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How Spacecraft Fly: Spaceflight Without Formulae Softcover reprint of hardcover 1st ed. 2009

Paperback by Swinerd, Graham

How Spacecraft Fly: Spaceflight Without Formulae

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ISBN:
9781441926296
Publication Date:
6 Dec 2010
Edition/language:
Softcover reprint of hardcover 1st ed. 2009 / English
Publisher:
Springer-Verlag New York Inc.
Pages:
272 pages
Format:
Paperback
For delivery:
Estimated despatch 24 Jan 2025
How Spacecraft Fly: Spaceflight Without Formulae

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 'space age' up to the present, and a brief 'forward look' 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 - 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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