Space Handbook: Astronautics and Its Applications, Staff Report of the Select Committee on Astronautics and Space Exploration

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Abstract:

Astronautics and its applications, Technology in the space environment, Rocket vehicles, propulsion systems, propellants, internal power sources, structures and materials, flight path and orientation control, guidance, communication, observation and tracking, atmospheric flight...

Author(s):
Buchheim, Robert W. ; Bjork, R. L. ; Cohen, S. T. ; Crain, C. M. ; Davis, M. H. ; Dole, S. H. ; Edwards, T. I. ; Frick, R. H. ; Gabler, R. T. ; Garber, T. B.
Author Organization(s):
RAND CORP SANTA MONICA CA
Descriptive Note:
Staff rept.
Supplementary Note:
Prepared in cooperation with California Inst. of Tech. and California Univ., Los Angeles.
Pagination:
0250

Security Markings

DOCUMENT & CONTEXTUAL SUMMARY

Distribution:
Approved For Public Release
Distribution Statement:
Approved For Public Release; Distribution Is Unlimited.

RECORD

Collection: TR
Identifying Numbers
Monitor Series:
US/CONGRESS
 Subject Terms
Joint Capability Areas:
JCA_5_Command and Control; JCA_7.2.1_Mitigate Lethal Effects; JCA_7.2_Mitigate; JCA_7_Protection; JCA_5.3_Planning; JCA_4.6_Engineering; JCA_4.6.1_General Engineering; JCA_5.3.3_Develop Strategy; JCA_5.3.4_Develop Courses of Action; JCA_5.3.5_Analyze Courses of Action; JCA_5.3.2_Apply Situational Understanding; JCA_1.2.7_Experimentation; JCA_5.2.2_Develop Knowledge and Situational Awareness; JCA_5.2_Understand; JCA_1.2.3_Educating; JCA_1.2.6_Concepts; JCA_4.1_Deployment and Distribution; JCA_1.3.2_Personnel Management; JCA_5.4_Decide; JCA_4_Logistics; JCA_4.2_Supply
Modernization Areas:
Space
Communities of Interest:
Space
Descriptor(s):
*ASTRONAUTICS, REENTRY VEHICLES, PAYLOAD, EARTH ORBITS, METEOROLOGICAL SATELLITES, SPACE FLIGHT, ROCKET PROPELLANTS, SPACE PROPULSION, SPACE EXPLORATION, PLANETARY SURFACE VEHICLES, SCIENTIFIC SATELLITES, ROCKET TRAJECTORIES, LUNAR LANDINGS, HANDBOOKS, SPACE MISSIONS, INERTIAL GUIDANCE, RADAR NAVIGATION
Field(s)/Group(s):
Astronautics
Report Date:
1960 Jan 26