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082			_a662.666 _bCLA
100			_aClark, John D. _96054
245			_aIgnition! : _ban informal history of liquid rocket propellants
260			_aNew Brunswick _bRutgers University Press _c2017
300			_axvi, 195p.
500			_ahttps://www.rutgersuniversitypress.org/ignition/9780813595832
520			_aThis 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 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 behind-the-scenes view of an enterprise which eventually 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 really fun one” by SpaceX founder Elon Musk, readers will want to get their hands on this influential classic, available for the first time in decades.
650			_aLiquid propellants _96055
650			_aRockets (Aeronautics)--Fuel _96056
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