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06076aam a2200445Ii 4500 001 A07297226B5811E69AFE1DDBDAD10320 003 SILO 005 20160826010517 008 150818t20152015caua b 101 0 eng d 020 $a 9780877036197 020 $a 0877036195 035 $a (OCoLC)918897346 040 $a AZU $c AZU $d OCLCO $d YDXCP $e rda $d FER $d OCLCO $d TJC $d OCLCO $d OCLCA $d IWA $d SILO 043 $a n-us--- 050 4 $a TL781.8 U5 W56x 2015 100 1 $a Winter, Frank H., $e author. 245 10 $a Pioneering American rocketry : $b the Reaction Motors, Inc. (RMI) story, 1941-1972 / $c by Frank H. Winter and Frederick I. Ordway, III with James H. Wyld, John Shesta and Philippe Cosyn. 264 1 $a San Diego, California : $b Published for the American Astronautical Society by Univelt, Incorporated, $c [2015] 300 $a xiii, 462 pages : $b illustrations ; $c 25 cm. 490 1 $a AAS history series ; $v volume 44 500 $a Each chapter is a paper or re-edited version of a paper previously presented at a conference. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 505 0 $a Introduction and acknowledgments -- Sketches of the founders. Lovell Lawrence, Jr. ; James Hart Wyld ; John Shesta ; Hugh Franklin Pierce -- pt. I. The roots of RMI : James H. Wyld and his regeneratively cooled rocket motor. Introduction ; Background ; Childhood ; Wyld's introduction to rocketry ; Background of the regenerative motors ; Goddard's regeneratively cooled rocket motors ; The evolution of Wyld's regenerative cooled motor ; Toward the construction ; The motor tests ; Formation of Reaction Motors, Inc. ; References and notes -- pt. II. Reaction Motors, Inc. : a memoir, by John Shesta. Introduction ; The American Rocket Society (ARS) : Earliest years of RMI ; Early success developing JATOs ; JATO flight tests ; Work towards the 6000C-4 for Bell X-1 ; Viking and other later rocket engines ; RMI becomes Reaction Motors, division of Thiokol ; References and notes -- 505 0 $9 $a pt. III. Reaction Motors, Inc. : a corporate history, 1941-1958. Introduction ; Founding the enterprise ; The four founders ; The JATO endeavor ; Early expansion ; Rocket companies make poor neighbors ; Move to Lake Denmark ; The Rockefeller connection ; The Olin-Mathieson arrival on the scene ; The Thiokol merger ; References and notes -- pt. IV. Reaction motors, Inc. : projects, 1941-1958. Introduction JATOs ; Principal power for aircraft-rocket planes ; Test and sounding rockets, and also early missile power plants. Lark LR2-RM-12 and XLR-6-RM4 engines - MX-774's XLR-35-RM-1 engine - The Viking XLR-10-RM-2 engine ; Other important developments ; Miscellaneous projects ; References and notes -- 505 0 $9 $a pt. V. Reaction Motors division : a corporate history, 1958-1972. Introduction ; Transition from RMI to RMD ; Division management ; Facilities ; Division capabilities ; Project developments. Propulsion for X-15 research airplane - Packaged liquid rocket engines for small missiles - Sparrow III ; The Bullpup - Corvus air-to-surface missile - Missile A / missile B / lance activities - Condor air-to-air missile - Supporting work - Small Vernier and attitude control rockets - C-1 common engine ; The NERVA nuclear rocket project - Steam generators - Components - Other projects - Other activities ; The evolution of the division's fortunes ; The end ; References and notes. Other sources -- pt. VI. Reaction Motors division : projects, 1958 - 1972. Introduction ; Sparrow III ; Bullpup ; Corvus and Condor ; The X - 15 engine ; Lifting bodies ; Surveyor Vernier, TD-339 ; Conclusion References ; Notes -- 505 0 $9 $a pt. VII. RMI's most famous project : "Black Betsy," the 6000C-4 engine - part I. Introduction ; Background ; The Douglas and Goddard connections ; Switch to the XS-1 project ; Technical development of the 6000C-4 ; Advanced X-1 aircraft ; References and notes -- pt. VIII. RMI's most famous project : "Black Betsy," the 6000C-4 engine - part 2. Introduction ; The D-558-2 skyrocket ; The XF-91 ; The MX-774 ; Miscellaneous early 6000C-4 projects ; The X-15 ; Lifting bodies ; Sonic wind ; References and notes -- pt. IX. Last major triumph : the XLR-99 rocket engine. Introduction ; Laying the background ; The XLR-30 ; X-15 engine competition results ; XLR-99 growing pains ; Flight status and post-script ; References and notes -- 505 0 $9 $a pt. X. The liquid-propellant rocket by James H. Wyld. Introduction ; Background ; Other early proposals ; Goddard's experiments with liquid propellants ; Rocket-propelled automobile experiments ; German army takes over experimental work ; V-2 rocket comes into being ; Details of the A-4 motor ; Development of the American Rocket Society ; Reaction motors firm organized ; :Multi-cylinder rocket engine for aircraft ; German hydrogen-peroxide motors ; Trends in rocket-motor research ; Rocket-motor structural problems ; Research required in fuel injection ; Modern propellants needed ; Speculation on nuclear energy as power source ; References -- Appendix I. Typical early RMI rocket motors (arranged by dates of uses) -- Appendix II. Reaction Motors, Inc. / Reaction Motors division artifacts within the National Air and Space Museum (NASM), Washington, D.C. (status as of 12 December 2014) -- Appendix III. XLR-11s and XLR-8s in other museums (as of 7 February 2015) -- 505 0 $9 $a Appendix IV. XLR-99 or Pioneer Motors in other museums (as of 12 January 2015) -- Back notes. 650 0 $a Rocketry $z United States $x History $v Congresses. 650 0 $a Astronautics $z United States $x History $v Congresses. 610 20 $a Reaction Motors, Inc. 700 1 $a Ordway, Frederick I., $c III $q (Frederick Ira), $d 1927-2014, $e author. 700 1 $a Wyld, James H., $d 1912-1953, $e author. 700 1 $a Shesta, John, $e author. 700 1 $a Cosyn, Philippe, $e author. 830 0 $a AAS history series ; $v v. 44. 941 $a 1 952 $l USUX851 $d 20200204023437.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=A07297226B5811E69AFE1DDBDAD10320 994 $a C0 $b IWAInitiate Another SILO Locator Search