Taming Liquid Hydrogen: The Centaur Upper Stage Rocket 1958-2002

by Bowles

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Taming Liquid Hydrogen: The Centaur Upper Stage Rocket 1958-2002

Synopsis

Chronicles the story of Centaur, the world's first liquid-hydrogen rocket. Centaur has enjoyed an unusually long & sometimes controversial career as an upper stage rocket. This book focuses on technical & political hurdles that Centaur faced over the 3 decades that it was managed by NASA Lewis Research Center. Centaur's high-energy hydrogen fuel transformed the Atlas & Titan missiles into launch v