Europe's Space Programme

To Ariane and Beyond

Brian Harvey

412 pages, parution le 14/05/2003

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Résumé

In Europe's Space Programme - to Ariane and Beyond, author Brian Harvey begins with the fledgling European rocket effort of the 1930s and the key pioneers of the period, examining the significance of the V-2 and the technological advances represented by its development. He shows how the Russians and Americans put their captured V-2s to work, but the European countries were slower to respond. Both Britain and France developed national space programmes in the 1950s and 1960s and the early attempts at European co-operation for launcher development - ELDO and ESRO - are described. The formation of the European Space Agency and the origins of the successful Ariane launcher programme are discussed and Europe's subsequent success in the world launcher market, its cutting-edge role in space applications and European manned spaceflight, are all described in detail.

Keywords: European Space Agency, Satellites, Ariane, MIR

Contents

The First Real Rocket
European Co-operaton - ELDO and ESTRO
The National Programmes
The European Space Agency
Scientific & Applications Programmes
European Manned Spaceflight
The Future of Europe in Space

L'auteur - Brian Harvey

Dublin, Ireland

Caractéristiques techniques

	PAPIER
Éditeur(s)	Springer
Auteur(s)	Brian Harvey
Parution	14/05/2003
Nb. de pages	412
Format	16,5 x 24
Couverture	Broché
Poids	840g
Intérieur	Noir et Blanc
EAN13	9781852337223
ISBN13	978-1-85233-722-3