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2000 Archived News by R. Morrow
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Tuesday, June 06, 2000 |
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A new book is due to hit the hobby rocketry marketplace in the near term future, "Small Sounding Rockets" by R. Morrow. Five years in the making, the book is scheduled to hit the printers in July
The book is written as a history of research sounding rockets with the help of many still active and retired engineers who made sounding rockets their lives. In it, you'll find the description of the companies who built the rockets, the engineers responsible for the design and development of the rockets, as well as detailed report, graphs and color photos. Some of the assembly drawings that are included are 11" by 17" while others are 8.5" by 11".
There are a number of actual assembly drawings where they were available, listed as (complete). Some of the information in the book covers these companies and rockets:
JPL
Loki-Dart and launcher complete data
Cooper Development Corporation
Roksonde-200 (complete)
ASP-I (complete)
ASP-II, ASP-III, ASCAMP (partial)
ASP-IV (complete)
The Zimney Corporation
Cleansweep III, III-A
ASPs (complete)
Rocket Power INC
Raven (complete)
Sidewinder Raven (partial)
Judi-Dart (complete)
Hopi-Dart (complete)
Phoenix (complete)
Kisha-Judi (complete)
Thunderbird (partial)
Sandia Labs
Deacon-Arrow/Viper-Arrow (partial)
Space Data Corporation
Cajun-Dart (complete)
Instrumented Loki-Dart (complete)
Super Loki-Dart (complete)
Sirocco (complete)
Viper-3A (complete)
Atlantic Research Corporation
Arcon (partial)
Metroc (complete)
Arcas (complete)
Boosted Arcas-II (complete)
Sidewinder HV-Arcas (complete)
Sparrow HV -Arcas (complete)
Frangible Arcas (complete)
Super Arcas (complete)
U of MD
Terrapin and launcher (complete)
The book is roughly 350 pages and will be available in soft perfect binding with all pages being heavy glossy paper. The cost is expected to be $59 plus applicable tax and shipping. Anyone that has an interest in small sounding rockets (1955-1973) that would like to show an indication of interest should contact the author at
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