SpaceRef - History - United States - Programs

SpaceRef - History - United States - Programs - Rocketry

Liquid Hydrogen as a Propulsion Fuel, 1945-1959 - (NASA SP-4404, 1978) This book is an excellent historical look at an important aspect of rocketry. As former Administrator James Fletcher notes in the book's foreword, this historical story should prove useful to current managers of high technology projects as it examines such enduring themes as the use of technologies that are perceived to be dangerous, the individualistic innovator versus the group managers, and the flawed hindsight argument of "an idea whose time had come.". [NASA History Office].

The Problem of Space Travel: The Rocket Motor - (NASA SP-4026, 1995). This is the first fully-edited, complete English translation of Hermann Noordung's 1929 classic book Das Problem der Befahrung des Weltraums This book is important in the early literature about space travel becauseof its extensive treatment of the engineering details of a space station. [NASA History Office].

Vanguard: A History - (NASA SP-4202, 1970) This is an award-winning book covering the United States' first attempt to put a satellite in orbit. [NASA History Office].