Stages to Saturn : a technological history of the Apollo/Saturn launch vehicles / Roger E. Bilstein
1980, 1st edition. Washington : Scientific and Technical Information Branch, National Aeronautics and Space Administration. Good paperback copy; edges somewhat dust-dulled and nicked. Some stains to the edges, but the texr remains quite clear. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Item #444536
Physical description; xx, 511 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm. Notes; Include index. Includes bibliographical references (pages 493-500) and index. Contents; I. Prologue. Concepts and origins -- -- II. The Saturn building blocks. Aerospace alphabet : ABMA, ARPA, MSFC -- Missions, modes, and manufacturing -- -- III. Fire, smoke, and thunder : the engines. Conventional cryogenics : the H-1 and the F-1 -- Unconventional cryogenics : RL-10 and J-2 -- -- IV. Building the Saturn V. From the S-IV to the S-IVB -- The lower stages : S-IC and S-II -- From checkout to launch : the quintessential computer -- -- V. Coordination : men and machines. Managing Saturn -- The logistics tangle -- -- VI. Step by step. Qualifying the cluster concept -- The giant leap -- -- VIII. Epilogue. Legacies -- Appendix A : Schematic of Saturn V -- Appendix B : Saturn V prelaunch -- launch sequence -- Appendix C : Saturn flight history -- Appendix D : Saturn R & D funding history -- Appendix E : Saturn V contractors -- Appendix F : Location of remaining Saturn hardware -- Appendix G : NASA organization during Apollo-Saturn -- Appendix H : MSFC personnel during Apollo-Saturn. Subjects; Saturn Project (U.S.) History. Project Apollo (U.S.) History. Projet Saturne. Saturn launch vehicles History. Launch vehicles (Astronautics) History.
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