Thrust into space
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First published: 1966
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Description
A distinguished space vehicle designer combines an outline of the exciting possibilities of rocket propulsion with a discussion of basic flight and orbital mechanics. Exciting reading for both the educated layman and experts, this book covers rockets from the simplest and lowest performance chemical rockets to the highest performance theoretically possible. The book covers solar, nuclear, and matter to energy conversion rockets capable of traveling across the solar system in mere days.
