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A century ago the first aircraft took off and aviation started to make tremendous progress. Half a century ago we succeeded for the first time in sending a man into space. This great step excited hopes of being able to travel to the planets of our solar system within the next few decades. But in astronautics this rapid evolution was not repeated. Today the transport of payload from our precious planet into orbit around it or into the space beyond is still a huge challenge for men.
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Kitsche, W. (2010). Introduction. In: Operation of a Cryogenic Rocket Engine. Springer Aerospace Technology, vol 2. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-10565-4_1
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