The Rocket: The History and Development of Rocket & Missile Technology

There is a minor character on Frasier going by DOCTOR MARY even though her higher education is from School of Hard Knocks. She is a hit on Seattle radio which makes more of Crane fuming about her license and penchant to flaunt the same coveted label. Similarly, dust jackets on David Baker books, and perhaps other propaganda, made him a PhD in we don't know what. He has never bothered to correct it but he has disclaimed it. This is the tension between those who GET IT DONE and those who read about it. David Baker owns the reality of GREATEST SINGLE ROCKET HISTORY WRITER. Singularly. One statue and it is David Baker. Among the Baker books on rocket history, this is the Giant Beauty. Space Race, Korolev, and this masterwork are all a person needs in their missile and space travel history library.

They were going to throw this away from my local school library before I saved it from the trashcan. It truly is a fantastic, comprehensive book. While there is not much technical depth, it is a truly comprehensive account of the development of rocketry, from the ancient Chinese and gun powder, until a quarter of the way into the development of the Shuttle (it was published in 1978). A fantastic book filled with really interesting development. Don't be fooled by the cover, it doesn't just concentrate on the space program--it covers every sort of rocket (ICBMs, sounding rockets, etc.).

I honestly think that this is a good book. ALthough I haven't completely read it, due to it's size, I can say that it includes much information about different rockets. It is also very well written. However, this book isn't all great because it ways about 5837.356 pounds.