CONTENTS
Volume 13, AAS History Series
History of Liquid Rocket Engine Development in the United States, 1955-1980

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FOREWORD, R. Cargill Hall, Series Editor vii

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ix

INTRODUCTION 1

An Introduction to Liquid Rocket Propusion Systems, Stephen E. Doyle, Volume Editor 3

Opening Remarks of the Session Chairman, Larry J. Ross 7

PART I — STORABLE PROPELLANT BOOSTER ENGINES 17

Chapter 1: History of the Titan Liquid Rocket Engines, M.J. Chulick, L. C. Meland, F. C. Thompson, and Howard W. Williams 19

PART 2 — LIQUID OXYGEN-ROCKET PROPELLANT (LOX-RP) BOOSTER ENGINES 37

Chapter 2: History of the Thor/Delta Booster Engines, P. N. Fuller and H. M. Minami 39

Chapter 3: History of the Atlas Engines, R. A. Smith and Henry M. Minami 53

PART 3 — HYDROGEN/OXYGEN BOOSTER & STAGE ENGINES 67

Chapter 4: Space Shuttle Main Engine, The First Ten Years, R. E. Biggs 69

Chapter 5: The History of the RL10 Upper-Stage Rocket Engine, J. E. Tucker 123

SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS 153

History of Liquid Rocket Engine Development in the United States, 1955-1980 (Summary and Conclusions by Chairman and Panelists):
     Larry J. Ross, Chairman, and Howard Williams (on Titan),
     Henry Minami (on Delta), Bob Smith (on Atlas), Bob Biggs
     (on the Space Shuttle Main Engine - SSME), and Jim Brown
     (on the RL10, Centaur Stage engine) 155

INDEX 161

Numerical Index 163

Author Index 164