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Spaceflight & Rocketry
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First, I'd like to point out what this section of SerGo957 web-site does not claim to be, – a comprehensive account of astronautics (space activities) as a whole, or even any single side, aspect, etc., thereof. It is not my wish to compete with Alexander Zheleznyakov, Jonathan McDowell, Mark Wade and other titans of 'astro-www'.

On the other hand, there is what is called certain personal luggage, related to analysis and description of space activities. As well as to studying history and prehistory of these.

The following steps seems to be appropriate under the circumstances. To begin with, a list of published articles is put to this web-site  (thus symbolizing my contribution to the common cause :)),   as well as texts of some of the list items. This collection will be enlarged, I promise, after further exploration of my personal archives.

Later on, I'd like to go in for thorough enough study of both general problems and some particular historical episodes.  Here are examples of potential themes:

• USSR-Russia space activities : factors of evolution
   
• interaction of scientific/engineering and administrative factors in the history of space activities
   
• genesis of institutions and management mechanisms related to space vehicles development in the USSR
   
• the impact of scientific/engineering, administrative, and other factors on the design of early long range ballistic missiles
   
• history of extravehicular activity (work in open space) and related technology
   
• Victor Coissac and his La conquete de l'espace (on the occasion of the 90th anniversary of publication)
   
• Alexander Andreyev and his rocket backpack (on the occasion of the 90th anniversary of the inventor's application to the Russian government)
   
• theme of spaceflight from antiquity through mid 20th century (data base)
   
• publications, museum expositions, data bases related to the history of astronautics (data base)

I have proceeded to the studies in most of the listed areas (or closely approached to this) onetime and later on, due to one reason or another, suspended the work. Which of the studies will be continued in the foreseeable future and in what sequence, – this depends on a number of circumstances, and presently I wouldn't make any predictions in this respect.
 

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Those wishing to know all the details (or at least all the details, available to unauthorized person) of the present day space activities, to watch closely noticeable events, to turn over the history pages related to completed space projects, – all those are strongly advised to have a look at Alexander Zheleznyakov's 'Cosmonautics' Encyclopaedia, Novosti Kosmonavtiki (Cosmonautics News) magazine, Mark Wade's Encyclopedia astronautica and the Federation of American Scientists' web-site (I don't remember for sure if the former two have full-scale English versions).

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