I can highly recommend these two books for an engaging introduction to getting things right in the rocket business: Ignition! An informal history of liquid rock

I can highly recommend these two books for an engaging introduction to getting things right in the rocket business: Ignition! An informal history of liquid rocket propellants http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/677285.Ignition_ http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/677285.Ignition_ and Space Systems Failures: Disasters and Rescues of Satellites, Rocket and Space Probes http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1015478.Space_Systems_Failures http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1015478.Space_Systems_Fai...