Advanced Space Propulsion Systems
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Springer
Published: August 26, 2004
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 137
ISBN-13: 9783211838624
Subjects: Aerospace & aviation technology; Astronautics; Technology & Industrial Arts; Rocketry (Aeronautics); Rocket Propulsion; Technology; Science/Mathematics; Space Vehicles; Rockets (Aeronautics); Aeronautics & Astronautics; Aviation - General; Engineering - Automotive; Technology / Engineering / Automotive; chemical propulsion; microporpulsion; rockets; satellites; Propulsion systems; Rocketry
First sentence: The theoretical basis of all "classical" propulsion systems is the reaction principle published by Newton in his Principia Mathematica in the summer of 1687.