and the Space Shuttle, featuring over 350 illustrations and detailed technical data.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3 style=\"margin-bottom: 13px;\"\u003eCharacteristics\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003ctable style=\"width: 99.915%;\" class=\"table table-striped\"\u003e\n\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"width: 36.001%;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eISBN-10\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"width: 63.7218%;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e0-517-53404-5\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"width: 36.001%;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBook cover finish(es)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"width: 63.7218%;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHardcover ( square spine binding )\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"width: 36.001%;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSpecial Features\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"width: 63.7218%;\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e• Dust jacket\u003cbr\u003e• 276 pp, 350 illustrations, including two 6-page colour fold outs and 34 pages of colour\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"width: 36.001%;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eCondition\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"width: 63.7218%;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eExcellent\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"width: 36.001%;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAuthor(s)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"width: 63.7218%;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDavid Baker\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"width: 36.001%;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePublisher\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"width: 63.7218%;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eCrown Publishers, Inc.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"width: 36.001%;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eNumber of pages\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"width: 63.7218%;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e278\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"width: 36.001%;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePublished date\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"width: 63.7218%;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e1978\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"width: 36.001%;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eLanguage(s)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"width: 63.7218%;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eEnglish\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"width: 36.001%;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSize\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"width: 63.7218%;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e25 x 34 x 3 cm\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"width: 36.001%;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eCategorie(s)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"width: 63.7218%;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e• CONQUÊTE SPATIALE\u003cbr\u003e• ENCYCLOPÉDIES\u003cbr\u003e• AVIATION MILITAIRE\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3 style=\"margin-bottom: 13px;\"\u003eDescription\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe development of the rocket features in history as a series of devastating and often awe-inspiring events. The extent of the rocket’s potential, for both good and evil, has only become fully apparent within the last two decades, although man’s discovery of the nature of reactive flight spans two millennia. The rocket embodies its own peculiar technology which gives it the unique ability to propel itself in a vacuum, thereby being the only practical means of transportation, yet devised by man, capable of travelling beyond the \u003cem\u003eEarth\u003c\/em\u003e’s atmosphere.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe author notes that rockets and their multi-purpose payloads portend both alpha and omega. Alpha in that they represent man’s ultimate means of escape from his historical environment and furthermore as a means of redirecting the resources of outer space to an \u003cem\u003eEarth\u003c\/em\u003e whose energy clock has long passed its meridian. Omega represents the dark side of the rocket’s development, and one is left in little doubt as to its overwhelming role in the deadly end game which has been a fact of life since \u003cem\u003eWorld War II\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGiant rockets such as the \u003cem\u003eSaturn V\u003c\/em\u003e, which launched man to the \u003cem\u003eMoon\u003c\/em\u003e and were likely to symbolize the shape of things to come, are now obsolete museum pieces and in all probability their like will not be seen again, at least not in the West. The next generation of space vehicles will be dominated by the reusable piloted \u003cem\u003eShuttle\u003c\/em\u003e – a mix of rocket and glider whose operating costs per payload will represent a fraction of their giant predecessors. At the present time protagonist submarines lurk beneath the oceans, each craft carrying a complement of rockets capable of delivering megaton devastation equal to 500 times that rendered at \u003cem\u003eHiroshima\u003c\/em\u003e. While Armageddon is poised on \u003cem\u003eEarth\u003c\/em\u003e and beneath the oceans, a \u003cem\u003eTitan IIIE Centaur\u003c\/em\u003e rocket proceeds on its \u003cem\u003eVoyager\u003c\/em\u003e mission, reaching \u003cem\u003eJupiter\u003c\/em\u003e in 1979, \u003cem\u003eSaturn\u003c\/em\u003e in 1981, and \u003cem\u003eUranus\u003c\/em\u003e in 1986 – such are the parameters of rocketry.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn this major political and technological history, virtually every material development in rocketry is traced from black powder propellants in ancient \u003cem\u003eChina\u003c\/em\u003e right through to all the parallel developments in \u003cem\u003eEurope\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eAmerica\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eRussia\u003c\/em\u003e, ending with a discussion of the potential alternatives for rocket-powered flight in the 21st century.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe historical text is fully augmented with over 350 illustrations, many previously unpublished, together with a compendium, tables, and summary index, all of which will supply the reader with comprehensive data on virtually every significant rocket, missile, and rocket-powered aircraft that has ever flown or achieved flight potential.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"David Baker","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53741154992474,"sku":null,"price":89.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0270\/3015\/9446\/files\/liftapp_7.png?v=1772888779","url":"https:\/\/aviation.brussels\/products\/the-rocket-the-history-and-development-of-rocket-missile-technology-big-size-25-x-34","provider":"aviation.brussels","version":"1.0","type":"link"}