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Fundamentals of aircraft and rocket propulsion

Ahmed F. El-Sayed, Author | New York, NY : Springer | 2016

This book provides a comprehensive basics-to-advanced course in an aero-thermal science vital to the design of engines for either type of craft. The text classifies engines powering aircraft and single/multi-stage rockets, and derives performan[...]

The rocket into planetary space

Hermann Oberth, Author | [S.l.] : Walter de Gruyter | 2014

In a relatively short work of 1923, Hermann Oberth laid down the mathematical laws governing rocketry and spaceflight, and he offered practical design considerations based on those laws. This translation of his classic text sheds light on an ext[...]

Rocketing into the future : the history and technology of rocket planes /

Michel Van Pelt, Author | New York, NY : Springer | Springer-Praxis books in space exploration | 2012

This book analyses the world of rocket planes, examining the exotic concepts and actual flying vehicles that have been devised over the last one hundred years.

Les deux vies de Soyouz

Christian Lardier, Author ; Stefan Barensky, Author | Paris : Edite | 2010

Advanced propulsion systems and technologies, today to 2020

Claudio Bruno, Editor ; Antonio G Accettura, Editor ; American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics., Editor ; European Space Agency., Editor | Reston, VA : American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics | Progress in astronautics and aeronautics | 2008

1. Introduction 2. Advanced solid rocket motors 3. Advanced cryogenic engines 4. Advanced LOX-HC engines for boosters 5. LOX-Hydrocarbon engines in Russia 6. Green propellants 7. Green propellants in Russia 8. Miniaturized propulsion 9. Solar t[...]

To a distant day : the rocket pioneers /

Chris Gainor, Author | [S.l.] : University of Nebraska Press | Outward odyssey : a people's history of spaceflight | 2008

Offers a complete and thoroughly compelling account of humanity's determined efforts, sometimes poignant, sometimes amazing, sometimes made to leave the earth behind. An account of humanity's efforts to leave the earth behind, Chris Gainor's na[...]

Rocketdyne : powering humans into space

Robert S. Kraemer ; Vince. Wheelock | Reston, VA : American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics | 2006

For the early history of rocketry up through the work of Dr. Robert Goddard in the early 1940s, the author referenced the history books of T.A. Heppenheimer and Frank Winter. The rest of the book is a chronicle of both the author's own memories [...]

Lanceurs et satellites

Philippe Couillard | [S.l.] : Cepadues-Editions | 2004

The problem of space travel : the rocket motor

Hermann Noordung, Editor ; Ernst Stuhlinger, Editor ; United States., Editor ; J. D. Hunley, Editor ; National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Editor ; Jennifer Garland, Editor | [S.l.] : National Aeronautics and Space Administration | NASA SP | 1995