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Ignition!
An Informal History of Liquid Rocket Propellants
Langbeschreibung
Tells the story of the search for a rocket propellant which could be trusted to take man into space. Acclaimed scientist and sci-fi author John D. Clark writes with irreverent and eyewitness immediacy about the development of the explosive fuels strong enough to negate the relentless restraints of gravity.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
ContentsIn Re John D. Clark - foreword by Issac AsimovPreface1 How It Started2 Peenemunde and JPL3 The Hunting of the Hypergol . . .4 . . . and Its Mate5 Peroxide - Always a Bridesmaid6 Halogens and Politics and Deep Space7 Performance8 Lox and Flox and Cryogenics in General9 What Ivan Was Doing10 "Exotics"11 The Hopeful Monoprops12 High Density and the Higher Foolishness13 What Happens NextGlossaryIndex
Clark, John D
ISBN-13:
9780813595832
Veröffentl:
2018
Erscheinungsdatum:
23.05.2018
Seiten:
195
Autor:
John Drury Clark
Gewicht:
236 g
Format:
203x131x17 mm
Sprache:
Englisch