Spaceship Handbook

Spaceship Handbook examines 75 influential Rocket and Spacecraft designs of the 20th Century, their designers, and the stories surrounding their creation. These stories tell of the spaceship's birth in the work of theoretical geniuses, its struggle for acceptance in Entertainment, and the exciting prospects for real spaceships in the near future.

Written by Jack Hagerty and Jon C. Rogers with a foreword by noted aerospace authority Frederick I. Ordway III, the book is large (11.5 inches by 9 inches by 1.5 inches thick) hardbound, and printed on 80 lb matte coated stock with Smyth-sewn binding. It is 534 pages including Introductions, Appendices, a 16-page index; and has a beautiful oil painted cover.

In addition to the 114 detailed Data Drawings sheets that are central to its documenting 20th Century spaceships, it contains 250 Color Pictures, 150 black and white pictures, and over 100 additional illustrations