Title The Saturn V F-1 engine : powering Apollo into history / Anthony Young

Published Berlin ; New York : Springer : Published in association with Praxis Pub., 2009

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Description 1 online resource (xxxii, 266 pages, 32 pages of plates) : illustrations (some color), portraits Contents Evolution of the Moon rocket -- Origin and development of the F-1 engine -- F-1 engine project management by MSFC -- F-1 engine description and operation -- Manufacturing the F-1 engine at Rocketdyne -- MSFC, Boeing and the S-IC stage -- Testing the F-1 engine and S-IC stage -- KSC and Apollo Saturn -- The F-1A : the engine that might have been Summary The book focuses on the design, testing and manufacture of the F-1 engine, but also covers its incorporation into the first stage of the Saturn V and in-flight record. It concludes with an examination of what might have been, if the F-1 had not been discarded, together with the Saturn V, at the conclusion of the Apollo program. The account draws on original documents and interviews with engineers and managers, and is illustrated by many never-before-published photographs, both colour and monochrome. The intention is for this to be the definitive account of the development of this most powerful of rocket engines. As NASA is developing an evolved version of the hydrogen-burning J-2 engine for use in the forthcoming Ares launch vehicles, the author includes development of the J-2 engine within the context of the Saturn V development, thus bringing rocket engine development up to the present and thus provide this book with a long shelf life-- Source other than Library of Congress Notes Includes index Print version record Subject Saturn Project (U.S.) -- History Project Apollo (U.S.) -- History SUBJECT Project Apollo (U.S.) fast Saturn Project (U.S.) fast Subject Saturn launch vehicles. Rocket engines. Space vehicles -- Propulsion systems. Rocket engines Saturn launch vehicles Space vehicles -- Propulsion systems Saturn Rakete F-1 Raketentriebwerk Saturn <Rakete> F-1 <Raketentriebwerk> Genre/Form History Form Electronic book ISBN 9780387096308 0387096302

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