Nominated for the 2002 Eugene M. Emme Astronautical Literature Award!

Spaceship Handbook examines 75 influential Rocket and Spacecraft designs of the 20th Century, their designers, and the stories surrounding their creation. These stories tell of the spaceship's birth in the work of theoretical geniuses, its struggle for acceptance among other Earthlings, and the exciting prospects for real spaceships in the near future. Written by Jack Hagerty and Jon C. Rogers with a foreword by noted aerospace authority Frederick I. Ordway III, the book is large (11.5" by 9" by 1.75" thick) hardbound, and printed on 80 lb matte coated stock with Smyth-sewn binding. It is 534 pages including Introductions, Appendices, a 16-page index; and has a beautiful oil painted cover. In addition to the 114 detailed Data Drawings sheets that are central to its documenting 20th Century spaceships, it contains 250 Color Pictures, 150 black and white pictures, and over 100 additional illustrations.

Subjects Included
The book is diviced into 3 parts; PART I: The Theoreticians, PART II: The Entertainers, PART III: The Real Stuff and 2 appendixes: Appendix A: A discussion of the "Atomic Rocket" Concept, Appendix B: Model Rocketry Section. Entries on each rocket include historical background information, plot summaries (for fictional subjects) or mission summaries (for theoretical and real subjects), plus a dimensioned and color-accented data drawing.

PART I: The Theoreticians

1900's - Konstantin Tsiolkovsky -- Rocket #2
1920's - Hermann Oberth -- Modell B, Modell E
1930's - Eugen Sänger -- Silver Bird
1940's - Chesley Bonestell/Willy Ley Conquest of Space, Moon Rocket, Transcontinental Transport
1950's - Von Braun/Collier's Magazine, Across The Space Frontier, -- Ferry Rocket, Space Station, Lunar Reconnaissance Ship, Conquest Of The Moon, Passenger Ship, Cargo Ship, The Explorations Of Mars, Baby Space Station/Artificial Satellite, Passenger Ship (two versions), Cargo Ship/Landing Boat (two versions),
Von Braun/Disney Man In Space --Ferry Rocket, Man And The Moon --Lunar Recon Ship RM-1, Space Station S1, Bottle Suit, Mars And Beyond --Umbrella Ship, Landing Craft
Von Braun/"This Week" Magazine --First Men to the Moon Moon Rocket

PART II: The Entertainers

1920's - Die Frau im Mond -- H32, Friede
1930's - Flash Gordon/Buck Rogers -- Satellite, Spider Ship, Rocketship! (from Just Imagine), Pioneer
1940's - Rocketship XM: R-XM
1950's - Conquest of Space Spin-offs -- Bonestell's original Luna, Flight to Mars: M.A.R.S. 1, Abbot and Costello go to Mars: M1, It! The Terror From Beyond Space: Challenge 142, Missile to the Moon Honorable Mention: Invaders from Mars
The Spaceship's Golden Era -- Buck Rogers' Battle Cruiser, Captain Video: Galaxy II, Space Patrol: Terra V (three variations), Space Cadet: Polaris, Rocky Jones: Orbit Jet,
George Pal Destination Moon: Luna, When Worlds Collide: Space Ark, Conquest of Space Ferry Rocket (top stage only), Space Station: "Wheel", Mars Ship: "Spaceship"
Tintin Destination Moon X-FLR6 Moon Rocket
Juvenile Science Fiction Robert Heinlein -- Rocket Ship Galileo: Galileo, Harry Stine --Day the Rocket Blew Up: Athena, And a Star to Steer Her by: Fafnir, Starship through Space: Vittoria, Contraband Rocket: Absyrtis also Disneyland: Moonliner
1960's - First Spaceship on Venus: Cosmostrator, Gerry Anderson Thunderbirds TB-1, TB-3, TB-5 2001: A Space Odyssey Orion III, Space Station V, Aries 1B, Moon Bus, Discovery 1, Pods
1970's - Josie and the Pussycats in Outer Space: Spaceship,
1990's - Wallace & Gromit A Grand Day Out: Rocketship Myst (computer game): Myst Rocket

PART III: The Real Stuff

1950's - Dyna-Soar
1960's - Nova, Project Pluto, MOL
1990's - Back to the Future, the RLV Revolution
Lockheed-Martin VentureStar, Kistler K-1, Kelly Air Space Astroliner, Pioneer Rocketplane Pathfinder, Rotary Rocket Roton

Appendix A: An analysis of the "Atomic Powered Rocket" and the requirements to really fly a spaceship to any planet in the Solar System.

Appendix B: Model Rocketry Section
G. Harry Stine Tribute, Plans for Luna from Destination Moon (courtesy of Jim Fackert), Plans for Thunderbirds 1 & 3 (courtesy of Tom Beach), Plans for X-20 Dyna Soar (courtesy of Rob Zingarelli)
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