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005			20240726105329.0
008			120229s2012 enk ob 001 0 eng d
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020			_a9781848167650 _q((electronic)l(electronic)ctronic)
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050	0	4	_aTL789 _b.V478 2012
049			_aMAIN
100	1		_aHill, C. N. _e1
245	1	0	_aA vertical empire _bhistory of the British rocketry programme / _cC.N. Hill.
250			_asecond edition.
260			_aLondon : _bImperial College Press, _c(c)2012.
300			_a1 online resource (viii, 379 pages)
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier
347			_adata file _2rda
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505	0	0	_aAcknowledgements; Chapter 1: Introduction; Places; The Royal Aircraft Establishment (RAE) at Farnborough; Rocket Propulsion Establishment (RPE) at Westcott; Spadeadam; Woomera; High Down; Political and Administrative Matters; Politics; The Air Ministry; The Ministry of Supply; Ministry of Defence; The Treasury; Politicians; Officials; Firms; Money values; Chapter 2: Rocket Motors; Rocket Motors in the UK; Snarler and Screamer; Delta; HTP; Hydrogen; Ion Motors; Solid Fuel Motors; Chapter 3: Rocket Interceptors; An Overview; Designs in Detail; The F138/SR53; Facts and Figures.
505	0	0	_aThe P177Chapter 4: Blue Steel; Chapter 5: Blue Streak -- _tThe Origins; The Warhead; A Solid Fuel Design?; The Missile Design; Chapter 6: Blue Streak -- _tThe 'Underground Launcher'; Chapter 7: Blue Streak -- _tThe Cancellation; BND(SG); Origins of Skybolt; Unpopularity of Blue Streak; Chapter 8: BSSLV; A Liquid Hydrogen Stage; Blue Streak with a Centaur Upper Stage; Chapter 9: The European Launcher Development Organisation -- _tELDO; The Political Failure of ELDO; Chapter 10: Europa; The Launches; F1; F2 and F3; F4; F5; F6/1; F6/2; F7; F8; F9; F10; F11; Improving Europa; Europa III.
505	0	0	_aChapter 11: Black KnightChapter 12: Black Knight and the Re-entry Experiments; Black Knight Launches; BK01; BK03; BK04; BK05; BK06; BK08; BK09; BK07; BK13; BK14; BK17; BK15; BK16; BK18; BK11; Project Dazzle; BK19; BK20; BK21; BK23; BK24; BK25; Summary of Black Knight Launches; Crusade and the 54-inch Black Knight; How Successful was Black Knight?; Was Black Knight Good Value for Money?; Chapter 13: Black Arrow; The Flights; R0 -- _t28 June 1968; R1 -- _t4 March 1970; R2 -- _t2 September 1970; R3 -- _t28 October 1971; The Cancellation; Black Arrow Improvements; Chapter 14: The 'Might Have Beens'
505	0	0	_aA Black Knight IRBMCould Britain Have Launched an Astronaut into Orbit?; Alternative Histories; Chapter 15: Conclusions; Could the UK Once Again Become Involved in a Launcher Programme?; Appendix A: Original Documents; History of the Saunders Roe SR53 and SR177; K11 Underground Launcher; Use of Spadeadam for Space Firings; Space and the Future of The European Launcher Development Organisation (ELDO); Appendix B: A Black Knight Launcher?; Appendix C: Timeline; Further Reading; Archives; Index.
520	0		_aA Vertical Empire provides a description of the British rocketry and space programme from the 1950s to 1970s, detailing the Medium Range Ballistic Missile Blue Streak and its conversion to a satellite launcher as part of the European Launcher Development Organisation (ELDO). This extensively revised second edition includes material only made available in the past ten years and the text is supplemented by numerous photographs, sketches and statistics. The all-British satellite Black Arrow is described, as well as the research rocket Black Knight, the Blue Steel missile and the rocket powered inches.
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650		0	_aAstronautics _zGreat Britain _xHistory.
650		0	_aRocketry _zGreat Britain _xHistory.
650		4	_aAstronautics _zGreat Britain _xHistory.
650		4	_aAstronautics.
650		4	_aRocketry _zGreat Britain _xHistory.
655		1	_aElectronic Books.
856	4	0	_uhttps://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=516765&site=eds-live&custid=s3260518 _zClick to access digital title | log in using your CIU ID number and my.ciu.edu password
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902			_a1 _bCynthia Snell _c1 _dCynthia Snell