American Rocketman
American Rocketman

Author: ROBERT C. TRUAX

Publisher: Apogee Books

Published: 2021-04-19

Total Pages: 270

ISBN-13: 9781989044155

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Imagine Huckleberry Finn grew up to be a Jack Kerouac character, but instead of wandering aimlessly in search of a purpose he joined the military and decided he wanted to be Flash Gordon...read on. This is the life-story of Robert C. Truax - a story that could only have happened in the United States of America. Told entirely in his own words American Rocketman takes the reader on a trip through the 20th century from the hardships of pioneering on the frontier of the American West, to the Final Frontier. Robert Truax grew up shoeless, living in a log cabin built entirely by his father and mother using only basic tools and their bare hands. His story of dauntless entrepreneurialism, duty to his country and creative genius epitomizes the American spirit. Big dreams and big accomplishments are tempered by the roadblocks put in the way of reaching for the stars. If you ever wondered who really proposed the United States Space Force; or who designed the biggest rocket ever conceived; or who came up with the critical components that made the Space Shuttle engines work; or who outcompeted Robert Goddard, the inventor of the liquid fuelled rocket read on. From abject poverty, to leading the team that brought the United States some of its most important Cold War missile deterrents, to the hi-jinks of trying to launch daredevil Evel Knievel across a massive river canyon in front of a live TV audience, Truax navigates the reader through his remarkable life of adventure with his own personal brand of humour and optimism.

The Great American Jet Pack
The Great American Jet Pack

Author: Steve Lehto

Publisher: Chicago Review Press

Published: 2013-05-01

Total Pages: 260

ISBN-13: 1613744331

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Tracing the remarkable history of a certain kind of flying machine—from the rocket belt to the jet belt to the flying platform and all the way to Yves Rossy's 21st-century free flights using a jet-powered wing—this historical account delves into the technology that made these devices possible and the reasons why they never became commercial successes on a mass scale. These individual lift devices, as they were blandly labeled by the government men who financed much of their development, answered man's desire to simply step outside and take flight. No runways, no wings, no pilot's license were required. But the history of the jet pack did not follow its expected trajectory and the devices that were thought to become as commonplace as cars have instead become one of the most overpromised technologies of all time. This fascinating account profiles the inventors and pilots, the hucksters and cheats, and the businessmen and soldiers who were involved with the machines, and it tells a great American story of a technology whose promise may yet, one day, come to fruition.

1950s “Rocketman” TV Series and Their Fans
1950s “Rocketman” TV Series and Their Fans

Author: C. Miller

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2012-08-30

Total Pages: 479

ISBN-13: 0230377327

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The fourteen essays featured here focus on series such as Space Patrol, Tom Corbett, and Captain Z-Ro, exploring their roles in the day-to-day lives of their fans through topics such as mentoring, promotion of the real-world space program, merchandising, gender issues, and ranger clubs - all the while promoting the fledgling medium of television.

Rocket Man
Rocket Man

Author: Ruth Ashby

Publisher: Holiday House

Published: 2015-12-08

Total Pages: 119

ISBN-13: 1561457450

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On February 20, 1962, as millions of Americans waited anxiously, astronaut John Glenn blasted off in his rocket ship, Friendship 7, and became the first American to orbit the Earth. Although the risks of such a mission for Friendship 7 were well known, no one including Glenn knew the peril he was about to encounter in space. John Glenn was one of the Mercury 7 astronauts, the early pioneers of manned space flight. His historic flight followed years of intensive physical training and a devotion to a career in the exciting but risk-filled world of aviation. Ruth Ashby's dramatic story of John Glenn's near-disastrous mission in Friendship 7 also takes young readers through his small-town Ohio childhood, his extraordinary experiences as a fighter pilot in two wars, and his life as an astronaut in the prestigious and dangerous Mercury 7 program. The book concludes with Glenn's successful career as a US senator and his triumphant return to space in 1998 at the age of 77.

Rocket Man
Rocket Man

Author: Earl Perkins

Publisher: Xlibris Corporation

Published: 2017-10-06

Total Pages: 272

ISBN-13: 1543453791

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We set sail on this new sea . . . On April 9, 1959, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) introduced Americas first astronauts to the pressScott Carpenter, Gordon Cooper, John Glenn, Virgil Grissom, Walter Schirra, Alan Shepard, and Donald Slayton. The seven men, all military test pilots, were carefully selected from a final group of thirty-two candidates. But the real truth of NASAs search for Americas best pilots is not found in the thirty-two finalists that eventually produced Project Mercurys heroic list of space pioneers. The Original Seven Mercury astronauts chosen to lead Americas charge into a new frontier were certainly worthy. They were Americas best and brightest. But perhaps the very best never got the chance and served his country in obscurity.

Rocketman
Rocketman

Author: Nancy Conrad

Publisher: Penguin

Published: 2006-05-02

Total Pages: 305

ISBN-13: 1101099534

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HE WAS THE THIRD MAN TO WALK ON THE MOON— BUT THE FIRST TO DANCE ON IT. HE WAS THE ROCKETMAN. For Pete Conrad, it was all about the ride. Whether he was hot-dogging at Mach 2, test-flying every supersonic jet the Navy developed (and some they shouldn’t have), orbiting the Earth at almost 20,000 mph, or redlining his Corvette, he loved pushing the envelope. Pete wasn’t the squeaky-clean astronaut poster boy. The guy every NASA pilot wanted to happy-hour with after work—and would kill to fly with—Pete had a natural outspokenness that got him washed out of the Mercury program. But the “Comeback Kid” came roaring back—flying two Gemini missions, walking on the Moon as commander of Apollo 12, commanding the first Skylab, and logging more time in space than all the original astronauts combined. This is a surprisingly candid insider’s view of the greatest ride in history: America’s glorious race to the stars, as seen through the eyes of a real space cowboy.

Rocket Man
Rocket Man

Author: David A. Clary

Publisher: Hachette Books

Published: 2003-08-06

Total Pages: 419

ISBN-13: 1401398332

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More famous in his day than Einstein or Edison, the troubled, solitary genius Robert H. Goddard (1882-1945) was the American father of rocketry and space flight, launching the world's first liquid-fuel rockets and the first powered vehicles to break the sound barrier. Supported by Charles Lindbergh and Harry Guggenheim, through fiery, often explosive, experiments at Roswell, New Mexico, he invented the methods that carried men to the moon. Today, no rocket or jet plane can fly without using his inventions. Yet he is the "forgotten man" of the space age. His own government ignored his rocketry until the Germans demonstrated its principles in the V-2 missiles of World War II. The American government usurped his 214 patents, while suppressing his contributions in the name of national security, until it was forced to pay one million dollars for patent infringement. Goddard became famous again, monuments and medals raining upon his memory. But his renewed fame soon faded, and Goddard's pivotal role in launching the Space Age has been largely forgotten.

Rocketman
Rocketman

Author: Nancy Conrad

Publisher: Penguin

Published: 2006-05-02

Total Pages: 305

ISBN-13: 1101099534

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HE WAS THE THIRD MAN TO WALK ON THE MOON— BUT THE FIRST TO DANCE ON IT. HE WAS THE ROCKETMAN. For Pete Conrad, it was all about the ride. Whether he was hot-dogging at Mach 2, test-flying every supersonic jet the Navy developed (and some they shouldn’t have), orbiting the Earth at almost 20,000 mph, or redlining his Corvette, he loved pushing the envelope. Pete wasn’t the squeaky-clean astronaut poster boy. The guy every NASA pilot wanted to happy-hour with after work—and would kill to fly with—Pete had a natural outspokenness that got him washed out of the Mercury program. But the “Comeback Kid” came roaring back—flying two Gemini missions, walking on the Moon as commander of Apollo 12, commanding the first Skylab, and logging more time in space than all the original astronauts combined. This is a surprisingly candid insider’s view of the greatest ride in history: America’s glorious race to the stars, as seen through the eyes of a real space cowboy.

Rocket Man
Rocket Man

Author: Maggie Hamand

Publisher: eBook Partnership

Published: 2014-11-27

Total Pages: 375

ISBN-13: 095769444X

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Vienna, 1991. When an inspector working in the UN's nuclear watchdog agency apparently commits suicide, his widow is suspicious. She is supported by Katie Haynes, the wife of one of his colleagues. But Katie falls for a Russian scientist who also doubts the suicide verdict, and soon finds herself torn between her intense feelings for the enigmatic Dmitry Gavrilov and loyalty to her husband.As the true implications of the death are revealed, links emerge with a German rocket scientist who is building a launching site in Paraguay. The lovers find themselves at odds and increasingly compromised, with a cross-continental chase taking them from the intrigue of Vienna to the wilderness at the heart of South America.'Maggie Hamand is a writer possessed of that rare gift: an utterly individual voice'Barry Forshaw, The Independent'A talent to watch' Financial Times