Wings of fire by Abdul Kalam

Author:Abdul Kalam [Kalam, Abdul]
Language: eng
Format: epub, pdf
Publisher: ePub Bud (www.epubbud.com)
Published: 2013-01-17T16:00:00+00:00

WINGS OF FIRE

ORIENTATION - 1

EXPEDIENTS

given a top position in the rocketry programme at NASA. Working for They suffer from a deep-rooted NIH—Not Invented Here—complex the US Army, von Braun produced the landmark Jupiter missile, which and look down on alien technologies. If you want to do anything in rocketry, was the first IRBM with a 3000 km range. When I was asked by Dr do it yourself,” von Braun advised me. He commented, “SLV-3 is a Brahm Prakash to receive von Braun at Madras and escort him to genuine Indian design and you may be having your own troubles. But Thumba, I was naturally excited.

you should always remember that we don’t just build on successes, we The V-2 missile (an abbreviation of the German word also build on failures.”

Vergeltungswaffe) was by far the greatest single achievement in the On the topic of the inevitable hard work that goes with rocket history of rockets and missiles. It was the culmination of the efforts development and the degree of commitment involved, he smiled and made by von Braun and his team in the VFR (Society for Space Flight) said with a glint of mischief in his eyes, “Hard work is not enough in in the 1920s. What had begun as a civilian effort soon became an official rocketry. It is not a sport where mere hard work can fetch you honours.

army one, and von Braun became the technical director of the German Here, not only do you have to have a goal but you have to have strategies Missile Laboratory at Kummersdorf. The first V-2 missile was first tested to achieve it as fast as possible.”

unsuccessfully in June 1942. It toppled over on to its side and exploded.

“Total commitment is not just hard work, it is total involvement.

But on 16 August 1942, it became the first missile to exceed the speed Building a rock wall is back-breaking work. There are some people who of sound. Under the supervision of von Braun, more than 10,000 V-2

build rock walls all their lives. And when they die, there are miles of missiles were produced between April and October 1944 at the gigantic walls, mute testimonials to how hard those people had worked.” underground production unit near Nordhausen in Germany. That I would be travelling with this man—a scientist, a designer, a production engineer, He continued, “But there are other men who while placing one rock an administrator, a technology manager all rolled into one—what more on top of another have a vision in their minds, a goal. It may be a terrace could I have asked for?

with roses climbing over the rock walls and chairs set out for lazy summer days. Or the rock wall may enclose an apple orchard or mark a boundary.

We flew in an Avro aircraft which took around ninety minutes from When they finish, they have more than a wall. It is the goal that makes Madras to Trivandrum. von Braun asked me about our work and listened the difference. Do

Download

Copyright Disclaimer:
This site does not store any files on its server. We only index and link to content provided by other sites. Please contact the content providers to delete copyright contents if any and email us, we'll remove relevant links or contents immediately.