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Record Nr.

UNINA9910157765203321

Autore

Anderson Douglas

Titolo

Reggie The Rocket : What Goes Up Usually Comes Back Down

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Chicago : , : Publication Consultants, , 2015

©2015

ISBN

1-59433-549-4

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (36 pages)

Soggetti

Blue Streak rocket

Ballistic missiles

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

Intro -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Foreword -- Table of Contents -- Chapter 1: The Blue Streak Family -- Chapter 2: F1 the First in Line -- Chapter 3: F1 at Woomera Range -- Chapter 4: The Big Red Button -- Chapter 5: Reggie Gets It Right -- Chapter 6: Europa at Last -- Epilogue -- List of Launches -- Notes -- About the Author.

Sommario/riassunto

The story of Reggie The Rocket closely tracks the history of the 1960s British Blue Streak rocket program.The author Douglas Anderson worked on the assembly and testing of the Rolls-Royce RZ2 engines powering the Blue Streak and was present in Woomera, Australia, for the launch of F3.