FUNDAMENTALS OF ROCKET PROPULSION by Wiech, R. E., Jr., and R. F. Strauss reviewed by Frederick I. Ordway III

From The Space Library

FUNDAMENTALS OF ROCKET PROPULSION

by Wiech, R. E., Jr., and R. F. Strauss

New York, 1960: Reinhold Publishing Corp., 145 pages, $5.50

Considering principally the rocket engine, the book discusses reaction propulsion, generation of action force, acceleration of the action gases, liquid propellant rocket engines, solid propellant rocket engines, future rocket engines, rockets into space, symbols, and formulas. The book provides a clear explanation of operational fundamentals and rocket engine designs, with description of various types. Space flight missions of rocket power are discussed.

Extracted from the 1962 Publication Annotated Bibliography of Space Science and Technology with an Astronomical Supplement - A History of Astronautical Book Literature 1931 - 1961. by Frederick I. Ordway III