Ignition!: An Informal History of Liquid Rocket Propellants (Rutgers University Press Classics)

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This newly reissued debut book in the Rutgers University Press Classics Imprint is the story of the seek for a rocket propellant which may well be trusted to take man into space. This search was once a hazardous enterprise carried out by rival labs who worked against the known laws of nature, and not using a guarantee of success or safety. Acclaimed scientist and sci-fi creator John Drury Clark writes with irreverent and eyewitness immediacy about the development of the explosive fuels strong enough to negate the relentless restraints of gravity. The resulting volume is as much a memoir as a work of history, sharing a at the back of-the-scenes view of an enterprise which ultimately took men to the moon, missiles to the planets, and satellites to outer space. A classic work in the history of science, and described as “a good book on rocket stuff…that’s a in reality fun one” by SpaceX founder Elon Musk, readers will wish to get their hands on this influential classic, to be had for the first time in decades.  

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