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Plasma research at the limit : from the international space station to applications on earth /

This book looks behind the scenes at the plasma crystal laboratory on the International Space Station (ISS) to see how science and research is carried out on the first physical science laboratory in space. As well as the background story of the ISS and the many scientific discoveries that were made,...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Morfill, G. E.
Otros Autores: Baturin, Yuri, 1949-, Fortov, V. E.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: London : Imperial College Press, 2013.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 1. The beginning
  • 2. Background
  • the years before
  • 3. The dawn of the space age
  • 4. Moscow
  • the first meeting
  • 5. Space
  • the early efforts
  • 6. Space
  • Russia and Germany join hands
  • 7. Expanding and stabilising the research
  • 8. Twists and turns of events
  • 9. Meeting and training the cosmonauts
  • 10. Baikonur
  • the Russian spaceport
  • 11. Launch of PK-3
  • 12. Korolev
  • the forbidden city
  • 13. PK-3Plus
  • how it began
  • 14. Some science results
  • 15. Some more science results
  • 16. Plasma crystal
  • the most successful space station experiment
  • 17. Recollections from the cosmonauts
  • 18. The future
  • 19. Some probing questions
  • 20. Applications
  • 21. Final remarks.