CONTENTS
Volume 19, AAS History Series,
History of Rocketry and Astronautics
Proceedings of the Twenty-Fourth Symposium of the
International Academy
of Astronautics (IAA),
Dresden, Germany, 1990
Page
Foreword vii
Preface ix
PART I: Rocketry and Astronautics: Concepts, Theories, and Analyses
Chapter 1. EMPIRE: Background and Initial Dual-Planet Mission Studies, Frederick I. Ordway, III, Mitchell R. Sharpe, and Ronald C. Wakeford 3
Chapter 2. The Origin of Gravity-Propelled Interplanetary Space Travel, Richard L. Dowling, William J. Kosmann, Michael A. Minovitch, and Rex W. Ridenoure 63
PART II: The Development of Liquid- and Solid-Propellant Rockets, 1880-1945
Chapter 3. Modern Romanian Aerospace Achievements: Deep Roots Stefan Ispas and Florin Zaganescu 105
PART III: Rocketry and Astronautics After 1945
Chapter 4. From Vahrenwald via the Moon to Dresden, Konrad K. Dannenberg 119
Chapter 5. The Legacy of Hermes, Julius H. Braun 135
Chapter 6. On the History of Rocketry Development in the U.S.S.R. in the First Years after the Second World War (the Participation of German Specialists in the Development of Soviet Missile Technology in the Early Post-War Period), P. Bork and G. A. Sadovoj 143
Chapter 7. The SE 4300 Guided Rocket Program, Philippe Jung 153
Chapter 8. The R-3 Rocket Project Developed in the U.S.S.R. in 1947-1959 as a Basis for the First Soviet Space Launchers, J. V. Biriukov 193
Chapter 9. The Evolution of the Titan Rocket—Titan I to Titan II, Laurence J. Adams 201
Chapter 10. Engineering Development of the Apollo Lunar Module, Joseph G. Gavin, Jr. 225
Chapter 11. “Black Betsy”: The 6000C-4 Rocket Engine, 1945-1989 - Part 2, Frank H. Winter 237
PART IV: Pioneers of Rocketry and Astronautics
Chapter 12. Alfred Maul: A Pioneer of Camera Rockets, Frank E. Rietz 261
Chapter 13. Jean-Jacques Barré, French Pioneer of Rockets and Astronautics, J. Villain 277
Chapter 14. The Role of S. P. Korolev as a Designer of Launchers for Sputnik and Vostok, V. P. Mishin 295
Index 301