{"product_id":"9781848167957","title":"Vertical Empire, A: History Of The British Rocketry Programme (Second Edition)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eA Vertical Empire\u003c\/i\u003e provides a description of the British rocketry and space programme from the 1950s to 1970s, detailing the Medium Range Ballistic Missile Blue Streak and its conversion to a satellite launcher as part of the European Launcher Development Organisation (ELDO). This extensively revised second edition includes material only made available in the past ten years and the text is supplemented by numerous photographs, sketches and statistics. The all-British satellite Black Arrow is described, as well as the research rocket Black Knight, the Blue Steel missile and the rocket powered interceptor aircraft.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt is the only work to give a full and complete overview of the programme\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThere are certain areas which are covered only in this book — e.g. the Black Knight research rocket\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA large amount of new material has become available in various archives over the past ten years, and this material has been incorporated into the new edition\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRocket Motors;\u003cbr\u003eRocket Interceptors;\u003cbr\u003eBlue Steel;\u003cbr\u003eBlue Streak — The Origins;\u003cbr\u003eBlue Streak — The 'Underground Launcher';\u003cbr\u003eBlue Streak — The Cancellation;\u003cbr\u003eB S S L V;\u003cbr\u003eThe European Launcher Development Organisation — ELDO;\u003cbr\u003eEuropa;\u003cbr\u003eBlack Knight;\u003cbr\u003eBlack Knight and the Re-Entry Experiments;\u003cbr\u003eBlack Arrow;\u003cbr\u003eThe 'Might Have Beens';\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Imperial College Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47019034575088,"sku":"9781848167957","price":117.88,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781848167957_p0.jpg?v=1763753080","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781848167957","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}