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How Spacecraft Fly: Spaceflight Without Formulae (PDF eBook) 2009 ed.

eBook by Swinerd, Graham

How Spacecraft Fly: Spaceflight Without Formulae (PDF eBook)

£24.99

ISBN:
9780387765723
Publication Date:
10 Dec 2008
Edition:
2009 ed.
Publisher:
Springer Nature
Imprint:
Copernicus
Pages:
272 pages
Format:
eBook
For delivery:
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How Spacecraft Fly: Spaceflight Without Formulae (PDF eBook)

Description

The aim of this popular science text is to explain aerodynamic and astrodynamic flight without the use of mathematics, in an informal style, for non-technical readers who are interested in spaceflight and spacecraft.The book will open with a concise introductory chapter, chronicling the Nspace ageO up to the present, and a brief Nforward lookO into near-future developments. Chapter 2 provides the historical context upon which the current developments in spaceflight have been built. Orbital motion will be introduced in Chapter 3, and how to get there using launch vehicles is addressed in Chapter 4. Chapters 5 and 6 look at how spacecraft are designed, and Chapter 7 addresses the additional design constraints imposed if the spacecraft has a human crew on board. Chapter 8 gives examples of current and proposed spacecraft missions, both Earth orbiting and interplanetary. Chapter 9 will look at near future manned flight developments O for example, a mission to Mars and/or space tourism. The book closes with a concluding chapter, which reflects on prospects for the future of robotic and manned space exploration.

Contents

A Brief History of Space.- Basic Orbits.- Real Orbits.- Beyond Circles and Ellipses.- Getting to Orbit.- Somthing About Environment.- Spacecraft Design.- Subsystem Design I Like Your Attitude.- More Subsystem Design.- Space in the 21st Century.- Space The Final Frontier.

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