The history of solid-propellant rocketry: What we do and do not know

35th Joint Propulsion Conference and Exhibit

Volumn , Issue , 1999, Pages

  Hunley, J D ^a  

^a NASA DRYDEN FLIGHT RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BINDERS; INORGANIC COMPOUNDS; MILITARY OPERATIONS; MISSILES; POTASSIUM COMPOUNDS; PROPULSION; SOLID PROPELLANTS;

AMMONIUM PERCHLORATES; DOUBLE-BASE PROPELLANT; EMPIRICAL INVESTIGATION; EMPIRICAL TECHNIQUES; EXCHANGE OF INFORMATION; MISSILE TECHNOLOGY; POTASSIUM PERCHLORATE; SOLID-PROPELLANT MOTORS;

COMPOSITE PROPELLANTS;

EID: 84963799920     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2514/6.1999-2925     Document Type: Conference Paper

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