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Rocket Manby David A. Clary
Hyperion 2003; US$ 9.95More famous in his day than Einstein or Edison, the troubled, solitary genius Robert H. Goddard (1882-1945) was the American father of rocketry and space flight, launching the world's first liquid-fuel rockets and the first powered vehicles to break the sound barrier. Supported by Charles Lindbergh and Harry Guggenheim, through fiery, often explosive, experiments at Roswell, New Mexico, he invented the methods that carried men to the moon. Today, no rocket or jet plane can fly without using his inventions. Yet he is the "forgotten man" of the space age. His own government ignored his rocketry until the Germans demonstrated its principles in the V-2 missiles of World War II. The American government usurped his 214 patents, while suppressing... more...
The Conversion of Liquid Rocket Fuelsby Wolfgang Spyra
Springer 2004; US$ 59.95The Conversion of Liquid Rocket Fuels is the first volume to be dedicated to the demilitarization of Azerbaijan. It is the product of an exciting workshop which brought together participants from NATO member countries and partner countries to share ideas and experience. This publication investigates the possible treatment methods for hazardous ballistic missile wastes being stored in Azerbaijan. The uniqueness of this volume lies in its interdisciplinary nature with authors coming from a diverse range of fields and experiences. Topics include risk assessment of hazards, environmental and human toxicology, technological options for chemical disposal, and comparative case studies from similar projects in Moldova and Georgia. Also featured is... more...
Advances in Chemical Propulsionby Gabriel D. Roy
CRC Press 2001; US$ 179.95Complex, vast, and multidisciplinary, chemical propulsion has been the subject of extensive investigation over the past few decades. Under the leadership of Gabriel Roy, this has been particularly true at the Office of Naval Research (ONR), where his team has focused on the three primary goals of combustion research: improving the efficiency, increasing the range and speed, and reducing the emissions and signatures of combustion systems. Advances in Chemical Propulsion: Science to Technology reports on the progress achieved by the outstanding team of scientists and engineers participating in the ONR Propulsion Program. Its chapters, each written by the scientists who performed the research, cover all aspects of the combustion process, from... more...
Rocketsby Peter Macinnis
Allen & Unwin 2003; US$ 22.68A history of rockets from their early Chinese origins to their modern use in the military, space exploration and commercial peacetime use. more...
Non-Rocket Space Launch and Flightby Alexander Bolonkin
Elsevier 2006; US$ 285.00In recent years scientists have investigated a series of new methods for non-rocket space launch, which promise to revolutionize space launches and flight. Particularly in the current political climate new, cheaper, and more ?fuel efficient? methods are being investigated. Such new methods include the gas tube method, cable accelerators, tether launch systems, space elevators, solar and magnetic sails, circle launcher space keepers and more. The author brings a vast amount of experience to the topic, having worked as a engineer, designer, project director and researcher at key institutes including NASA and the US Air Force. ? Explores all the new non-rocket space launch methods, and compares them with each other and traditional rockets.... more...
The Seven Secrets of How to Think Like a Rocket Scientistby James Longuski
Springer 2006; US$ 25.00Explains the methods that rocket scientists use expressed in a way that could be applied in everyday life. This book illustrates the methods (the 7 secrets) with anecdotes, quotations and biographical sketches of famous scientists, ideas from sci-fi, personal stories and insights, and a bit of space history. more...
Rocket and Spacecraft Propulsionby Martin J.L. Turner
Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG 2006; US$ 139.00Discusses the range of launch vehicles in use throughout the world, and includes details of some of the advanced propulsion systems. This book covers the fundamentals of the subject, from the basic principles of rocket propulsion and vehicle dynamics through the theory and practice of liquid and solid propellant motors, to various developments. more...
Future Spacecraft Propulsion Systemsby Claudio Bruno; Paul A. Czysz
Springer 2006; US$ 219.00Putting spacecraft propulsion systems in perspective, this book presents the need to break free from the old established concepts of expendable rockets, using chemical propulsion, and to develop breeds of launch vehicle capable of both launching payloads into orbit at dramatically reduced cost, and for sustained operations in low-Earth orbit. more...
To a Distant Dayby Chris Gainor
University of Nebraska Press 2008; US$ 29.95Chris Gainor's irresistible narrative introduces us to pioneers such as Konstantin Tsiolkovsky, Robert Goddard, and Hermann Oberth, who pointed the way to the cosmos and created the earliest wave of international enthusiasm for space exploration. It shows us German engineer Wernher von Braun creating the V-2, the first large rocket, which opened the door to space but failed utterly as the wonder weapon it was meant to be. From there Gainor follows the space race to the Soviet Union and the United States and gives us a close look at the competitive hysteria that led to Sputnik, satellites, space probes, andfinallyhuman flight into space in 1961. As much a story of cultural ambition and personal destiny as of scientific... more...
Rocket and Spacecraft Propulsionby Martin J.L. Turner
Springer 2008; US$ 139.00Covers topics that range from the basic principles of rocket propulsion and vehicle dynamics through the theory and practice of liquid and solid propellant motors, to future developments. This book provides an exposition of the principles and practice of rocket propulsion. more...









