TY - BOOK AU - Turner, Martin J.L. TI - Rocket and spacecraft propulsion: principles, practice and new developments SN - 9783540692027 U1 - 629.475 TUR-M PY - 2009/// CY - United Kingdom PB - Praxis Publishing Ltd. KW - Rocketry KW - Rockets (Aeronautics) KW - Space vehicles--Propulsion systems KW - Propulsion systems KW - Delta launch vehicles--Propulsion systems KW - Engineering KW - Astronautics KW - Astrophysics KW - Automotive and Aerospace Engineering, Traffic N1 - "The revised edition of this practical, hands-on book 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 author 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." ER -