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The rocket into planetary space / by Hermann Oberth.
LIBRA TL790 .O313 2014
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Oberth, Hermann, 1894-1989, author.
- Standardized Title:
- Rakete zu den Planetenräumen. English
- Language:
- English
- German
- Subjects (All):
- Space flight.
- Rockets (Aeronautics).
- Physical Description:
- viii, 98 pages : illustrations ; 27 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Berlin ; Boston : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co. KG, 2014.
- Contents:
- Most favorable velocity
- Relationships between time, mass, force, distance, air pressure and most favorable velocity
- Propulsion apparatus and jet velocity
- The free flight of the rocket
- Andruck
- Discussion. Results of our investigations thus far
- Introductory remarks
- The alcohol rocket
- The hydrogen rocket
- Measurements with Model B
- About the technical devices
- Physical effects of abnormal andruck on the humans
- Psychological effects of abnormal andruck conditions
- Dangers during ascent
- Equipment of the rocket
- Outlook.
- Notes:
- Translated from the German.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9783486754636
- 3486754637
- OCLC:
- 881399605
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