Author: Jay W. McMahonPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Celestial mechanics
Languages : en
Pages : 4257
Book Description
Twenty-seventh AAS/AIAA Space Flight Mechanics Meeting
Author: Jay W. McMahonPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Celestial mechanics
Languages : en
Pages : 4257
Book Description
27th AAS/AIAA Space Flight Mechanics Meeting
Author: Jay W. McMahonPublisher:
ISBN: 9780877036371
Category : Celestial mechanics
Languages : en
Pages : 4257
Book Description
AAS/AIAA Spaceflight Mechanics Meeting, Jan. 26-30, 2014, Santa Fe, NM
Author: American Astronautical Society Conference ContributorsPublisher: Univelt Incorporated
ISBN: 087703611X
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 163
Book Description
Advances in the Astronautical Sciences Series Volume 152 is a collection of scientific papers that were presented at the American Astronautical Society/American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics Spaceflight Mechanics Meeting held January 26-30, 2014, in Santa Fe, New Mexico.
Flight Mechanics Symposium
Author: Spaceflight Mechanics
Author: Business Strategies for Satellite Systems
Author: D. K. SachdevPublisher: Artech House
ISBN: 9781580535939
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 248
Book Description
To be successful in today's satellite communications marketplace, you know that business savvy counts as much as technical expertise. This informative new book gives you the management insight and expertise needed to successfully operate satellite systems as business ventures. Based on the author's more than 25 years experience in developing and managing satellite systems, the book explains how to master the complexities of deploying satellite systems while reaching overall business objectives.
Martian Outpost
Author: Erik SeedhousePublisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 0387981918
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 321
Book Description
Mars Outpost provides a detailed insight into the various technologies, mission architectures, medical requirements, and training needed to send humans to Mars. It focuses on mission objectives and benefits, and the risks and complexities that are compounded when linked to an overall planet exploration program involving several expeditions and setting up a permanent presence on the surface. The first section provides the background to sending a human mission to Mars. Analogies are made with early polar exploration and the expeditions of Shackleton, Amundsen, and Mawson. The interplanetary plans of the European Space Agency, NASA, and Russia are examined, including the possibility of one or more nations joining forces to send humans to Mars. Current mission architectures, such as NASA’s Constellation, ESA’s Aurora, and Ross Tierney’s DIRECT, are described and evaluated. The next section looks at how humans will get to the Red Planet, beginning with the preparation of the crew. The author examines the various analogues to understand the problems Mars-bound astronauts will face. Additional chapters describe the transportation hardware necessary to launch 4-6 astronauts on an interplanetary trajectory to Mars, including the cutting edge engineering and design of life support systems required to protect crews for more than a year from the lethal radiation encountered in deep space. NASA’s current plan is to use standard chemical propulsion technology, but eventually Mars crews will take advantage of advanced propulsion concepts, such as the Variable Specific Impulse Magnetoplasma Rocket, ion drives and nuclear propulsion. The interplanetary options for reaching Mars, as well as the major propulsive maneuvers required and the trajectories and energy requirements for manned and unmanned payloads, are reviewed . Another chapter addresses the daunting medical problems and available countermeasures for humans embarking on a mission to Mars: the insidious effects of radiation on the human body and the deleterious consequences of bone and muscle deconditioning. Crew selection will be considered, bearing in mind the strong possibility that they may not be able to return to Earth. Still another chapter describes the guidance, navigation, and control system architecture, as well as the lander design requirements and crew tasks and responsibilities required to touch down on the Red Planet. Section 3 looks at the surface mission architectures. Seedhouse describes such problems as radiation, extreme temperatures, and construction challenges that will be encountered by colonists. He examines proposed concepts for transporting cargo and astronauts long distances across the Martian surface using magnetic levitation systems, permanent rail systems, and flying vehicles. In the penultimate chapter of the book, the author explains an adaptable and mobile exploration architecture that will enable long-term human exploration of Mars, perhaps making it the next space-based tourist location.
Technology for Large Space Systems
Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Large space structures (Astronautics)
Languages : en
Pages : 460
Book Description
Low-Energy Lunar Trajectory Design
Author: Jeffrey S. ParkerPublisher: John Wiley & Sons
ISBN: 1118855310
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 452
Book Description
Based on years of research conducted at the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Low-Energy Lunar Trajectory Design provides high-level information to mission managers and detailed information to mission designers about low-energy transfers between Earth and the moon. The book answers high-level questions about the availability and performance of such transfers in any given month and year. Low-energy lunar transfers are compared with various other types of transfers, and placed within the context of historical missions. Using this book, designers may reconstruct any transfer described therein, as well as design similar transfers with particular design parameters. An Appendix, “Locating the Lagrange Points,” and a useful list of terms and constants completes this technical reference. Surveys thousands of possible trajectories that may be used to transfer spacecraft between Earth and the moon, including transfers to lunar libration orbits, low lunar orbits, and the lunar surface Provides information about the methods, models, and tools used to design low-energy lunar transfers Includes discussion about the variations of these transfers from one month to the next, and the important operational aspects of implementing a low-energy lunar transfer Additional discussions address navigation, station-keeping, and spacecraft systems issues
Advances in the Astronautical Sciences Volume 148
Author: American Astronautical Society ContributorsPublisher: Univelt Incorporated
ISBN: 0877035970
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 175
Book Description
Advances in the Astronautical Sciences Series Volume 148 is a collection of scientific papers that were presented at the American Astronautical Society/American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics Spaceflight Mechanics Meeting held February 10-14, 2013, in Kauai, Hawaii.