Blazing the Trail : The Early History of Spacecraft and Rocketry

PREFACE ix 1. HUMBLE BEGINNINGS 1(6) 2. ROCKET PROLIFERATION-THE FIRST WAVE 7(16) 3. UNDER ROCKET FIRE IN INDIA 23(8) 4. THE CONGREVE ROCKET 31(16) 5. ROCKETS COME TO AMERICA 47(8) 6. FIRST AMERICAN ROCKETS 55(14) 7. ROCKET PROLIFERATION-THE SECOND WAVE 69(18) 8. PUBLIC IMAGINATION ON FIRE 87(16) 9. GREAT PIONEERS 103(34) 10. THE FIRST MODERN ROCKET 137(30) 11. JATO AND BEYOND 167(34) 12. BUILDING THE FOUNDATION 201(66) 13. ROAD TO SPUTNIK 267(30) 14. GATEWAYS TO HEAVEN 297(28) 15. THE BREAKTHROUGH 325(60) 16. OPENING THE SKIES 385(32) 17. JOINING THE CLUB 417(38) 18. THE FIRST THOUSAND YEARS 455(8) APPENDIX A: ACRONYMS AND ABBREVIATIONS 463(4) APPENDIX B: SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY 467(10) INDEX 477(28) SUPPORTING MATERIALS 505