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David DeVorkin, a Space History Curator at the National Air and Space Museum, completed Science With A Vengeance in 1992. This book traces the exploration of the upper atmosphere with ballistic missiles systems, particularly the V-2. The first part of the book deals with the military context of upper atmospheric research: the military interest in seeing that such work was being done, the formation of appropriate groups in military labs capable of doing the work, and the development of the technical and managerial infrastructure required to get the work done. The later half of the book examines the specific problems each scientific group addressed, including the technical, professional and managerial obstacles they faced as they explored the use of rockets for studying the sun, cosmic rays, the upper atmosphere, and the ionosphere.
NASM.1994.0054
DeVorkin, David H., 1944-
[ca. 1930s-1950s]
David H. DeVorkin, Transfer, 1994, 1994-0054, NASM/David DeVorkin
0.45 Cubic feet (1 legal document box)
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V-2 rocket
Ballistic missiles
Atmosphere, Upper -- Rocket observations
Astronautics
Rockets (Aeronautics)
Rocketry
Ionosphere
Ionosphere -- Research
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