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Modern High-Power Rocketry: An Illustrated How-To Guide
Summary: Author - Mark Canepa;
Mark is a member of the Tripoli Rocketry Association and is the publisher and editor of the Central Valley Rocket News. He has authored several articles on High-Power rocketry, which have appeared in Extreme Rocketry magazine. He has also successfully achieved his Level One, Level Two and Level Three certifications as a High-Power rocketeer. Like most people, he needed more information, and this book is the result.

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Rocket Boys - Paperback
Summary: Author - Homer Hickam;
Inspired by Werner von Braun and his Cape Canaveral team, 14-year-old Homer Hickam decided in 1957 to build his own rockets. They were his ticket out of Coalwood, West Virginia, a mining town that everyone knew was dying. Hickam's smart, iconoclastic mother wanted her son to become something more than a miner. He grew up to be a NASA engineer and his memoir of the bumpy ride toward a gold medal at the National Science Fair in 1960 -- an unprecedented honor for a miner's kid--is rich in humor as well as warm sentiment. Hickam is candid about the deep disagreements and tensions in his parents' marriage, even as he movingly depicts their quiet loyalty to each other. The portrait of his ultimately successful campaign to win his aloof father's respect is equally affecting.

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Rocket Boys - Hardback
Summary: Author - Homer Hickam;
Inspired by Werner von Braun and his Cape Canaveral team, 14-year-old Homer Hickam decided in 1957 to build his own rockets. They were his ticket out of Coalwood, West Virginia, a mining town that everyone knew was dying. Hickam's smart, iconoclastic mother wanted her son to become something more than a miner. He grew up to be a NASA engineer and his memoir of the bumpy ride toward a gold medal at the National Science Fair in 1960 -- an unprecedented honor for a miner's kid--is rich in humor as well as warm sentiment. Hickam is candid about the deep disagreements and tensions in his parents' marriage, even as he movingly depicts their quiet loyalty to each other. The portrait of his ultimately successful campaign to win his aloof father's respect is equally affecting.

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Fly Me to the Moon : Lost in Space With the Mercury Generation
Summary: Author - Bryan Ethier;
The author, a freelance writer and fan of space exploration, tells the story of space flight, beginning with Project Mercury, from the perspective of the astronauts and their families, their neighbors, reporters, and space buffs. Drawing on interviews, Ethier offers glimpses of the astronauts as ordinary people and recaptures the excitement Americans felt watching each launch. He highlights the events that sparked the imagination of an entire generation of children. Just in time for the 30th anniversary of the first manned landing on the moon, his book will be inspirational to parents, young adults, children, their teachers, and even guidance counselors. For school and public libraries. 256 pages. Hardback;

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Model Rocketry Handbook: 21st Century Edition
Summary: Author - Stuart Lodge;
Taking model rocketry past the basic kit stage and into the realms of sport models, high power rockets and competition space modelling. This is the most comprehensive book available today, covering the latest technological developments from around the world. Author Stuart Lodge has experienced all forms of model rocketry and built up a depth of experience of the science and practice of this futuristic hobby. This book describes the physics and chemistry for those who want to explore the hobby in-depth but also enables the newcomer to model rocketry and gain the knowledge to safely enjoy it. The whole spectrum of the hobby is covered including history, scale and functional model construction, propellants, stability, recovery and ground support systems plus much more. Paperback.

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Second Stage : Advanced Model Rocketry
Summary: Author - Michael Banks, Tim van Milligan;
Banks put together the first edition of Second Stage: Advanced Model Rocketry in 1985, as a guide to some of the more interesting activities the model rocketry hobby offers. These include scale modeling, aerial photography, and instrumentation & telemetry, among other things. The 2nd edition offers all that and more - and has been carefully and completely updated and expanded by Tim van Milligan, himself an avid hobbyist and model rocket manufacturer. The book is presented in an easy-to-read format, with lots of photos and illustrations (including several useful plans). 72 pages. Paperback;

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The Art of Scale Model Rocketry
Summary: Author - Peter Alway;
The ASMR is a complete how-to manual for building and flying miniature replicas of space boosters, research rockets, and missiles. The ASMR explains the tricks to designing a model, starting from researching data on the real thing (data for several rockets is included, and there is an extensive bibliography of other sources). The ASMR explains the process of selecting a scale, creating accurate plans from data, and insuring your model is stable. The ASMR will even guide you through the rules of NAR Scale and Sport Scale competition. Includes 13 model plans and dozens of illustrations. 96 page wire-bound softcover lies flat for work and photocopying patterns. Softcover.

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Retro Rockets: Experimental Rockets 1926-1941
Summary: Author - Peter Alway;
A book about the early liquid-fueled rockets of Robert Goddard and his contemporaries in the United States, Germany, and the Soviet Union. Most of these rockets make excellent model subjects--all the subjects are documented with the data modelers need. Model rocketeers will also find flying model plans for four of these rockets. High power rocketeers may prefer simply to use the prototype drawings as plans for full-scale replicas. A total of 38 rockets are depicted with fully dimensioned, color-keyed drawings while it lists six more that are depicted in less detail. The book includes many photos as well as features four model plans. 96 pages. Hardcover.

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Parachute Recovery Systems Design Manual
Summary: Author - T. W. Knacke;
The Parachute Recovery Systems Design Manual by Theo Knacke is simply an incredible compilation of parachute design information. It provides you with all the tools necessary to evaluate, select, design, test, manufacture, and operate parachute recovery systems. These devices range from simple, one-parachute assemblies to multiple-parachute systems. All aspects are discussed, including the selection of the most suitable recovery device concept, a computerized approach to parachute performance, force and stress analysis, geometric gore design, component layout, material selection, system design, manufacturing, and in-service maintenance. In short, this is the last word in technical design manuals for recovery systems.

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Rocket Propulsion Elements : An Introduction to the Engineering of Rockets
Summary: Author - George P. Sutton;
This new edition of Rocket Propulsion Elements covers the basic physical principles of rocket propulsion such as nozzle thermodynamics, heat transfer, flight performance, and propellant chemistry for all rocket types, including liquid, solid, hybrid fueled, and electric propulsion systems. Like its predecessors, this Sixth Edition of Rocket Propulsion Elements continues to offer a thorough introduction to basic principles, a description of their physical mechanisms and designs, and an understanding of how rocket propulsion is applied to flying vehicles. 636 pages, Hardcover.

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