CONTENTS
Volume 11, AAS History Series
History of Rocketry and Astronautics
Proceedings of the Fifteenth and Sixteenth History Symposia of the International Academy of Astronautics (IAA), Rome, Italy, 1981; and Paris, France, 1982
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Foreword, R. Cargill Hall, Series Editor vii
Preface, Roger D. Launius, Volume Editor ix
Part I—Early Solid-Propellant Rocketry 1
Chapter 1: On the Design of N. I. Kibal’chich’s Flying Machine (on the 100th Year of its Development), A. M. Vinitskii 3
Part II—Rocketry and Astronautics: Concepts, Theories, and Analyses 5
Chapter 2: The Origins of Inertial Navigation in Space, A. Yu. Ishlinsky 7
Chapter 3: Evolution of Space Fiction in Film, Frederick I. Ordway, III 13
Part III—The Development of Liquid- and Solid-Propellant Rockets, 1880-1945 31
Chapter 4: Rocketry Personnel Training in the U.S.S.R. (1924-1936), E. K. Moshkin and A. F. Nistratov 33
Chapter 5: The Supersonic Wind Tunnel Installations at Peenemünde and Kochel and Their Contributions to the Aerodynamics of Rocket-Powered Vehicles, Rudolf Hermann 39
Part IV—Rocketry and Astronautics After 1945 57
Chapter 6: Origins of Magnetospheric Physics, James A. Van Allen 59
Chapter 7: Reaction Motors, Inc.: A Corporate History, 1941-1958, Part I, Institutional Developments, Frederick I. Ordway, III and Frank H. Winter 75
Chapter 8: Reaction Motors, Inc.: A Corporate History, 1941-1958, Part II, Research and Development Efforts, Frank H. Winter and Frederick I. Ordway, III 101
Chapter 9: Early Experiments with Erosive Burning in Solid Rockets, J. M. Murphy and J. R. Osborn 129
Chapter 10: Fundamental Scientific Questions in the Early Period of Rocket Propulsion Development, Martin Summerfield 141
Chapter 11: Scientific Foundations for Implementation of Manned Space Flight, V. I. Yazdovsky and Y. Vedeshyne 145
Chapter 12: The History of Extravehicular Activity (EVA) in U.S. Human Space Flight, R. Scott Millican 147
Chapter 13: Space Research in Poland After 1958, M. Subotowicz 161
Part V—Pioneers of Rocketry and Astronautics 163
Chapter 14: Konstantin Eduardovich Tsiolkovsky and the Present Times, A. A. Kosmodemjansky 165
Chapter 15: Nikolai Alexeyevich Rynin (1877-1942), Soviet Astronautical Pioneer: An American Appreciation, Frank H. Winter 175
Chapter 16: The Contribution of Robert Esnault-Pelterie to Astronautics, P. Contensou 195
Chapter 17: Romanian Professor Elie Carafoli: Fifty-Five Years of Devotion to Modern Aeronautics and Astronutics, Florin Zaganescu 201
Chapter 18: Ary Szternfeld: Pioneer of Space Navigation, Wladyslaw Geisler 209
Index 219