Sep 292019
 

I have two books for sale. Interestingly, I have a few copies of each book. The two books:

1: “Space Planners Guide,” put out by the USAF, Air Force System Command, 1 July 1965. This large format hardcover book is intended to help someone plan pretty much every aspect of a space mission, at least to first order, including the design of space vehicles. Today this would of course all be done on a computer. This books comes with a big pile of transparencies in pockets inside both the front and back covers that include many graphs for use in working out the whichness of the why of all aspects of space planning. The book itself is not classified, but there is a warning inside it telling users to not scribble their findings in the margins because the book can be used to *design* classified vehicles and missions. These are hard to come by; there weren’t that many in the first place. Most of my copies are in very good condition, but one has some damage to the front cover (though none to the interior of the book itself). All come with the transparencies.

Intact copies: $150 each plus postage SOLD OUT

The slightly damaged copy: $135 plus postage SOLD

2: “Handbook of Astronautical Engineering” a massive tome published in 1961, edited by H. H. Koelle, director of the Future Projects Office at NASA-Marshall. This also covers nearly all aspects of space mission and vehicle design, but in much greater detail. It’s a classic.

The Handbooks are $150 each plus postage. I have more of those than the Planners Guides. TWO LEFT

As always, if you are interested, send me an email letting me know which book(s) you want and what your mailing address is. These can be sent via low-cost media mail, but if you want something fast, let me know in the email. As always, it’s first come, first served, but people who want a copy of *both* books go to the head of the line.

 

A big mess of photos of these books have been uploaded to Dropbox here:

https://www.dropbox.com/sh/wdhstvjbgaxk527/AAAFBubce_AtrmvVyR5BhREMa?dl=0

 

 Posted by at 11:17 pm