The Big Book of Launch Vehicles

Please note that this is not even close to finished, nor is it necessarily the final layout. Click on chapter/volume title for more info (chapters are not necessarily laid out in order, either).

Common Requirements

Sounding Rockets

Expendables, liquid

Expendables, Solid

Expendables, hybrid

Reusables, Basics

Reusables

Manned systems and requirements

Advanced Propulsion Systems

Manufacturing processes/facilities

Test facilities

Launch facilities

Laws/Liability/Insurance/Regulations

Big Book of Existing/Past Launchers (i.e. Isakowitz)

Big Book of Existing/Past Propulsion Systems (i.e. solid/liquid rockets, turbojets, ramjets)

 Links & Refs (Soon to be split off onto a separate page and onto the relevant other pages)

My BIG page of links (to grow much bigger) to PDF tech reports, mostly NASA and NACA. Sorted by subject.

See the following two links for useful search engines for other online NASA documents.

 

The Library: Books you ought to get… if you can.

 

http://wais-gw.larc.nasa.gov:81/mtrs.msfc.nasa.gov:2010/mtrs_index? http://techreports.larc.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/NTRS

http://www.im.lcs.mit.edu/rocket/ The ultra-basics of liquid fuel rocket engine design. How to do it yourself in your well-equipped and fireproof backyard.

Aerospace Projects Review The history of unbuilt spacecraft, launch vehicle and aircraft design

 

 

 Taking suggestions for both links and reading material.