Rocket Science From Fireworks to the Photon Drive /

• Main Authors: Denny, Mark (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut), McFadzean, Alan (http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2019.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2019.
• Subjects: Astronomy.; Aerospace engineering.; Astronautics.; Space sciences.; Physics.; Popular Science in Astronomy.; Aerospace Technology and Astronautics.; Space Sciences (including Extraterrestrial Physics, Space Exploration and Astronautics).; Popular Science in Physics.

This is a book about rocket science: what it is and what it does. From the earliest fireworks to nuclear-powered spacecraft, all you would ever want or need to know about the subject is here, along with a straightforward explanation of how, why and when things work-or sometimes don't. We begin...

Table of Contents:

• Preface
• Chapter 1: Why Rockets?
• Chapter 2: History
• Chapter 3: Theory
• Chapter 4: Poyekhali! To Space and Back
• Chapter 5: Rocket Propulsion and Guidance
• Chapter 6: A Degree of Control
• Chapter 7: Into the Future
• Conclusion
• Technical Appendix
• Bibliography
• Index.