Adventures of a Star Warrior Cold War Rocket Science on the Space Frontier eBook Robert Huffman
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Adventures of a Star Warrior is Bob Huffman's fast-paced and inspiring space science memoir. From a career spanning Sputnik, the Space Shuttle and Star Wars, Dr. Huffman tells of his unique odyssey from the laboratory to the launch pad.
Loaded with history, humor, and human drama, here are back room deals at the Pentagon, liftoffs that don't lift off (as well as many that do), and high-altitude heroics on the Space Shuttle. Along for the ride are an unlikely collection of scientists, astronauts, soldiers, and bureaucrats united to explore space.
Adventures of a Star Warrior Cold War Rocket Science on the Space Frontier eBook Robert Huffman
Adventures of a Star Warrior tells the tale of Bob Huffman’s career as a rocket scientist / star warrior. The transition from research scientist to applied scientist preparing a cold war era defense, starts with a project to study ultraviolet emissions from ICBM exhaust plumes. Bob’s teams were comprised of some of America’s best and brightest working to prepare for a war in space. It is surprising to learn how much the effort is not strictly science and defense. An entrepreneurial approach, competitiveness and salesmanship is also required to put experiments in flight. Another surprise was the degree of uncertainty and risk involved in what I expected would be relatively predictable, mundane rocket launches. Bob gives an insider’s view of the Strategic Defense Initiative. Top SDI management focused on near term launches of prototypes while undercutting the prerequisite research needed to understand tracking and destroying ICBMs.I liked the book. I enjoyed learning about the lives of those involved in cold war defense. The book includes wry humor, personal anecdotes and a depiction of the day to day life, struggles and characters of the star warriors. I met Bob briefly and long ago on a social occasion. At the time I had no real knowledge of his participation in missile defense.
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Adventures of a Star Warrior Cold War Rocket Science on the Space Frontier eBook Robert Huffman Reviews
Dr. Huffman makes the successes and travails of his scientific adventures come alive with a clear and very readable style. He has a realistic perspective on the military bureaucracy he worked with, but never loses the idealistic vision of advancing knowledge. The book does not require any specialist knowledge of science or engineering but would be of particular interest to people who are curious as to how problems are solved in the real world.
A great read! Having spent the past 30+ years following a similar path, Dr. Huffman's accounts of the struggles and joys of space flight ring very true to me. Always interesting to see how much human foibles and organizational dynamics influence the path of science. Science, driven by fact and experiment, can take very interesting turns when it encounters the sausage making process typical of all organizations. The book is very well written and offers a compelling narrative of a career driven by vision and a strong desire to make a positive contribution.
As a university professor, I especially enjoyed this book for the insight it gives on the culture of funded scientific studies. The focus is not on the science itself, but rather on the bureaucratic and political intrigues that are part and parcel of getting large scientific projects to succeed. In this book, young scientists can learn a lot about the process of science -- how scientific work in a large project actually gets done, which is something not taught in college courses. And the book is a true pleasure to read, witty at times, and always engaging, as we follow Dr. Huffman's adventures in planning, overseeing, and dealing with the spectacular successes and failures of the various rocket experiments. At one level this is a very well-written personal account of one scientist's professional adventures. But its true value goes beyond the personal, and speaks to the culture of scientific programs. These efforts are seen ultimately to be human enterprises, with all the messiness that implies.
-Richard Quimby, Dept. Physics, Worcester Polytechnic Institute
"Adventures of a Star Warrior Cold War Rocket Science on the Space Frontier" is a well written account of the era of rocket science and the development of measuring devices to quantify the footprint of rockets launched into space.The book is written in the first person and recounts the personal story of Dr.Huffman's decision to leave the world of theoretical physics and enter the world of applied science where he developed methods and spectroscopic sensors to detect a rocket's ultraviolet footprint. The book recounts the successes and failures of rocket launches, and the politics of being a scientist during the cold war era. It tells a story of perseverance and the challenges of what it takes to succeed as a research scientist in the political landscape on the national level.
I had a 35-year career in Defense R&D but I never personally experienced the flight test part of it. This book is exciting and humbling because it puts you right there in the control room for the tests. The tremendous labor and money to get something complex to "fly right" with no solid assurance that it really will work - this is stressful in the extreme. In the scientific world, it is like the "thrill of victory but the agony of defeat" that is so present in the Olympics. Not only can it fail to work, but the vehicle carrying your equipment can blow up and take all your investment with it. Finally, if you take too many tries to get success, the sponsor or Congress can pull the plug. This is a real hero story.
The book with the added website is fabulous. Shipped quickly and came in mint and ready to read condition.
Interesting look at funding and implementation of our defense program. A lot of political red tape that got in the way of scientists doing their jobs. Despite that, there was a lot of hard work and significant achievements. There are some good history lessons here, although it seems like only yesterday. Order a copy, it's a good read.
Adventures of a Star Warrior tells the tale of Bob Huffman’s career as a rocket scientist / star warrior. The transition from research scientist to applied scientist preparing a cold war era defense, starts with a project to study ultraviolet emissions from ICBM exhaust plumes. Bob’s teams were comprised of some of America’s best and brightest working to prepare for a war in space. It is surprising to learn how much the effort is not strictly science and defense. An entrepreneurial approach, competitiveness and salesmanship is also required to put experiments in flight. Another surprise was the degree of uncertainty and risk involved in what I expected would be relatively predictable, mundane rocket launches. Bob gives an insider’s view of the Strategic Defense Initiative. Top SDI management focused on near term launches of prototypes while undercutting the prerequisite research needed to understand tracking and destroying ICBMs.
I liked the book. I enjoyed learning about the lives of those involved in cold war defense. The book includes wry humor, personal anecdotes and a depiction of the day to day life, struggles and characters of the star warriors. I met Bob briefly and long ago on a social occasion. At the time I had no real knowledge of his participation in missile defense.
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