A biography of Tsien called "Thread of the Silkworm" was published in 1995 by Iris Chang:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/style/longterm/books/chap1/thread_o.htm
http://books.google.com/books?id=e2_uIf7L5BMC&dq=%22thread+of+the+silkworm%22&printsec=frontcover&source=bn&hl=en&ei=Ldr6Sr-QBoPKsAOkgP2DAg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=5&ved=0CBoQ6AEwBA#v=onepage&q=&f=false
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-"The Dream Machines" by Ron Miller
-"Spaceship Handbook" by Jack Hagerty an Jon C. Rogers
-"Space Shuttle" by Dennis R. Jenkins
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More gold from SOVA, the Smithsonian's virtual archives: a paper about Dr. Tsien's work with sketches and specifics, and a great photo of the man himself.
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GH Stine - Considerations of the Operation of a Long-Range Manned Rocket Research Vehicle - 19...pdf
Sweet geez, this is Christmas in April ! thank you for sharing. Ballistic / suborbital transportation makes so much sense, compared to stupid hypersonics & scramjets thermal nightmare.
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