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Suggested Reading

These books can be used by children and adults to learn more about rockets. Older books on the list provide valuable historical information rockets and information about rockets in science fiction. Newer books provide up-to-date information about rockets currently in use or being planned.

Asimov, I. (1988), Rockets, Probes, and Satellites, Gareth Stevens, Milwaukee.

Barrett, N. (1990), The Picture World of Rockets and Satellites, Franklin Watts Inc., New York.

Bolognese, D. (1982), Drawing Spaceships and Other Spacecraft, Franklin Watts, Inc., New York.

Branley, F. (1987), Rockets and Satellites, Thomas Y. Crowell, New York.

Butterfield, M. (1994), Look Inside Cross-Sections Space, Dorling Kindersley, London.

Donnelly, J. (1989), Moonwalk, The First Trip to the Moon, Random House, New York.

English, J. (1995), Transportation, Automobiles to Zeppelins, A Scholastic Kid's Encyclopedia, Scholastic Inc., New York.

Fischel, E. & Ganeri, A. (1988), How To Draw Spacecraft, EDC Publishing, Tulsa, Oklahoma. Furniss, T. (1988), Space Rocket, Gloucester, New York.

Gatland, K. (1976), Rockets and Space Travel, Silver Burdett, Morristown, New Jersey.

Gatland, K. & Jeffris, D. (1977), Star Travel: Transport and Technology Into The 21st Century, Usborn Publishers, London.

Gurney, G. & Gurney, C. (1975), The Launch of Sputnik, October 4, 1957: The Space Age Begins, Franklin Watts, Inc., New York.

Malone, R. (1977), Rocketship: An Incredible Voyage Through Science Fiction and Science Fact, Harper & Row, New York.

Maurer, R. (1995), Rocket! How a Toy Launched the Space Age, Crown Publishers, Inc., New York.

Mullane, R. M. (1995), Liftoff, An Astronaut's Dream, Silver Burdett Press, Parsippany, NJ.

Neal, V., Lewis, C., & Winter, F. (1995), Smithsonian Guides, Spaceflight, Macmillan, New York. (Adult level reference)

Parsons, A. (1992), What's Inside? Spacecraft, Dorling Kindersley,m Inc., New York.

Ordway, F. & Leibermann, R. (1992), Blueprint For Space, Science Fiction To Science Fact, Smithsonian Instutition Press, Washington DC.

Quackenbush, R. (1978), The Boy Who Dreamed of Rockets: How Robert Goddard Became The Father of the Space Age, Parents Magazine Press, New York.

Ride, S. & Okie, S. (1986), To Space & Back, Lee & Shepard Books, New York.

Shayler, D. (1994), Inside/Outside Space, Random House, New York.

Shorto, R. (1992), How To Fly The Space Shuttle, John Muir Publications, Santa Fe, NM.

Vogt, G. (1987), An Album of Modern Spaceships, Franklin Watts, Inc., New York.

Vogt, G. (1989), Space Ships, Franklin Watts, Inc., New York.

Winter, F. (1990), Rockets into Space, Harvard University Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts. (Adult level reference)

Commercial Software

Physics of Model Rocketry

Flight: Aerodynamics of Model Rockets

In Search of Space - Introduction to Model Rocketry

The above programs are available for Apple II, Mac, and IBM from Estes Industries, 1295 H. Street, Penrose, Colorado 81240

 
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