The Rocket Lab
Maurice Zucrow, Purdue University, and America's Race to Space
Published on 15. May 2023
386 pages
978-1-61249-842-3 (ISBN)
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Michael G. Smith is professor of history at Purdue University, where he has taught Russian history and aerospace history since 1996. He is the author of Rockets and Revolution: A Cultural History of Early Spaceflight and Language and Power in the Creation of the USSR, 1917-1953.
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Acknowledgments
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Introduction: A Study in Professional Biography
1. Moishe Zucrow: An Emigrant's Life
2. Prime Movers: Purdue University and Its Power Plants
3. Research and Development: American Rockets for War
4. Jet Propulsion: The New Science of Rocket Engines
5. Project State: Guided Missiles for the Cold War
6. Satellite Visions: The Dilemmas of Space Exploration
7. Rocket Lab: Doc Zucrow and His Boys
8. Moon Race: Purdue's Pathways to Outer Space
Epilogue: The Enduring Life of a Consultant
Appendix 1: Zucrow PhD Students (as of 1965), With Graduation Dates and Positions
Appendix 2: Career Paths and Contributions of Select Zucrow Students
Appendix 3: Purdue Rocket Laboratory Courses Between 1946 and 1971
Notes
Archival Sources
Index
Abbreviations
Introduction: A Study in Professional Biography
1. Moishe Zucrow: An Emigrant's Life
2. Prime Movers: Purdue University and Its Power Plants
3. Research and Development: American Rockets for War
4. Jet Propulsion: The New Science of Rocket Engines
5. Project State: Guided Missiles for the Cold War
6. Satellite Visions: The Dilemmas of Space Exploration
7. Rocket Lab: Doc Zucrow and His Boys
8. Moon Race: Purdue's Pathways to Outer Space
Epilogue: The Enduring Life of a Consultant
Appendix 1: Zucrow PhD Students (as of 1965), With Graduation Dates and Positions
Appendix 2: Career Paths and Contributions of Select Zucrow Students
Appendix 3: Purdue Rocket Laboratory Courses Between 1946 and 1971
Notes
Archival Sources
Index
