rootbrowseIAC-13E4session 22. Scientific and Technical HistoriesPapers1. Spaceport Australia: Early Proposals for Equatorial Launch Facilities in Australia2. New Observations on Reaction-Propelled Manned Aircraft Concepts, ca. 1670-1900, A Survey: Part 1 (1670-1869)3. HISTORY OF THE AIR LAUNCH CONCEPT’S LAUNCH SYSTEM PRACTICAL DEVELOPMENT IN FORMER SOVIET UNION AND RUSSIA4. Genesis of the Vulcain engine5. DEFA PARCA: Early Surface-to-Air Missile for the French Army6. to ride a comet: 25th anniversary of israel's shavit satellite launch vehicle7. New Horizon: 25th anniversary of Israel's First Satellite, Ofek 18. The Japanese Rockoon program for the IGY: technology and Japanese society9. The Effect of Wernher von Braun and Sergei Korolev on the Modern State of Space Technology