Space exploration and research depends fundamentally on the use of rockets to launch probes and manned vehicles beyond the earths atmosphere. The first successful launch vehicles were developed in the 1960s from concepts dating back to the 1930s.This practical book written from the perspective of the space scientist deals with the latest applications and propulsion concepts at a level readable by space scientists and students without a formal engineering background.There are seven main topics: Principles of rocket ...
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Space exploration and research depends fundamentally on the use of rockets to launch probes and manned vehicles beyond the earths atmosphere. The first successful launch vehicles were developed in the 1960s from concepts dating back to the 1930s.This practical book written from the perspective of the space scientist deals with the latest applications and propulsion concepts at a level readable by space scientists and students without a formal engineering background.There are seven main topics: Principles of rocket propulsion and base vehicle dynamics; Thermal motors and the thermodynamics of thrust; Liquid propellant motors; Solid propellant motors; Launch vehicles, station keeping and attitude control, interplanetary transfer vehicles and dynamics; New developments: advanced thermal motors; electric propulsion and dynamics of electrically propelled vehicles; Future developments, fission and fusion powered propulsion.
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Very Good; Hardcover; 3rd Edition; Covers are still glossy; Unblemished textblock edges; The endpapers and all text pages are clean and unmarked; The binding is excellent with a straight spine; This book will be shipped in a sturdy cardboard box with foam padding; Medium-Large Format (Quatro, 9.75"-10.75" tall); 2.0 lbs; Black covers with title in white and orange lettering; 2008, Springer-Verlag Publishing; 414 pages; "Rocket and Spacecraft Propulsion: Principles, Practice and New Developments (Springer Praxis Books), " by Martin J. L. Turner.
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Add this copy of Rocket and Spacecraft Propulsion: Principles, Practice to cart. $159.95, very good condition, Sold by Salish Sea Books rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Bellingham, WA, UNITED STATES, published 2008 by Springer-Verlag Publishing.
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Very Good+; Hardcover; 3rd Edition; This book is brand new and still sealed in the publisher's original shrinkwrap; Corners are moderately "bumped" through the plastic; This book will be shipped in a sturdy cardboard box with foam padding; Medium-Large Format (Quatro, 9.75"-10.75" tall); 2.0 lbs; Black covers with title in white and orange lettering; 2008, Springer-Verlag Publishing; 414 pages; "Rocket and Spacecraft Propulsion: Principles, Practice and New Developments (Springer Praxis Books), " by Martin J. L. Turner.
