2 Missiles, Rocketry, and the Development of the Black Brant Launcher

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1. Front Matter i
2. Contents v
3. Figures vii
4. Acknowledgments ix
5. Abbreviations xiii
6. Chronology of Canada’s Rocketry and Space Program xv
7. Introduction 1
8. Cold War Security and Aerospace Defence Research Prior to Sputnik 7
9. Missiles, Rocketry, and the Development of the Black Brant Launcher 33
10. Defence and Discovery: Canada’s Early Space Policies 68
11. Forging a Spacefaring Nation: The Alouette-ISIS Program 95
12. Canada’s Militarization and Weaponization of Space 121
13. The Demise of Canada’s Cold War Space Programs 152
14. National Interests and a New Agenda for Outer Space 173
15. Conclusion 191
16. Members of the Associate Committee on Space Research, 1959–63 194
17. A Note on Sources 195
18. Notes 199
19. Bibliography 219
20. Index 228
21. Studies in Canadian Military History 238