Douglas Aircraft Company. Preliminary design of an experimental world-circling spaceship, Report, 1946 May 2. - View Resource

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Douglas Aircraft Company. Preliminary design of an experimental world-circling spaceship, Report, 1946 May 2.

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Preliminary design of an experimental world-circling spaceship, Report, 1946 May 2.

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http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122489985

Abstract

A report prepared by the Engineering Division at Santa Monica regarding the design and technical analysis for an orbiting satellite. Two designs are presented: one of a four-stage alcohol-liquid oxygen rocket, and the second for a two-stage rocket employing liquid hydrogen and oxygen as propellants. The report considers power plants, design alternatives, trajectories, and landing apparatus.

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1v. : 330 l. ; 22 x 28 cm.

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Temple University Libraries, Paley Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 6733175

Temple University Libraries, Paley Library

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