Ignition!: An Informal History of Liquid Rocket Propellants

by John Drury Clark

Book Overview

This newly reissued debut book in the Rutgers University Press Classics imprint is the story of the search for a rocket propellant which could be trusted to take man into space. This search was a hazardous enterprise carried out by rival labs who worked against the known laws of nature, with no guarantee of success or safety. Acclaimed scientist and sci-fi author John Drury Clark writes with irreverent and eyewitness immediacy about the development...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0813595835
• ISBN13: 9780813595832
• Release Date: May 2018
• Publisher: Rutgers University Press Classics
• Length: 302 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.1" x 7.9"