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"An excellent addition to the ever expanding space titles produced by Apogee..." -- Spaceflight, January 2004.
Spaceflight, January 2004
"This book is an excellent addition to the ever expanding
space titles produced by Apogee books."
space titles produced by Apogee books."
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Dyna-Soar: Hypersonic Strategic Weapons System,
This review is from: Dyna-Soar: Hypersonic Strategic Weapons System (Apogee Books Space) (Paperback)
If you're looking for a good clear in depth explanation of the Dyna Soar project this book is definitely not it! It is without doubt the worst text book of this type that I think I have ever read,(or rather tried to read!). It is merely a compilation (for compilation read thrown together) of old documentation, (memos, diagrams, photographs) which has no clear narrative structure, and gives the reader no clear description of the final project or how the individual elements of the project came together. DON'T BUY THIS BOOK!!!!!!!
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Dyna-Soar: Hypersonic Strategic Weapons System.,
This review is from: Dyna-Soar: Hypersonic Strategic Weapons System (Apogee Books Space) (Paperback)
If you're looking for an concise in depth study of the Dyna Soar project this is not it!This book is without doubt the worst text book of it's kind it's ever been my misfportune to try to wade through, consisting as it does of a compilation, (for compilation read thrown together), of memos, diagrams, and photographs associated with the project. It is impossible to gain a clear ovcerview of the project and the technology it would have employed, because the book has no clear narrative structure. DON'T BUY THIS BOOK
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4.6 out of 5 stars (14 customer reviews) 6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
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Another Winner From Apogee,
By "tankmodeler" - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Dyna-Soar: Hypersonic Strategic Weapons System (Apogee Books Space) (Paperback)
Our friends at Apogee books continue to peel the cobwebs away from the history of the space program and provide us all with unique insights into the workings of these pivotal programs and vehicles.The X-20 was one of the more interesting "might have beens" in the early days of the space race and that it was never built has more to say about the inability of the Air Force and the US government to agree upon its actual role than anything inadequate about the vehicle itself. Because it was never completed and, thus, never flew, information on the Dyna Soar has always been hard to come by with only small articles and snippets of information surfacing from time to time. Here in one book is a vast compendium of copied primary source material relating to this program. Copies of reports, drawings, photographs and even, on the DVD, movie film relating to the development of this intreguing vehicle. Those who have seen and enjoyed other titles in the Apogee line of "NASA Mission Reports" will find the same format here. If you are looking for an analytical history of the program with learned discussions of the reasonings behind the political changes that ultimately killed the program, this is not the book for you. This book is really a collection of archival papers with no modern analysis added. In many ways this is the purest way to view history as it allows the reader to make up their own mind, at least regarding the material presented. Very highly recommended to all space and technical history fans. 5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
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A Little Known Project from Long Ago,
By John Matlock "Gunny" - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Dyna-Soar: Hypersonic Strategic Weapons System (Apogee Books Space) (Paperback)
Way back in my college days, I first read of the Dyna-Soar project. Dyna-Soar was being pushed then as a Fractional Orbit Bombardment System (FOBS). It was to be launched by a massive booster, go into orbit, reach its target and drop an atomic bomb on it. Then the program got cancelled.
In this book it appears that the program had no real direction. It was a space plane, it was a research vehicle, it was recon vehicle, it was a shuttle, it was part of the Apollo program. The opinion is expressed that Robert McNamara cancelled the program because no one could tell him what he was getting for the money being spent. I suspect this is true, but I also expect that this was only part of the story. At the time there was a little thing going on called the Viet Nam war that was beginning to suck up a lot of money. The Apollo program was going strong, also expensive. President Johnson wanted money for his War on Poverty. Finally, one of the Anti Missile Treaties signed by the US and the USSR prohibited FOBS. This book covers the Dyna-Soar program through reprinting the official documentation that flowed between the Air Force, NASA and the Contractors. There is very little analysis of what happened. As a collection of documents, this is the raw material that gives the unvarnished truth. There's room here for another book that would give more of the political aspects. Could we have built it then? Could we build it now? Maybe we should give the project to Burt Rutan and Scaled Composites - The Dyna-Soar bird looked a lot like their Space Ship One. 4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Another Winner From Apogee,
By "tankmodeler" - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Dyna-Soar: Hypersonic Strategic Weapons System (Apogee Books Space) (Paperback)
Our friends at Apogee books continue to peel the cobwebs away from the history of the space program and provide us all with unique insights into the workings of these pivotal programs and vehicles.The X-20 was one of the more interesting "might have beens" in the early days of the space race and that it was never built has more to say about the inability of the Air Force and the US government to agree upon its actual role than anything inadequate about the vehicle itself. Because it was never completed and, thus, never flew, information on the Dyna Soar has always been hard to come by with only small articles and snippets of information surfacing from time to time. Here in one book is a vast compendium of copied primary source material relating to this program. Copies of reports, drawings, photographs and even, on the DVD, movie film relating to the development of this intreguing vehicle. Those who have seen and enjoyed other titles in the Apogee line of "NASA Mission Reports" will find the same format here. If you are looking for an analytical history of the program with learned discussions of the reasonings behind the political changes that ultimately killed the program, this is not the book for you. This book is really a collection of archival papers with no modern analysis added. In many ways this is the purest way to view history as it allows the reader to make up their own mind, at least regarding the material presented. Very highly recommended to all space and technical history fans. |
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