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100 1 _aLardier, Christian.
_eauthor.
245 1 4 _aThe Soyuz Launch Vehicle
_h[electronic resource] :
_bThe Two Lives of an Engineering Triumph /
_cby Christian Lardier, Stefan Barensky.
264 1 _aNew York, NY :
_bSpringer New York :
_bImprint: Springer,
_c2013.
300 _aXII, 500 p. 233 illus., 111 illus. in color.
_bonline resource.
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
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490 1 _aSpringer Praxis Books
505 0 _aPart I: Soyuz in the East -- The V-2’s heir -- Designing the Semyorka -- The Council of Chief Designers -- Korolev’s Subsidiaries -- The Various Versions -- The Launch Bases -- Part II: Soyuz in the West -- A Fantasy Launcher -- East meets West -- Genesis of Starsem -- Europeans on the Steppe -- Russians in the Jungle -- Soyuz – Launcher of the Future.
520 _aThe Soyuz launch vehicle has had a long and illustrious history. Built as the world's first intercontinental missile, it took the first man into space in April 1961, before becoming the workhorse of Russian spaceflight, launching satellites, interplanetary probes, every cosmonaut from Gagarin onwards, and, now, the multinational crews of the International Space Station. This remarkable book gives a complete and accurate description of the two lives of Soyuz, chronicling the cooperative space endeavor of Europe and Russia. First, it takes us back to the early days of astronautics, when technology served politics. From archives found in the Soviet Union the authors describe the difficulty of designing a rocket in the immediate post-war period. Then, in Soyuz's golden age, it launched numerous scientific missions and manned flights which were publicized worldwide while the many more numerous military missions were kept highly confidential! The second part of the book tells the contemporary story of the second life of Soyuz, gathered from Western sources and interviews with key protagonists. It addresses the sensitive issue of the strategic choices that led to the establishment of Soyuz in French Guiana, describing the role of a few visionaries in Russia and in Europe who decided to leave their respective isolation behind and bring Syouz and Ariane together. In the final analysis, this book is a profound description of a formidable human adventure.
650 0 _aEngineering.
650 0 _aAstronomy.
650 0 _aMathematics.
650 0 _aAstronautics.
650 1 4 _aEngineering.
650 2 4 _aAerospace Technology and Astronautics.
650 2 4 _aPopular Science in Mathematics/Computer Science/Natural Science/Technology.
650 2 4 _aPopular Science in Astronomy.
700 1 _aBarensky, Stefan.
_eauthor.
710 2 _aSpringerLink (Online service)
773 0 _tSpringer eBooks
776 0 8 _iPrinted edition:
_z9781461454588
830 0 _aSpringer Praxis Books
856 4 0 _uhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-5459-5
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