Rocket propulsion technology is advancing quickly and expanding globally. Students need to know information that crosses a number of fields from thermodynamics and heat transfer to aerodynamics, flight performance as well as propellant chemistry for various types of rockets including liquid, solid, hybrid fueled and electronic systems.

For more than fifty years, this seminal text has been regarded as the single more authoritative sourcebook on rocket propulsion technology. More comprehensive and coherently organized than any other book on the subject, Rocket Propulsion Elements guides students evenhandedly through the complex factors that shape propulsion, with regard to both theory and practical design considerations.