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Solar Sails A Novel Approach to Interplanetary Travel /

Solar sailing is a topic of growing popular and media interest. Solar sail propulsion will make space exploration more affordable and offer access to destinations within (and beyond) the solar system that are currently beyond our reach. This book describes solar sails, how they work and what they wi...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autores principales: Vulpetti, Giovanni (Autor), Johnson, Les (Autor), Matloff, Greg (Autor)
Autor Corporativo: SpringerLink (Online service)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Copernicus, 2008.
Edición:1st ed. 2008.
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Acceso en línea:Texto Completo

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