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When the mighty Rocketdyne F-1 engine was conceived in the late 1950s for the U.S. Air Force, it had no defined mission and there was no launch vehicle it could power. It was a bold concept to push the technological envelope of rocket propulsion in order to put massive payloads into Earth orbit. Few realized at the time that the F-1 would one day propel American astronauts to the Moon. In The Saturn V F-1 Engine, Anthony Young tells the amazing story of unbridled vision, bold engineering, explosive failures during testing, unrelenting persistence to find solutions, and ultimate success in launching the Saturn V with a 100 percent success rate. The book

  • contains personal interviews with many Rocketdyne and NASA personnel involved in the engine's design, development, testing and production;
  • is lavishly illustrated with black-and-white and color photographs, many never previously published
  • is the first complete history of the most powerful rocket engine ever built.

The F-1 engine remains the high point in U.S. liquid rocket propulsion - it represents a period in American history when nothing was impossible.

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When the mighty Rocketdyne F-1 engine was conceived in the late 1950s for the U.S. Air Force, it had no defined mission and there was no launch vehicle it could power. It was a bold concept to push the technological envelope of rocket propulsion in order to put massive payloads into Earth orbit. Few realized at the time that the F-1 would one day propel American astronauts to the Moon. In The Saturn V F-1 Engine, Anthony Young tells the amazing story of unbridled vision, bold engineering, explosive failures during testing, unrelenting persistence to find solutions, and ultimate success in launching the Saturn V with a 100 percent success rate. The book

  • contains personal interviews with many Rocketdyne and NASA personnel involved in the engine's design, development, testing and production;
  • is lavishly illustrated with black-and-white and color photographs, many never previously published
  • is the first complete history of the most powerful rocket engine ever built.

The F-1 engine remains the high point in U.S. liquid rocket propulsion - it represents a period in American history when nothing was impossible.

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  • Title The Saturn V F-1 Engine: Powering Apollo Into History
  • Author Anthony Young
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition number 1st
  • Edition 1
  • Pages 266
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Praxis Publications Inc, England
  • Publication date 2008-11-25
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Features Illustrated, Index, Table of Contents
  • ISBN 9780387096292 / 0387096299
  • Weight 1.3 lbs (0.59 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.5 x 6.7 x 0.8 in (24.13 x 17.02 x 2.03 cm)
  • Themes
    • Chronological Period: 1960's
  • Category Technology & Industrial Arts
  • Library of Congress subjects Space vehicles - Propulsion systems, Project Apollo (U.S.) - History
  • Library of Congress Catalogue Number 2008930113
  • Dewey Decimal Code 629.1

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  • Choice, 06/01/2009, Page 0

About the author

Anthony Young's first automotive book, published in 1984, became the best-selling automotive title sold in America within three months of its publication, according to Auto Week magazine. His first Springer-Praxis book, Lunar and Planetary Rovers: The Wheels of Apollo and the Quest for Mars will be published in the fall of 2006. He is a regular contributor to Space Times magazine and the online weekly website, The Space Review.

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