Well, I am not going to say almost the same many people said in previous reviews, because most of them are correct. Essencially, and commonly accepted, this is a very good book in the topic.

Besides the previous, I spent nearly 3 months to read the whole book in my partially "in itinere" spare time. From that reading, I came to some approaches that I enlight few lines now:

a) This book covers almost all involved technology when designing a rocket propulsion system. Nevertheless, there are few things that are not as clear as it should be for novices in such a topic, especially basis on rockets paths, or another way to say, basis on why motors are designed as they are. It has nosense to tell deeply how a rocket engine is working if you dont know what duty has this propulsion system to accomplish. In this great book, many design parameters are involved as input data to design a rocket system, but little or no information about such needs is available. For example, rocket's path to orbit, and chosen orbit's type. This path defines rocket's setup. For a clear and comprehensive approach to this topic, and in order to understand the parameters involved, I highly recommend another more theorical book, which explains in a marvellous way this: Introduction to Rocket Science and Engineering. The selected book is not as hard engineered book as the one I am reviewing now, but it explains in a very easy way what a rocket system must do, and why.

b) After reading the whole book, there are some missed systems (and important ones) that are not fully covered. I already know Sutton's book about cryogenics, from which data is gathered and inserted in this book, but excluding that, cryo systems are totally off this book. I should say, anyway, that it shouldnt, because authors also states that cryo systems are most time part of the engine's design. Although some data about cryo turbopumps are mentioned, there are big uncertainties in such a topic. If I recall correctly, turbopumps has been included in this eight's version.

c) Considering b), there are also some important misses in liquid fuels, and especifically in one; Hydrogen. Because the very difficult handling of this fuel, and its very anomalous properties, some information about system's handling with this element is A MUST. It is not the same to burn alcohol, or hydrazine, or just gasoline, or whatever, than burning Hydrogen. There is a BIG complexity in that, and rockets uses extensivelly that fuel. This should need another extra chapter by its own, both storing, and handling.

d) Although there are many mentions to materials in the system's design, most times acurate material's information is missing. There are some hints to special materials alloys, like some Titanium alloys, or refractory ones in noozles for some specific cases, but most times this topic is avoided. I understand that this represents a major milestone for contractors, and most times data is propietary, but in a rocket's propulsion system, this is MANDATORY.

Anyway, and beyond the previous hints, I consider this book a great one, so I set a five star score. It seems almost all books I buy deserves the money I spent on them, and this book is not the exception.

Nice book anyway, but with some important misses. Since rocket's are 95% engine related systems, this books covers 95% of rocketry.

I already had a background in physics and thermodynamics, but nothing on rockets or compressible flow. This book was pretty easy to understand (I've only really looked at the solid propulsion parts so far, not liquids). I loved seeing the how the thermodynamic relations between temperature, pressure, density, and speed of sound combine to allow for supersonic nozzle flow. I didn't previously know how that worked. The book touches on a broad range of topics with an extended list of references at the end of each chapter for further study.

DO NOT BUY FROM THE KINDLE STORE. THE KINDLE EDITION MAKES THE FORUMLAS AND MOST OF THE FIGURES UNREADABLE. STAY AWAY FROM KINDLE. If you want an e-copy, get it from Google Play instead!

Kindle edition aside, this is a very good book on rocket propulsion. A simple introduction to the fundamental formulas and principles. This book should be easy to follow if you have taken basic engineering courses.

Fantastic, Book arrived early and in perfect conditions highly recommend the book for any one interested in the topic.

and yes, it is Rocket Science. I got this as I am fascinated with rockets.I'm not able to understand some of the physics or chemistry i here but it's obviously a tremendous resource in understanding such things. I follow under the interested enthusiast category, and got this used on Amazon.

This has long been the gold standard for all aspects of solid rockets.

I have been fascinated since I was a child watching the moon landings, but this goes way beyond the picture books of Saturn 5 rockets. The book explains, testing, performance, components, chemistry and varietys of rockets as no others do.

A must have for the advanced hobbyist/enthusiast (me) or industry expert (not me).

I've never read something like this before, and I have really enjoyed it. This book covers the most basic rocket concepts (e.g. mission velocities, basic orbital mechanics and trajectories, appropriate nozzle configurations based on mission directives, mass ratios, etc.) and even down to very detailed subjects, such as turbo pump impeller/turbine configurations, propellant injector impingement configurations, thermodynamic properties of boundary layers between exhaust gas and nozzle walls, etc. This book really has it all.

Understanding these rocketry concepts just adds more awe, wonder, and respect for the incredible engineering systems that rockets are.

The book is not clear in many areas. Just chapter 2 has the basics of propulsion formulas but the descriptions, definitions, and variable names in the formula are worthless for solving the problems. When you try to follow the examples it works OK, but the discussion areas are very limited. There are no deep discussion areas to refer to when you try to solve the problems. The values given and the items to be found are not consistent with the book descriptions. You do not know what is really being asked for or what formula or approach to use to solve them. I haven't learned much of anything from the book. Unfortunately there are few other detailed books for rocket propulsion, so I guess I'm stuck. Does anyone know where to get the solutions manual?

Excellent book. Should be titled, "How to Build a Rocket for Dummies." Got this book for a class and I find it incredibly interesting and have a feeling I will be referencing it a lot in the future.

This book is considered as the bible of rocket propulsion, very clear and clean explanation even for very complicate problems, like combustion instability. In my opinion is a little bit poor in thermochemistry of thrust nozzles and gasdynamics but anyway I recommend this book.

Nice book, providing a lot of information for the ones who are interested by making a rocket. I would say this book is for professionals but could be for the beginners as well (if you have some basic knowledge on physics and mathematics). I find that chapter 5 "chemical rocket propellant performance analysis" of the 8th edition is less detailed than the 7th. And it still not explained in detail how to calculate the temperature inside the combustion chamber (an iterative process using lagrange multipliers). There is no example which details the complete calculation of the temperature, it's a pitty.

But i recommend this book for all the rocket amateurs

Si buscas un libro liviano para leer de vez en cuando, mejor decántate por otro. Este libro es muy completo pero es de los que se leen en una mesa, con bolígrafo en la mano y folios a mansalva. Probablemente forme parte de la bibliografía recomendada de asignaturas de ingeniería en la universidad. Si te ves con ganas de estudiar, estrujarte el coco y aprender rápido, este es tu libro.

Ein wirklich gelungenes Buch! Kann einem Physik Studenten wirklich empfohlen werden. Was mich allerdings stoert ist, dass die Autoren Amerikanische Einheiten mit SI Einheiten gemeinsam verwenden. Das macht das Nachrechnen der Uebungsbeispiele manchmal schwierig. Dafuer muss ich leider einen Punkt abziehen. Aber ansonsten kann ich sagen, dass ich noch nie soviel ueber die Physik der Raketenantriebe gelernt habe, wie mit diesem Buch,

Le livre indispensable à tous les passionnés d'aérospatiale, il est néanmoins adapté aux ingénieurs,chercheurs et étudiants dans le domaine. Toute la théorie indispensable à la conception des fusées y est détaillée, sans oublier les nouvelles formes de propulsion.