A good book

[paradoxh]

Hi all,

I hope this is the correct forum to post this but here goes... As you may suspect by my very presence on the KSP forums I like designing, building and flying space capable (or not!) vehicles. KSP has piqued my interest so much and has been so much fun that I now want to see how it's really done! Can anyone suggest a good book that I can read to get an insight into the design process and engineering of rockets or some sort of historical guide of space flight (manned or unmanned) but which would also contain 'KSP relevant details' (for example technical specs of engines, mass of payload etc etc.)

I hope you guys / gals can help

Thank you

PH

[RogueMason]

Sounds like you want the Haynes Owners Workshop Manuals. Aside from the USS Enterprise (Star Trek) manual that I have, I've got Apollo 11, Space Shuttle, and ISS.

Just go to Amazon and search for Haynes Apollo 11, Space Shuttle, and/or ISS.

They go into great detail about the specifications of all the spacecraft, so it sounds like what you want. Hope I helped