Stages to Saturn: A Technological History of the Apollo/Saturn Launch Vehicles / Edition 1

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ISBN-10:: 0813026911
ISBN-13:: 9780813026916
Pub. Date:: 09/28/2003
Publisher:: University Press of Florida

ISBN-10:: 0813026911
ISBN-13:: 9780813026916
Pub. Date:: 09/28/2003
Publisher:: University Press of Florida

Stages to Saturn: A Technological History of the Apollo/Saturn Launch Vehicles / Edition 1

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Contains a study of the development of the Saturn launch vehicle for the Apollo Moon Missions. Recounts the exploits of the Saturn vehicle's operational life from orbital missions around Earth testing Apollo equipment to the Moon and back. Reprint of a book that was originally published in 1980.

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ISBN-13:	9780813026916
Publisher:	University Press of Florida
Publication date:	09/28/2003
Edition description:	First
Pages:	544
Product dimensions:	(w) x 9.00(h) x (d)

	Foreword
	Preface
	Acknowledgments
	Preface to the 2003 Edition
	Prologue	1
1	Concepts and Origins	3
II	The Saturn Building Blocks	23
2	Aerospace Alphabet : ABMA, ARPA, MSFC	25
3	Missions, Modes, and Manufacturing	57
III	Fire, Smoke, and Thunder: The Engines	87
4	Conventional Cryogenics: The H-1 and the F-1	89
5	Unconventional Cryogenics: RL-10 and J-2	129
IV	Building the Saturn V	155
6	From the S-IV to the S-IVB	157
7	The Lower Stages: S-IC and S-II	191
8	From Checkout to Launch: The Quintessential Computer	235
V	Coordination: Men and Machines	259
9	Managing Saturn	261
10	The Logistics Tangle	293
VI	Step by Step	321
11	Qualifying the Cluster Concept	323
12	The Giant Leap	347
VII	Epilogue	379
13	Legacies	381
App. A	Schematic of Saturn V	405
App. B	Saturn V Prelaunch - Launch Sequence	407
App. C	Saturn Flight History	413
App. D	Saturn R&D Funding History	421
App. E	Saturn V Contractors	423
App. F	Location of Remaining Saturn Hardware	439
App. G	NASA Organization During Apollo-Saturn	441
App. H	MSFC Personnel During Apollo-Saturn	449
	Notes	457
	Sources and Research Material	493
	Index	501

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