Principles, Practice and New Developments
Focusing on modern launch vehicles, this revised third edition offers practical insights into their global usage and features up-to-date information on advanced propulsion systems under development. It's a comprehensive resource for understanding current technologies in the aerospace sector.
"This book deals with the newest applications and systems used in rocket and spacecraft propulsion. Written from perspective of the user rather than the theorist, it discusses the range of launch vehicles in use today throughout the world, and includes the very latest details of some of the advanced propulsion systems currently being developed." "The 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 new and future developments."