John Drury Clark

Ignition!

An Informal History of Liquid Rocket Propellants

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Produktbeschreibung

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.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Rutgers University Press
• Seitenzahl: 302
• Erscheinungstermin: 23. Mai 2018
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 203mm x 131mm x 17mm
• Gewicht: 242g
• ISBN-13: 9780813595832
• ISBN-10: 0813595835
• Artikelnr.: 50656026

Autorenporträt

Clark, John D

Inhaltsangabe

Contents
In Re John D. Clark - foreword by Issac Asimov
Preface
 1    How It Started
 2    Peenemunde and JPL
 3    The Hunting of the Hypergol . . .
 4    . . . and Its Mate
 5    Peroxide - Always a Bridesmaid
 6    Halogens and Politics and Deep Space
 7    Performance
 8    Lox and Flox and Cryogenics in General
 9    What Ivan Was Doing
10    "Exotics"
11    The Hopeful Monoprops
12    High Density and the Higher Foolishness
13    What Happens Next
Glossary
Index