CONTENTS
Volume 21, AAS History Series,
History of Rocketry and Astronautics

Proceedings of the Twenty-Sixth History Symposium of
the International Academy of Astronautics (IAA),
Washington, D.C., U.S.A., 1992

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Foreword vii

Preface ix

PART I: Pioneering Efforts

Chapter 1.  Theodore von Kármán’s Caltech Students, Shirley Thomas 3

Chapter 2.  Heylandt’s Rocket Cars and the V-2: A Little known Chapter in the History of Space Technology, Frank H. Winter and Michael J. Neufeld 41

PART II: National Space Developments

Chapter 3.  The Origins of U.S. Space Policy: Eisenhower, Open Skies, and Freedom of Space, R. Cargill Hall 75

Chapter 4.  Going Up From Down Under: Australia’s Space History and Heritage, Kerrie A. Dougherty 107

Chapter 5.  France and the Peenemünde Legacy, Jacques Villain 119

Chapter 6.  Historical Aspects of Spacecraft Technology and its Diffusion in Society in Japan, H. Mitsuma 163

Chapter 7.  A Waning of Technocratic Faith: NASA and the Politics of the Space Shuttle Decision, 1967-1972, Roger D. Launius 179

PART III: Successful Aeronautical and Astronautical Ventures

Chapter 8.  The “Burya” Intercontinental Cruise Missile, Boris V. Rauschenbach 199

Chapter 9.  LH2 Technology was Pioneered on Centaur 30 years Ago, Dan Heald 205

Chapter 10.  The Development of the Booster-Launchers in the U.S.S.R., V. P. Mishin 223

Chapter 11.  Agate and its Forebears: Early French “Precious Stones” Rockets, Philippe Jung 229

Chapter 12.  The Early Days of LOX/LH2 Engines at SEP and MBB, Christophe Rothmund, Helmut Hopmann, and Erich Kirner 269

PART IV: Programs That Failed to Reach Fruition

Chapter 13.  Origins of the MOUSE Proposal, S. Fred Singer 295

Chapter 14.  Early Lunar Base Concepts: The Lockheed Experience, Part I, T. L. Stroup and R. D. Allen 301

Chapter 15.  Project Dyna-Soar: The Roots of Shuttle—A Memoir, William C. Walter 317

Index 351