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Rockets and Missiles: The Life Story of a Technology (Greenwood Technographies)
by A Bowdoin Van Riper  Publisher Comments Beginning with World War II, missiles transformed the art of war. For the first time, cities of warring nations were vulnerable to sudden, unannounced, long-distance destruction. At the same time, rockets made possible one of the great triumphs of the...
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Modern Astrodynamics: Fundamentals and Perturbation Methods
by Victor Bond Publisher Comments Newton's laws of motion and his universal law of gravitation described mathematically the motion of two bodies undergoing mutual gravitational attraction. However, it is impossible to solve analytically the equation of motion for three gravitationally...
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Apogee Books Space " #69: The Lunar Exploration Scrapbook: A Pictorial History of Lunar Vehicles
by Robert Godwin Publisher Comments From single-seat landers to rocket backpacks and lunar bulldozers, this study takes readers into the imagination of the world’s top aerospace engineers by presenting NASA’s lunar spacecraft research. A unique blend of history and imagination,...
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Guidance & Control 2002 Volume 111
by Robert D Culp Book News Annotation Representing the proceedings of the February 2002 conference in Breckenridge, Colorado, these 33 papers address recent advances in guidance and control, fault toleration and approaches, image processing, storyboard displays, multipurpose hardware...
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Applied Orbit Perturbation and Maintenance
by Chia-chun Chao Synopsis Since the start of the space age more than 50 years ago, various space technology applications-including communication, navigation, and remote sensing-have advanced significantly. To meet the challenges in each application category, special orbits such...
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Soviet and Russian Lunar Exploration (Springer Praxis Books in Space Exploration)
by Brian Harvey Synopsis When, in July 1969, the Americans decisively beat the Soviet Union in the race to put an astronaut on the moon, this event had profound historical, scientific and political implications. This book tells the story of the Soviet and Russian lunar programme,...
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Space Exploration (Springer Praxis Books / Space Exploration)
by David M. Harland Publisher Comments The aim of the Space Exploration annuals is to provide a yearly update on recent space launches, missions and results, to be published every September in a format that will be suitable for, and appeal to, the Christmas market. The annual will cover space...
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Robotic Exploration of the Solar System, Part I: The Golden Age 1957-1982 (Springer Praxis Books / Space Exploration)
by Paolo Ulivi Publisher Comments Just like ???Lunar Exploration???, this book will use sources only recently made available on the Soviet space program, in addition to some obscure and rarely used references on the European space program. Unflown European projects of the 1960s and 1970s,...
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To the End of the Solar System: The Story of the Nuclear Rocket (Apogee Books Space)
by James A. Dewar Publisher Comments Jargon-free and ideal for scientists and laypersons alike, this study is a comprehensive history and analysis of nuclear rocket propulsion systems. Detailing a two decade period—spanning the 1950s through parts of the 1970s—by profiling...
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Beyond Earth: The Future of Humans in Space
by Bob, Phd Krone Publisher Comments Providing a foundation for space planners and anyone interested in human settlement in the solar system, this book theorizes about the near future, when the heretofore significant steps of humankind—traveling to the moon and building space stations&...
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Combustion Instabilities in Liquid Rocket Engines: Testing and Development Practices in Russia
by Mark L. Dranovsky Synopsis "This is the first book in the literature to cover the development and testing practices for liquid rocket engines in Russia and the former Soviet Union. Combustion instability represents one of the most challenging problems in the development of...
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Space Shuttle Challenger: Ten Journeys Into the Unknown (Springer Praxis Books / Space Exploration)
by Ben Evans Synopsis This book, which will complement Ben Evansa (TM) previous work: Space Shuttle Columbia a Her Missions and Crews, is designed to cast minds back to a time when the Shuttle was truly the future: untarnished by disaster and bolstered by apparent success. It...
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Physics of Electric Propulsion
by Robert G. Jahn Publisher Comments This text, geared toward advanced undergraduates and graduate students, systematically develops the concepts of electrical acceleration of gases for propulsion, starting from primary physical principles and culminating in realistic space thruster designs....
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Rocket Propulsion Elements 7TH Edition
by George Paul Sutton Synopsis Aerospace Engineering/Mechanical Engineering The definitive text on rocket propulsion-now completely revised to reflect rapid advancements in the field For more than fifty years, this seminal text has been regarded as the single most authoritative...
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Progress in Astronautics and Aeronautics #218: Fundamentals of Hybrid Rocket Combustion and Propulsion
by Martin J. Chiaverini Publisher Comments Fundamentals of Hybrid Rocket Combustion and Propulsion is the first text to offer a comprehensive treatment of hybrid rockets. The book editors have pooled together some of the most respected minds in the field, each providing their very special insight...
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Lunar and Planetary Rovers Lunar and Planetary Rovers: The Wheels of Apollo and the Quest for Mars the Wheels of Apollo and the Quest for Mars (Springer Praxis Books / Space Exploration)
by Anthony H. Young Publisher Comments The Wheels of Apollo and the Quest for Mars fills a need for a complete history of the Lunar Roving Vehicle used on Apollo 15, 16 and 17, drawing on many photographs never before published. It will also tell the story of the successful robotic rovers...
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Moon Launch!: A History of the Saturn-Apollo Launch Operations
by Charles D Benson Synopsis Moon Launch! recreates the exciting story of the astronauts and engineers, scientists and technicians, politicians and public citizens who expanded the world's understanding of humanity's potential, the people responsible for the Project Apollo flights...
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The Space Environment: Implications for Spacecraft Design
by Alan C. Tribble Publisher Comments Through offering insight into the nature of the space environment and how spacecraft interact with it, Alan Tribble presents a singular, up-to-date account of the environmental effects that can damage or cause poor performance of orbiting spacecraft. His...
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Russian Planetary Exploration: History, Development, Legacy and Prospects (Springer Praxis Books / Space Exploration)
by Brian Harvey Publisher Comments Russiaa (TM)s accomplishments in planetary space exploration were not achieved easily. Formerly, the USSR experienced frustration in trying to tame unreliable Molniya and Proton upper stages and in tracking spacecraft over long distances. This book will...
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History of Liquid Propellant Rocket Engines
by George Sutton Synopsis This new book, written by one of the foremost experts in rocket propulsion, gives an account of the liquid propellant rocket engine field over the last fourscore and more years. It is the story about the technological advances that allowed progressive...
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