Anonymous Guest asked: Since you like rocketry, have you read the wonderful Ignition! by John D. Clark, about his adventures in researching rocket fuel? It's out of print but a quick Google might be instructive. :)
It was briefly back in print for a few years, and I think I picked up a copy then!
And if I'm remembering that incorrectly, it's at the very top of my space reads bookmarks folder, precceded only by a now-linkrotted site that showed a whole bunch of early Shuttle design proposals, and Skylab II, featuring Two Story House (Remove Before Flight)