Table of Contents

Part 1 Early Lights: Rocket-Inspired Visions; Three Astronautical Pioneers - Goddard, Tsiolkovskii, Oberth. Part 2 Liquid Propulsion: Developments in the 1960s; Propulsion for the 1970s and 1980s; International Thrusts in Launch Vehicle Propulsion. Part 3 Solid Propulsion: Modern Developments in Solid-Propellant Rocket Engineering; The Outlook for Solid Rocket Motors; Solid Rocket Motors Aim for Deep Space; ASRM - Turning in a Solid Performance. Part 4 Solid-Liquid Hybrid Propulsion: Hybrid Propulsion Systems; Hybrid Rockets - Combining the Best of Liquids and Solids. Part 5 Propellants: Propellants for Tomorrow's Rockets; Liquid Rocket Propellants - Is There an Energy Limit?; Solid Propellants and the Conquest of Space; Notes on Problems in Combustion Instability of Rocket Motors; Instability in Solid Rockets; New Horizons in Chemical Propulsion. Part 6 Nuclear Rockets: Nuclear Rocketry - the First Bright Hopes; Advanced Reactor Concepts for Nuclear Propulsion; Solid-Core Nuclear-Rocket Design; Gaseous-Core Nuclear Rockets; Boundary Conditions for Nuclear Propulsion; Prospects for Advanced High-Thrust Nuclear Propulsion; Where the Carrot Does Not Improve Vision-Nuclear Energy for Space; NERVA-Entering a New Phase; What's Holding Nuclear Propulsion Back?; Nuclear Thermal Rockets - Key to Moon-Mars Exploration; US/CIS Eye Joint Nuclear Rocket Venture. Part 7 Electric Propulsion: The Road from Monterey; Primary Electric Propulsion Technology; Electric Microthrusters Make It; Electric Propulsion - the Future is Now. Part 8 Space Power: Space Electrical Power-Quo Vadis?; High Power for Space Systems; Nuclear Reactors for Space Power. Part 9 Advanced Concepts: Propulsion to Orbit by Ground-Based Lasers; Laser Propulsion; Tether Propulsion; Advanced Propulsion on a Shoestring.