…SpaceX enthusiast. In addition to having a physics degree, years ago I was part of a very early-stage startup (never got off the ground) at one point looking at launch vehicles, and so I read Sutton's Rocket Propulsion Elements (a very nice introductory text, I highly recommend) among others and did a bunch of scaling analysis. (SpaceX would've been a competitor.)
该领域的标准教材是 George Sutton 的《Rocket Propulsion Elements》。另一本推荐的参考书是 Dieter K. Huzel 和 David H. Huang 写的《Design of Liquid Propellant Rocket Engines》。
The standard text on the matter is "Rocket Propulsion Elements", by George Sutton. Another recommended reference is "Design of Liquid Propellant Rocket Engines" by Dieter K.Huzel and David H.Huang.
…Raptor engine during the flight. I have always been a rocket/space enthusiast (was planning to be an Astronaut until my vision stopped being 20/20) and one of my favorite books on the subject is Sutton's "Rocket Propulsion Elements." One of the things that was clear from this text was just how difficult it is to manage the thrust of a rocket engine. Many engines had 2 or maybe 3 "settings" but the continuously variable thrust of…
呃，这毕竟是硬核的“火箭科学”（rocket science）。我强烈推荐任何版本的《Rocket Propulsion Elements: An Introduction to the Engineering of Rockets》。读的时候懂微积分会有帮助，但并不是必需的。话虽如此，火箭发动机设计就是在你产生多少能量之间做权衡…
Well it is rocket science. I can strongly recommend any version of "Rocket Propulsion Elements: And Introduction to the Engineering of Rockets" Knowing calculus when you read it is helpful but not essential. That said, rocket engine design is a tradeoff between how much energy you generate in…
…sources on all possible topics. So we have to rely on secondary sources for most of our knowledge. That isn't unique to history, that's true of every damn subject. I actually worked my way through most of Rocket Propulsion Elements by Sutton a few years ago, actually doing the math on how rocket engine design works (I was thinking about building my own as a hobby- had a kid instead and all that free time vaporized). It took me…
…SpaceX 爱好者。除了拥有物理学学位之外，多年前我还参与过一家极早期的初创公司（从没做起来过），当时一度在研制运载火箭，所以我读了 Sutton 的《Rocket Propulsion Elements》（火箭推进原理，一本极好的入门书，强烈推荐）等几本书，还做了一堆 scaling analysis（缩放分析）。（SpaceX 当时本会是竞争对手的。）
…SpaceX enthusiast. In addition to having a physics degree, years ago I was part of a very early-stage startup (never got off the ground) at one point looking at launch vehicles, and so I read Sutton's Rocket Propulsion Elements (a very nice introductory text, I highly recommend) among others and did a bunch of scaling analysis. (SpaceX would've been a competitor.)
另见：George Sutton 写的《Rocket Propulsion Elements》。现在已经出到第 9 版了。
See also: "Rocket Propulsion Elements", by George Sutton. Now in its 9th edition.
该领域的标准教材是 George Sutton 的《Rocket Propulsion Elements》。另一本推荐的参考书是 Dieter K. Huzel 和 David H. Huang 写的《Design of Liquid Propellant Rocket Engines》。
The standard text on the matter is "Rocket Propulsion Elements", by George Sutton. Another recommended reference is "Design of Liquid Propellant Rocket Engines" by Dieter K.Huzel and David H.Huang.
…飞行期间的猛禽发动机（Raptor engine）。我一直是个火箭/航天迷（在视力降到不能保持 20/20 之前，我本来打算当宇航员的），关于这个主题我最喜欢的书之一就是 Sutton 的《Rocket Propulsion Elements》。从这本书里可以看得很清楚的一点就是：调控火箭发动机的推力到底有多难。很多发动机只有 2 个或者可能有 3 个“档位”，但那种连续可变推力的…
…Raptor engine during the flight. I have always been a rocket/space enthusiast (was planning to be an Astronaut until my vision stopped being 20/20) and one of my favorite books on the subject is Sutton's "Rocket Propulsion Elements." One of the things that was clear from this text was just how difficult it is to manage the thrust of a rocket engine. Many engines had 2 or maybe 3 "settings" but the continuously variable thrust of…
呃，这毕竟是硬核的“火箭科学”（rocket science）。我强烈推荐任何版本的《Rocket Propulsion Elements: An Introduction to the Engineering of Rockets》。读的时候懂微积分会有帮助，但并不是必需的。话虽如此，火箭发动机设计就是在你产生多少能量之间做权衡…
Well it is rocket science. I can strongly recommend any version of "Rocket Propulsion Elements: And Introduction to the Engineering of Rockets" Knowing calculus when you read it is helpful but not essential. That said, rocket engine design is a tradeoff between how much energy you generate in…
…所有可能话题的原始资料。所以我们大部分的知识都不得不依赖二手资料。这不仅限于历史学，每个该死的学科都是如此。几年前我其实啃完了 Sutton 的大半本《Rocket Propulsion Elements》，实打实地推导了火箭发动机设计的数学计算（当时我想当成业余爱好自己造一个——结果生了个娃，所有的闲暇时间全蒸发了）。这花了我…
…sources on all possible topics. So we have to rely on secondary sources for most of our knowledge. That isn't unique to history, that's true of every damn subject. I actually worked my way through most of Rocket Propulsion Elements by Sutton a few years ago, actually doing the math on how rocket engine design works (I was thinking about building my own as a hobby- had a kid instead and all that free time vaporized). It took me…