Living Off the Land in Space Green Roads to the Cosmos /

A number of new space-propulsion technologies- including the solar sail, the solar-electric rocket, solar-thermal propulsion, aerocapture, tethers and advanced chemical propulsion- are becoming operational or are in an advanced state of development. This book draws parallels with the settlement of t...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autores principales: Bangs, C. (Autor), Matloff, Greg (Autor), Johnson, Les (Autor)
Autor Corporativo: SpringerLink (Online service)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Copernicus, 2007.
Edición:1st ed. 2007.
Temas:
Astronomy.
Aerospace engineering.
Astronautics.
Astronomy-Observations.
Astronomy, Cosmology and Space Sciences.
Aerospace Technology and Astronautics.
Astronomy, Observations and Techniques.
Acceso en línea:Texto Completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • The Old Frontier
  • The New Frontier
  • The Rocket and Its Limits
  • The First "Green" Space Technologies
  • Probes to the Planets:Where We've Been on Our Journey
  • Probes to the Stars:Concept Studies
  • Breaking Out into Space:Visionary Futures
  • Thinking Interstellar
  • Technological Readiness
  • Space Brakes("Living of the Land" by Using a Planetary Atmosphere)
  • The Ion Trial
  • The Orbital Steam Locomotive
  • Sky Clippers
  • Art or Science?
  • Space Beanstalks
  • Chemical Propulsion for Space Exploration: Good for Yesterday,Today and Tomorrow
  • Human Exploration
  • Defending the Earth
  • Space Miners
  • Some Exotic Possibilities
  • Sights on Centauras.

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