{"product_id":"eugen-sanger-space-flight-first-edition-1965-122788","title":"Space Flight. Countdown for the Future.","description":"\u003ch4 class=\"srb-faux-head\"\u003e\u003c\/h4\u003eFirst English language edition, first printing of this work on rocket science and space flight for a popular audience. An attractive copy in the dust jacket.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEugen Sänger (1905-1964) was one of Germany's leading rocket pioneers, starting as a member of the nation's amateur rocketry movement during the 1920s and studying aeronautics at university. His first thesis attempt, on rocket-powered flight, was rejected for being too fanciful, but in 1933 he published it as the book Raketenflugtechnik. This was 'the first study leading to the eventual development of a reusable human-piloted rocket-powered space plane, a concept which evolved into the X-planes and the space shuttle' (Norman, History of Information). During the Second World War he worked for the Reich Air Ministry, and unsuccessfully attempted to convert the concept into a rocket-powered, long-range bomber. He also made significant contributions to engine technology, introducing the force-cooled ramjet design that is now standard. After the war Sänger worked for the French government before founding a research centre in Stuttgart.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFirst English language edition, first printing; 8vo; contents clean; original blue and white cloth-patterned boards, blue backstrip, titles to spine blocked in silver, an excellent copy in the rubbed jacket; 302 pp.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e","brand":"SÄNGER, Eugen.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57267395592567,"sku":"122788","price":614.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0733\/4694\/1233\/files\/122788_0c25f85c-7bd5-48da-a543-586a10a2a470.jpg?v=1783443254","url":"https:\/\/shapero.com\/en-us\/products\/eugen-sanger-space-flight-first-edition-1965-122788","provider":"Shapero Rare Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}