From: virker@ikke.invalid.retro.com   
      
   I just got through Bate, Mueller & White: Fundamentals of Astrodynamics.   
   GREAT book, lots of interesting stuff, but it's strictly about orbit   
   dynamics, and almost not a single sentence about rockets. You can't even   
   look up the word "exhaust velocity" in the index.   
      
   So now, I'm looking for a book about the physics behind rocket engines. I've   
   found a couple, but I don't know which one to buy (perhaps I should just buy   
   them all!) Some of these books are pretty broad, which I don't mind, so I   
   guess I'm just looking for some advice about what book (which books) to buy,   
   and, perhaps more importantly, which NOT to buy.   
      
   A first search on Amazon came up with these:   
      
   Curtis: Orbital Mechanics for Engineering Students   
   Fortescue, Stark & Swinerd: Spacecraft Systems Engineering   
   Hale: Introduction to Space Flight   
   Prussing & Conway: Orbital Mechanics   
   Roy: Orbital Motion   
   Sutton & Biblarz: Rocket Propulsion Elements   
   Thomson: Introduction to Space Dynamics   
      
   Does anyone have any experience with these books?   
      
   /steen   
      
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