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Rocket propulsion research at lewis research center
| Content Provider | NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) |
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| Author | Dawson, Virginia P. |
| Copyright Year | 1992 |
| Description | A small contingent of engineers at NASA LeRC pioneered the basic research on liquid propellants for rockets shortly after World War 2. Carried on through the 1950s, this work influenced the important early decisions made by Abe Silverstein when he took charge of the Office of Space Flight Programs for NASA. He strongly supported the development of liquid hydrogen as a propulsion fuel in the face of resistance from Wernher von Braun. Members of the LeRC staff played an important role in bringing liquid hydrogen technology to the point of reliability through their management of the Centaur Program. This paper demonstrates how the personality and engineering intuition of Abe Silverstein shaped the Centaur program and left a lasting imprint on the laboratory research tradition. Many of the current leaders of LeRC received their first hands-on engineering experience when they worked on the Centaur program in the 1960s. |
| File Size | 631172 |
| Page Count | 12 |
| File Format | |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://archive.org/details/NASA_NTRS_Archive_19920021664 |
| Archival Resource Key | ark:/13960/t5x68dk26 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher Date | 1992-07-01 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Centaur Launch Vehicle Hydrogen Fuels Liquid Rocket Propellants Histories Liquid Propellant Rocket Engines Rocket Engine Design Liquid Hydrogen Spacecraft Propulsion Ntrs Nasa Technical Reports Server (ntrs) Nasa Technical Reports Server Aerodynamics Aircraft Aerospace Engineering Aerospace Aeronautic Space Science |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
