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Hardcover. Zustand: UsedGood. Hardcover; based on a University of California engineering extension course; surplus library copy with the usual stampings; reference number taped to spine; fading and shelf wear to exterior; cloth wearing to corners and ends of spine; in good condition with clean text, tight binding. No dust jacket.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. ] Hardback, octavo, navy blue cloth, xii + 526 pages, VG to VG+/no dj. Entirely sound, clean inside and out, no names, no writing. One page with a fore-edge crinkle and a very short tear. Numerous equations, drawings, graphs, photos. References each article. Overall Index. RWR5 Science & Technology Math & Physics Mathematics Systems Engineering Space Jet Propulsion Fuels Propellants Missiles Weapons Satellites Military.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. No Jacket. Space Technology. Seifert, Howard (Editor). Published by John Wiley and Sons. 1959. Approx 750p. hardcover no dust jacket, boards lightly bumped/scuffed/shelfwear, binding tight, text clean/unmarked, NOT xlib, "Western Museum of Flight" stamp on front endpaper/sticker with "Morgan M. Blair" on front endpaper/ "TO AN OLD AREODYNAMICIST TURNED SPACEMAN WITH BEST WISHES BOB LAIDLAW" written on front endpaper"William R. Laidlaw assisted Hap Arnold, Commanding General of the U.S. Air Force, in writing Global Mission (New York: Harper and Row, 1949); W. R. Laidlaw, formerly vice-president for research and engineering at North American Rockwell, formed Flight Systems, Inc., a technical/engineering-and engineering/pilot-oriented research organization with offices in Inglewood, California; In 1971, William Laidlaw, Special Assistant to the Director of Defense Research and Engineering (OSD), became Rockwells vice president for research and engineering in 1967.Rockwell International Corporation, formerly (196773) North American Rockwell Corporation, diversified American corporation that was formerly one of the country's leading aerospace contractors, making launch vehicles and spacecraft for the U.S. space program. In 1958 Rockwell moved into aircraft manufacturing by acquiring Aero Design and Engineering. After the merger Rockwell continued to be a major government contractor, making the Saturn V rocket engines that lifted the Apollo astronauts to the moon; the Space Shuttle orbiters and their main engines; and the airframe of the B-1B bomber. The company changed its name to Rockwell International in 1973. Despite these successes, Rockwell in the 1980s diversified into such fields as electronics and automotive products in an effort to reduce its dependence on U.S. government-contracted space systems and weapons. Rockwell had become a major manufacturer of modem chips, commercial avionics, and factory automation equipment by the time it sold its defense electronics and aerospace businesses to The Boeing Company in 199650.00.

Zustand: Very Good. First Edition. First edition. [vi], 799 pp. Bound in publisher's black leatherette, spine stamped in crimson and gilt. Very Good, hinges cracked (as is typical from the weight of the textblock), light rubbing to spine ends and corners, rubbing to spine lettering, and former owner's name at the front free endpaper. Retains original "Restricted" classification of the Air Technical Service Command. Less wear than most extant copies. A massive rocketry work compiled by remarkable polymath Hsue-shen Tsien (also known as Qian Xuesen): a mathematician, physicist, and inventor of the field of engineering cybernetics. Tsien was a wartime US Army consultant at the time of publication; later he became Goddard Professor of Aerodynamics at Cal Tech. With the onset on McCarthyism his loyalty was questioned by American intelligence agencies and he was confined to house arrest for five years. He left the US for his homeland of China in 1955 on a boat, never to return. Some historians have argued this was greatest single loss the American scientific establishment ever suffered. Warmly welcomed upon arrival by the Chinese communist government, he was instrumental in producing the first Chinese ballistic missile, which also served as foundation for the country's first satellite. He is still revered in China as the father of their space and nuclear programs.