[PDF] The United States Air Force Rocket Propulsion Laboratory eBook

Author : Air Force Rocket Propulsion Laboratory (U.S.)
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Page : 390 pages
File Size : 38,42 MB
Release : 1965
Category : Space vehicle
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Forty selected seminars in rocket propulsion in their various fields were provided to update the knowledge of the approximately 250 engineers and scientists at AFRPL. The outlines of these selected siminars are presented. (Author).

Author : Robert Geisler
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Page : 284 pages
File Size : 19,50 MB
Release : 2013-11
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ISBN : 9781599770628

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The AIR FORCE ROCKET PROPULSION LABORATORY HISTORY, The Organization, the History and the People is Edited By Robert L. Geisler and Written in Three Parts by the AFRPL Alumni Group. In its four-plus decades of service, the AFRPL located at Edwards AFB California was the source and focal point for much of the advanced rocket propulsion technology for the United States Air Force and the propulsion community at-large. The lab produced over 5,000 proud rocket scientists and technicians. It was the only facility in the country whose exploratory development program spanned the spectrum of propulsion system applications including Tactical Rockets, Ballistic Missiles, Space Propulsion, and related multiple application technologies such as chemistry, materials, structures, combustion, plume phenomenology, and hazards. It has provided unique and valuable in-house capabilities and facilities, which have greatly altered the course of events of rocket propulsion. It has made the Air Force an intelligent buyer and user of rocket technology upon which the security of the nation has relied and the story is worth telling!

Author : Robert Geisler
Publisher : TrustedBooks
Page : 284 pages
File Size : 29,61 MB
Release : 2014-04-15
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ISBN : 9781632693624

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The AIR FORCE ROCKET PROPULSION LABORATORY HISTORY The Organization, the History, and the People is edited by Robert L. Geisler and written in three parts by the AFRPL Alumni Group. In its four-plus decades of service, the AFRPL, located at Edwards AFB California, was the source and focal point for much of the advanced, rocket propulsion technology for the United States Air Force and the propulsion community at-large. The lab produced over 5,000, proud, rocket scientists and technicians. It was the only facility in the country whose exploratory, development program spanned the spectrum of propulsion system applications, including, tactical rockets, ballistic missiles, space propulsion, and related multiple application technologies, such as, chemistry, materials, structures, combustion, plume phenomenology, and hazards. It has provided unique and valuable in-house capabilities and facilities, which have greatly altered the course of events of rocket propulsion. It has made the Air Force an intelligent buyer and user of rocket technology upon which the security of the nation has relied. This is a story is worth telling!

Author : AIR FORCE ROCKET PROPULSION LAB EDWARDS AFB CALIF.
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Page : 48 pages
File Size : 38,13 MB
Release : 1966
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This report is a summary of Air Force Rocket Propulsion Laboratory in-house programs. The Laboratory currently has forty-seven active in-house projects ranging from molecular obital calculations of the existence of potential propellant ingredients, to the testing of nozzle materials and concepts in full-scale rocket motors. This report contains a brief description and status of each AFRPL in-house program as well as the names, symbols, and telephone extensions of the project engineers, who may be contacted for further information. A bibliography of AFRPL Technical Reports which may be obtained from the Defense Documentation Center is also included. (Author).

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Publisher : DIANE Publishing
Page : 307 pages
File Size : 30,62 MB
Release : 2000
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ISBN : 1428990712

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This history documents a watershed event within the United States Air Force -- the creation of the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL). As the "high technology" service, the Air Force has always searched for ways to continuously improve its science and technology enterprise. In that context, the making of AFRL was not a bureaucratic accident. Rather, it was the product of a complex mixture of historical forces and pressures at work that convinced people at all levels that the time was ripe to bring about fundamental reform in how the Air Force conducts its business of science and technology. In terms of significance, a wealth of past studies has focused on almost every aspect of the "operational" side of the Air Force. But there has been a scarcity of available scholarly studies that address the far-reaching implications of science and technology. This book is a major contribution that helps fill that gap. Organization and infrastructure are critically important components of the total science and technology picture. Thus, the manner in which its laboratory system is organized is a critical factor in the Air Force's ability to assure that it is investing in and delivering the most relevant technologies possible. This book documents how the Air Force moved from 13 separate labs to one consolidated lab. The narrative is divided into two parts. Part one addresses the reasons why the Air Force decided to consolidate its far-flung science and technology enterprise into one lab. How the new lab was implemented is the focus of part two. This study is especially revealing because the reader is given access to the inner workings and struggles of a major Air Force organizational restructuring through interviews with key individuals who participated directly in the decision-making process to establish a single lab. A chronology of the lab's creation is included. (19 tables, 22 figures, 19 photographs).

Author : AIR FORCE ROCKET PROPULSION LAB EDWARDS AFB CA.
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Page : 86 pages
File Size : 11,75 MB
Release : 1987
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This report is a summary of technical objectives and approaches for research, exploratory development, and advanced development efforts being pursued, and to be pursued, at the Air Force Rocket Propulsion Laboratory between FY 87-91.