The ISP Factor
Regarding Dale L. Jensen’s letter concerning the “inefficient” performance of SSME and RS-68 (AW&ST April 19, p. 8)—he believes erroneously that specific impulse (ISP) is a measure of energy available. Actually, it is a measure of how much the potential energy of propellants has been transformed...
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