Spaceplanes From Airport to Spaceport /
Someday, there may be plane-like vehicles that take off from a runway and fly high above Earth, bringing people to work in space, to stay at a space hotel, to visit a Moonbase, or to board another ship for a journey to a neighboring planet in the Solar System. Well, that time is coming, and it'...
Cote: | Libro Electrónico |
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Format: | Électronique eBook |
Langue: | Inglés |
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New York, NY :
Springer New York : Imprint: Springer,
2009.
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Édition: | 1st ed. 2009. |
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Accès en ligne: | Texto Completo |
Table des matières:
- Rocketplanes at the Airport
- Why Spaceplanes?
- Rocket Science: Wings Added
- Missiles and Modules
- Crawling into Suborbit: The Baby Spaceplane
- Going Ballistic
- Piggyback to Orbit
- Advanced Propulsion
- Single Stage to Orbit: The Advanced Spaceplane
- Destination Moon: The Lunar Spaceplane
- Strategies for Success
- Spaceplanes at the Spaceport.