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Two volumes in one. Stiff, printed wraps, spiral binding, 11 x 8 ½ inches, 269 pp. (Vol. I), 35 pp. (Vol. II). Volume I is composed of mostly annotated references arranged alphabetically by main entry. Volume II contains the following indices: author; source; and fields of interest. The STL Technical Library Advanced Research Group, Research Bibliography No. 40. In Vol. I, almost all entries are accompanied by an abstract. For example, entry 219 (out of a total of 1030) is: deFries, P.J. Guidance Concepts for Lunar Landings. Paper presented at AAS Seventh Annual Meeting, 16-18 Jan 61, Dallas. Preprint no. 61-39. 32 p. 13 figs. 4 refs. Abstract: An overall analysis of an interrupted-braking lunar landing guidance system proposed for use in the initial soft landings of exploratory equipment and in subsequent manned landings is presented. Discussed are the basic guidance requirements, the attractive and important points of an interrupted-braking system (dwelling primarily upon location guidance and inherent error reduction), and the guidance problems impoase (sic) during braking by propulsion and instruments (altimeter and integrating accelerometer). It is technologically, functionally, and economically feasible and advantageous to employ interrupted-braking landing guidance systems for future lunar exploration vehicles. In the Guide to Fields of Interest portion of the index (Vol. II), the entries are: Apollo (2 abstracts), Astrodynamic constants; Cushioning materials; Earth atmosphere; Explorer IV, Guidance (33 abstracts), Human factors, Lamp, Lunar base (requirements), Lunar trajectories, Lunik II, Lunik III, Mallar, Mariner, Meteorites, Moon (atmosphere, eclipse, environment, experiments, general considerations, gravity, landing, magnetism, maps, orbital elements, origin, perturbations, photography, photometry, radar observations, radiation, spectroscopy, surface characteristics, surface vehicles), Nova, Pioneer III, Pioneer IV, Prospector, Ranger, Satellite vehicles, Saturn, Snap, Space (cislunar, environment, micrometeorites, radiation), Space vehicles (lunar), SR-183 Lunar Observatory, Surveyor, Tektites, Trace, Vega. Overall about good minus (modest damp damage to covers, mostly front cover, with some associated staining and waviness to paper; moderate damage to the first page, the title/copyright page, where it has stuck to the verso of the front cover, with focal loss of text of title and an adjacent tear; title clearly legible on front cover; mild waviness to first few pages and last page, with no affect on legibility; modest soiling to covers; otherwise, binding tight and pages clean). Rare. 7 OCLC library holdings. An important bibliographic tool for those interested in the science/technology/history of lunar exploration, unmanned and manned. (3214046).
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