L'Astronautique

Pierre de Latil, Jean Rivoire (co-author)
Year1960
PublisherGroupement Interprofessionnel des Industries de la Région Est de Paris
PlaceMontreuil
LanguageFR
Pages40
SeriesGrandes Conférences du G.I.R.E.P.
Rating★★★☆☆ (3/5)
AudienceGeneral, Student
LevelBeginner
Keywords
astronauticspropulsionrocketartificial satellitespace race
ThemesSpace Race, Launchers & Propulsion

A record of two lectures delivered before industrialists of the Groupement Interprofessionnel des Industries de la Région Est de Paris on 9 December 1959. Pierre de Latil explains the fundamental principles of jet propulsion and rocket mechanics to a non-specialist audience. Jean Rivoire then surveys the geopolitical competition between the United States and the Soviet Union in space, reviews British and French programs, and examines the economic opportunities for French industrialists in the growing rocket industry.

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Delivered before industrialists of the Groupement Interprofessionnel des Industries de la Région Est de Paris on 9 December 1959, these two lectures show how France's scientific intelligentsia sought to awaken the business world to the stakes of astronautics, two years after Sputnik. …