'A Vertical Empire' second edition now available.

[CNH]

The second edition [much enlarged 96k words>136 kwords] of 'A Vertical Empire' is now available: see

https://www.worldscibooks.com/histsci/p810.html and http://www.amazon.co.uk/Vertical-Empire-History-Rocketry-Programme/dp/1848167962/ref=sr_1_2?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1326638670&sr=1-2

Chapter 1 can be downloaded from the ICP page as a pdf.

Nicholas Hill

 

[SteveO]

The first edition was excellent, what's new in the second edition? More whatiffery?

 

[CNH]

More everything!

 

[overscan (PaulMM)]

I've not read it but heard great things about it. Shame the ebook version is so expensive - I'll have to order the paperback version from Amazon UK. I think the free delivery offer to Australia / New Zealand is over unfortunately.

 

[CNH]

Hm - that ebook price does seem to be something of a rip off. Sorry about that!

 

[flateric]

Nicholas, how it went out that paperback costs more than ebook? are there some mistake?

 

[CNH]

Pricing's out of my hands, I'm afraid! I've no idea how they arrived at those figures.

Nicholas

 

[Michel Van]

Amazon made similar ripoff with ebook version [Kindle Edition] the same prize as Paper version.
i stay on Apple iBooks with they very reasonable prize

for The second edition, i willing to pay £57 for the Hardcover B)

By the way
Mister Hill, how much we [this forum] contributing new Blue Streak info for the second edition ?
yours faithfully
Michel Van

 

[CNH]

how much we [this forum] contributing new Blue Streak info for the second edition ?

Sorry - not a lot. It's all archival stuff.

 

[phil gollin]

I've just received my copy.

Looks o.k., but I was somewhat surprised as there was no "foreword to the second edition" explaining the differences.

Well, it looks like I will have to read it again (!)

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[blackstar]

So is there more in here on British interest in military space in the 1950s-1960s?

 

[CNH]

Not really, since there was very little military interest other than in Skynet.

The RAF did issue a requirement for a Shuttle type vehicle, which caused the Chief Secretary to the Treasury to comment that having just given up a horizontal empire, it was hardly time to start building a vertical empire ...

 

[SteveO]

Not really, since there was very little military interest other than in Skynet.

The RAF did issue a requirement for a Shuttle type vehicle, which caused the Chief Secretary to the Treasury to comment that having just given up a horizontal empire, it was hardly time to start building a vertical empire ...

;D If we put a stop to all the empire building in the public sector we might have been able to afford a vertical empire!