Erik Bergaust & William Beller - Satellite (txt), Angielskie [EN](4)(2)
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RONALD FRANK23701 TIARA ST. WOODLAND HILLS, CALIF.THEFUTUREISNOWOn Friday, October fourth, 1957 (Russian Time), at an unspecified moment, Soviet rockets propelled into outer space the first man-made Moon—first of the artificial Earth <ittellites which have already changed our lives beyond recognition.Overnight nearly all familiar concepts of science,philosophy and politics have become obsolete.From the infinite possibilities envisaged*by interplanetary travel, to the prospect of 3-D,color television, relayed from outer spaceinto tomorrow's jet airliners, a newand deliriously exciting era has been inaugurated.This remarkable, factual account of the new science of space flight, and what it will mean to us, tells all about it. The authors are uniquely equipped to do so.rik Bergaust—Rocket and missile editor of merican Aviation, guided-missile consultant for ngineering and aircraft companies."illiam Beller—Managing editor of Aero Digest, xpert in aerodynamics and aeronautical design, ormer faculty member of the University ofSouthern California and Brooklyn PolytechnicInstitute.SATELLITE!SATELLITE!by ERIK BERGAUSTand WILLIAM BELLERForeword by Professor Hermann OberthBANTAM BOOKS NEW YORKSATELLITE!A BANTAM BOOK published by arrangement with Doubleday and Company, Inc.PUBLISHED NOVEMBER 19572nd printingCopyright ©, 1956, by Erik Bergaust and William Beller All rights reservedBantam Books are published by Bantam Books, Inc. Its trademark, consisting of the words "BANTAM BOOKS" and the portrayal of a bantam, is registered in the U. S. Patent Office and in other countries. Marca RegistradaPRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICABANTAM BOOKS, 25 West 45th Street, New York 36, N. Y.To Jean and JoanPrologue to This EditionOne sign of the advanced technical climate in which we live is that a book scarcely a year old, such as this one, had to be updated in order to keep pace with the giant steps of science. True, the changes are minor and are ones concerned with the current U. S. earth satellite program; still, in what other age would technical events have moved so fast?It was only a few years ago that writings about space flight were in the same limbo as writings about palmistry, astrology and necromancy. If either group had the advantage, it probably lay with the soothsayers whose appeal is to human weaknesses. Space flight, on the other hand, makes no such appeals, but only demands on human strength.Even today, public acceptance of man's coming exploration of space is slow. It is considered an event our children may experience, but certainly not one that we shall see. Yet these people are head and shoulders above one of the early sellers of this volume who placed it on a shelf marked OCCULT.Project Vanguard, as the U. S. program is known, ran into trouble from its inception. It was precipitously announced when the U. S. government learned that the Soviet Union was going to make a similar announcement. It was budgeted at $10,000,000; but indirect costs plus a recent Congressional appropriation of $34,000,000 has driven the price to nearly $75,000,000. It was predicated on scientific break-throughs that, like picking a winner in a horserace, were all a matter of chance. And finally, the project was given an ultimate completion date of four years.Therefore it is not strange that there have been failures in some of the equipment being made for Vanguard. What is odd is that there have been so few failures. And the wonderment is that man has been told to perform a near miracle and is proceeding to do so.THE AUTHORSJuly, 1957 Washington, D. C.Foreword"Good Heavens, does this mean that I have to read and write some more? When I cannot even find time to read and write enough during normal working hours!" This is what I thought when 1 received the manuscript for this book in the mail, accompanied by a beautiful letter in which the authors reminded me that three months earlier I had promised, in a weak moment, to read this manuscript and write the foreword.However, the more I read of this book, the less I objected to having given my promise. The book is highly interesting. And complete! I found information in this book that I had been seeking in vain in hundreds of papers and reports. Consequently, I have learned much from reading the book; now I also know how and where to seek further information for further research in rocketry and astronautics.How have these authors been able to compile all this material?We—the so-called experts—who work with rockets every day dare not speak much of developments. Recently a newspaperman looked me up for an interview. The head of the Public Information Office and a security officer from Redstone Arsenal were careful enough to be present during my talk with the reporter. In the course of the conversation, the reporter asked me if it were true that the designers of the V-2 rocket had had great difficulties and many problems with the steering fins and the graphite vanes of that rocket. Before giving him an answer I checked with the two Redstone officials to see whether I could tell the reporter anything about the gimbaled, or swiveling, motor. Both refused to let me say a single word. I did confirm to the newspaperman that it was true that we did have difficulties with the V-2 steering, "but we have overcome the difficulties you mentioned. I am not able to tell you more."It was on the tip of my tongue to say: "Soon there will be a book written by Erik Bergaust and William Beller, and among the many things described and explained in this book is theIXx Forewordoperation and function of a gimbaled rocket engine, explained in a manner that makes it fascinating reading for the layman." Certainly, the material in this book is not restricted or classified. Most details have been expressed or explained at one time or another by experts, or the information has been released unintentionally and is not considered secret any more. What a tremendous amount of thorough study has gone into this compilation of news and technical reports! Equally fascinating is the know-how and expert handling with which these authors have treated this material, and the way they have interpreted all news correctly and objectively.This book is exactly what the layman wants. By reading this book he will better understand and interpret the individual news items about satellite and rocket science without getting a false picture of the art. For those who are particularly interested in tomorrow's space flight, I warmly recommend this book. First of all, however, the reader who has not been fascinated by or interested in the science of astronautics should read this book. It is seen that space flight is no longer a fantasy of children and lunatics. Rather, humanity is faced with the great and serious growth of a new science. More than 70 years ago a well-known physicist said: "Tomorrow man will even use electricity for lighting. But it is difficult to prove!" Half a century ago in a restaurant at Lindau at the Bodensee, a waiter arrogantly told me, while pointing at Count Zeppelin: "Look at him! There goes that crazy man who wants to fly."It certainly seems that one should never close his eyes to the promising advances of science, unless one would want to offer a statement that would make him look foolish a few years later. The future of rocket science is fantastic, yet realistic. If it were at all possible for our forefathers, say of four or five generations back, to revisit the Earth today and experience the effects of our technological gains, they would probably think that it was all fantasy created by mad minds. If our ancestors could just take a look at today's New York at night, they would probably get this feeling of unrealistic evolution and technological advancement. And yet there is nothing more realistic than this great city. Likewise, this book contains no descriptions or predictions that will not be realized in the field of rocketry and space flight in the foreseeable future.I visualize this book as a most useful vocational aid for this country's schools. This book will have great value to a good many people other than engineers, physicists, chemists and geo-Forewordxiphysicists; in particular, all our high school and college students should read this book. The science of astronautics is actually built on quite simple principles that we encounter in our everyday living. But it is difficult for us to realize them. If we tie these fundamentals together and analyze them in view of the unusual conditions that are to be found in space, we arrive at some surprising conditions. They embrace new domains of knowledge and know-how, representing the newest kind of wisdom since Aristotle. High school and college students, who are often praying that their lengthy lessons be cut, will become aware of the new world that is awaiting conquest; they will be hypnotized by every word their teachers will utter about space flight. Is it really true that the immediate tomorrow will hold such challenges for these students? Are there any challenging conquests left to modern man, who no longer can go to the Indians for adventure? Astronautics will embrace so many fields that students will become interested in the individual subjects that make up this great new science, such as are outlined and described in this book and such as I have written a book about that will be published shortly. I hope that some day the many individual scientific fields that make up astronautics will be inspiring enough to students that they will decide to become e... [ Pobierz całość w formacie PDF ]
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RONALD FRANK23701 TIARA ST. WOODLAND HILLS, CALIF.THEFUTUREISNOWOn Friday, October fourth, 1957 (Russian Time), at an unspecified moment, Soviet rockets propelled into outer space the first man-made Moon—first of the artificial Earth <ittellites which have already changed our lives beyond recognition.Overnight nearly all familiar concepts of science,philosophy and politics have become obsolete.From the infinite possibilities envisaged*by interplanetary travel, to the prospect of 3-D,color television, relayed from outer spaceinto tomorrow's jet airliners, a newand deliriously exciting era has been inaugurated.This remarkable, factual account of the new science of space flight, and what it will mean to us, tells all about it. The authors are uniquely equipped to do so.rik Bergaust—Rocket and missile editor of merican Aviation, guided-missile consultant for ngineering and aircraft companies."illiam Beller—Managing editor of Aero Digest, xpert in aerodynamics and aeronautical design, ormer faculty member of the University ofSouthern California and Brooklyn PolytechnicInstitute.SATELLITE!SATELLITE!by ERIK BERGAUSTand WILLIAM BELLERForeword by Professor Hermann OberthBANTAM BOOKS NEW YORKSATELLITE!A BANTAM BOOK published by arrangement with Doubleday and Company, Inc.PUBLISHED NOVEMBER 19572nd printingCopyright ©, 1956, by Erik Bergaust and William Beller All rights reservedBantam Books are published by Bantam Books, Inc. Its trademark, consisting of the words "BANTAM BOOKS" and the portrayal of a bantam, is registered in the U. S. Patent Office and in other countries. Marca RegistradaPRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICABANTAM BOOKS, 25 West 45th Street, New York 36, N. Y.To Jean and JoanPrologue to This EditionOne sign of the advanced technical climate in which we live is that a book scarcely a year old, such as this one, had to be updated in order to keep pace with the giant steps of science. True, the changes are minor and are ones concerned with the current U. S. earth satellite program; still, in what other age would technical events have moved so fast?It was only a few years ago that writings about space flight were in the same limbo as writings about palmistry, astrology and necromancy. If either group had the advantage, it probably lay with the soothsayers whose appeal is to human weaknesses. Space flight, on the other hand, makes no such appeals, but only demands on human strength.Even today, public acceptance of man's coming exploration of space is slow. It is considered an event our children may experience, but certainly not one that we shall see. Yet these people are head and shoulders above one of the early sellers of this volume who placed it on a shelf marked OCCULT.Project Vanguard, as the U. S. program is known, ran into trouble from its inception. It was precipitously announced when the U. S. government learned that the Soviet Union was going to make a similar announcement. It was budgeted at $10,000,000; but indirect costs plus a recent Congressional appropriation of $34,000,000 has driven the price to nearly $75,000,000. It was predicated on scientific break-throughs that, like picking a winner in a horserace, were all a matter of chance. And finally, the project was given an ultimate completion date of four years.Therefore it is not strange that there have been failures in some of the equipment being made for Vanguard. What is odd is that there have been so few failures. And the wonderment is that man has been told to perform a near miracle and is proceeding to do so.THE AUTHORSJuly, 1957 Washington, D. C.Foreword"Good Heavens, does this mean that I have to read and write some more? When I cannot even find time to read and write enough during normal working hours!" This is what I thought when 1 received the manuscript for this book in the mail, accompanied by a beautiful letter in which the authors reminded me that three months earlier I had promised, in a weak moment, to read this manuscript and write the foreword.However, the more I read of this book, the less I objected to having given my promise. The book is highly interesting. And complete! I found information in this book that I had been seeking in vain in hundreds of papers and reports. Consequently, I have learned much from reading the book; now I also know how and where to seek further information for further research in rocketry and astronautics.How have these authors been able to compile all this material?We—the so-called experts—who work with rockets every day dare not speak much of developments. Recently a newspaperman looked me up for an interview. The head of the Public Information Office and a security officer from Redstone Arsenal were careful enough to be present during my talk with the reporter. In the course of the conversation, the reporter asked me if it were true that the designers of the V-2 rocket had had great difficulties and many problems with the steering fins and the graphite vanes of that rocket. Before giving him an answer I checked with the two Redstone officials to see whether I could tell the reporter anything about the gimbaled, or swiveling, motor. Both refused to let me say a single word. I did confirm to the newspaperman that it was true that we did have difficulties with the V-2 steering, "but we have overcome the difficulties you mentioned. I am not able to tell you more."It was on the tip of my tongue to say: "Soon there will be a book written by Erik Bergaust and William Beller, and among the many things described and explained in this book is theIXx Forewordoperation and function of a gimbaled rocket engine, explained in a manner that makes it fascinating reading for the layman." Certainly, the material in this book is not restricted or classified. Most details have been expressed or explained at one time or another by experts, or the information has been released unintentionally and is not considered secret any more. What a tremendous amount of thorough study has gone into this compilation of news and technical reports! Equally fascinating is the know-how and expert handling with which these authors have treated this material, and the way they have interpreted all news correctly and objectively.This book is exactly what the layman wants. By reading this book he will better understand and interpret the individual news items about satellite and rocket science without getting a false picture of the art. For those who are particularly interested in tomorrow's space flight, I warmly recommend this book. First of all, however, the reader who has not been fascinated by or interested in the science of astronautics should read this book. It is seen that space flight is no longer a fantasy of children and lunatics. Rather, humanity is faced with the great and serious growth of a new science. More than 70 years ago a well-known physicist said: "Tomorrow man will even use electricity for lighting. But it is difficult to prove!" Half a century ago in a restaurant at Lindau at the Bodensee, a waiter arrogantly told me, while pointing at Count Zeppelin: "Look at him! There goes that crazy man who wants to fly."It certainly seems that one should never close his eyes to the promising advances of science, unless one would want to offer a statement that would make him look foolish a few years later. The future of rocket science is fantastic, yet realistic. If it were at all possible for our forefathers, say of four or five generations back, to revisit the Earth today and experience the effects of our technological gains, they would probably think that it was all fantasy created by mad minds. If our ancestors could just take a look at today's New York at night, they would probably get this feeling of unrealistic evolution and technological advancement. And yet there is nothing more realistic than this great city. Likewise, this book contains no descriptions or predictions that will not be realized in the field of rocketry and space flight in the foreseeable future.I visualize this book as a most useful vocational aid for this country's schools. This book will have great value to a good many people other than engineers, physicists, chemists and geo-Forewordxiphysicists; in particular, all our high school and college students should read this book. The science of astronautics is actually built on quite simple principles that we encounter in our everyday living. But it is difficult for us to realize them. If we tie these fundamentals together and analyze them in view of the unusual conditions that are to be found in space, we arrive at some surprising conditions. They embrace new domains of knowledge and know-how, representing the newest kind of wisdom since Aristotle. High school and college students, who are often praying that their lengthy lessons be cut, will become aware of the new world that is awaiting conquest; they will be hypnotized by every word their teachers will utter about space flight. Is it really true that the immediate tomorrow will hold such challenges for these students? Are there any challenging conquests left to modern man, who no longer can go to the Indians for adventure? Astronautics will embrace so many fields that students will become interested in the individual subjects that make up this great new science, such as are outlined and described in this book and such as I have written a book about that will be published shortly. I hope that some day the many individual scientific fields that make up astronautics will be inspiring enough to students that they will decide to become e... [ Pobierz całość w formacie PDF ]