Space Technology.

Space Technology. Seifert, Howard (Editor). Published by John Wiley and Sons. 1959. Approx 750p. hardcover no dust jacket, boards lightly bumped/scuffed/shelfwear, binding tight, text clean/unmarked, NOT xlib,— “Western Museum of Flight” stamp on front endpaper/sticker with “Morgan M. Blair” on front endpaper/ “TO AN OLD AREODYNAMICIST TURNED SPACEMAN WITH BEST WISHES — BOB LAIDLAW” written on front endpaper—“William R. Laidlaw assisted Hap Arnold, Commanding General of the U.S. Air Force, in writing Global Mission (New York: Harper and Row, 1949); W. R. Laidlaw, formerly vice-president for research and engineering at North American Rockwell, formed Flight Systems, Inc., a technical/engineering-and engineering/pilot-oriented research organization with offices in Inglewood, California; In 1971, William Laidlaw, Special Assistant to the Director of Defense Research and Engineering (OSD), became Rockwells vice president for research and engineering in 1967.Rockwell International Corporation, formerly (1967–73) North American Rockwell Corporation, diversified American corporation that was formerly one of the country’s leading aerospace contractors, making launch vehicles and spacecraft for the U.S. space program. In 1958 Rockwell moved into aircraft manufacturing by acquiring Aero Design and Engineering. After the merger Rockwell continued to be a major government contractor, making the Saturn V rocket engines that lifted the Apollo astronauts to the moon; the Space Shuttle orbiters and their main engines; and the airframe of the B-1B bomber. The company changed its name to Rockwell International in 1973. Despite these successes, Rockwell in the 1980s diversified into such fields as electronics and automotive products in an effort to reduce its dependence on U.S. government-contracted space systems and weapons. Rockwell had become a major manufacturer of modem chips, commercial avionics, and factory automation equipment by the time it sold its defense electronics and aerospace businesses to The Boeing Company in 1996…50.00.…