Lunar Descent
Author | : Allen Steele |
Publisher | : Penguin |
Total Pages | : 308 |
Release | : 1991-10-01 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 1101174986 |
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Author | : Allen Steele |
Publisher | : Penguin |
Total Pages | : 308 |
Release | : 1991-10-01 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 1101174986 |
More information to be announced soon on this forthcoming title from Penguin USA
Author | : Allen Steele |
Publisher | : Open Road Media |
Total Pages | : 290 |
Release | : 2015-05-19 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 1453274790 |
The former head of a lunar mining operation returns to the moon and is immediately sucked into a dangerous morass of labor troubles, lies, larceny, and corporate wrongdoing in this wildly entertaining science fiction thrill ride There is big trouble on the moon. The blue-collar working stiffs of Descartes Station, who mine the surface for minerals and the North Pole for water, have become increasingly dissatisfied with Skycorp’s general disregard for its employees’ well-being. Following the most recent spate of layoffs, the labor strike grumblings have only grown louder, so the company is sending former base administrator and recovering alcoholic Lester Riddell back into the fold in an attempt to boost morale and output alike. The truth, however, becomes shockingly apparent to Riddell almost immediately upon his return. Not only has he been unceremoniously dumped into a muddled mess of larceny, piracy, and corporate malfeasance, it appears that Skycorp is purposely setting him up to fail—which could spell finis for Descartes Station and every trash-talking, pot-smoking, porn-loving Vacuum Sucker and Moondog who toils there. But as the Skycorp suits are about to discover, they’ve just made the biggest mistake of their corporate lives—because Lester Riddell is nobody’s fall guy. Three-time Hugo Award winner Allen Steele has seen the near future, and it isn’t pretty—it’s noisy, dirty, dangerous, and chaotic. Thrilling, wildly inventive, delightfully profane, and totally outrageous, Lunar Descent is one hell of rocket ride, with a master of science fiction at the helm.
Author | : Vernon J. Weyers |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 36 |
Release | : 1961 |
Genre | : Low temperature engineering |
ISBN | : |
A direct descent is one in which the main descent propulsion system burns continuously from lunar approach to touchdown. The characteristic velocity requirement for direct lunar descents is presented as a function of the landing site location relative to the normal impact point. Results are included for translunar trip times of 60, 75, and 90 hours, for specific impulses representative of both Earth storable and cryogenic propulsion systems, for landing sites located anywhere on the lunar surface, and for ignition thrust-to-Earth weight ratios between 0.12 and 10.0. The data presented are useful in determining approximate performance capability and in evaluating tradeoffs during preliminary mission planning studies.
Author | : Thomas J. Kelly |
Publisher | : Smithsonian Institution |
Total Pages | : 304 |
Release | : 2009-09-11 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 1588342735 |
Chief engineer Thomas J. Kelly gives a firsthand account of designing, building, testing, and flying the Apollo lunar module. It was, he writes, “an aerospace engineer’s dream job of the century.” Kelly’s account begins with the imaginative process of sketching solutions to a host of technical challenges with an emphasis on safety, reliability, and maintainability. He catalogs numerous test failures, including propulsion-system leaks, ascent-engine instability, stress corrosion of the aluminum alloy parts, and battery problems, as well as their fixes under the ever-present constraints of budget and schedule. He also recaptures the exhilaration of hearing Apollo 11’s Neil Armstrong report that “The Eagle has landed,” and the pride of having inadvertently provided a vital “lifeboat” for the crew of the disabled Apollo 13.
Author | : Floyd V. Bennett |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 52 |
Release | : 1972 |
Genre | : Lunar excursion module |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Dennis Brindell Fradin |
Publisher | : Marshall Cavendish |
Total Pages | : 52 |
Release | : 2010 |
Genre | : Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | : 9780761446910 |
Students visit some of the most critical moments of United States history in this exciting new series. Each title brings the reader back in time to those defining moments and events, and provides a clear and concise description of what happened, the historical background of the situation, and why America changed because of that event. Full-color photographs and illustrations enhance the text, along with relevant sidebars that highlight and expand the topics and ideas in the text. a timeline at the end of each title places the turning point in context for the reader and provides a quick review of the important events that helped to shape the America we know today.
Author | : George J. Hurt (Jr.) |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 52 |
Release | : 1970 |
Genre | : Manned space flight |
ISBN | : |
Fixed base simulation of two guidance schemes for manned lunar landing.
Author | : Allen M. Steele |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 381 |
Release | : 1992-01 |
Genre | : Science fiction |
ISBN | : 9780712648134 |
A tale of subversion and riot on a moon-based mining operation. The author also wrote Orbital Decay, Clarke County and Space.
Author | : Clifford Cumming |
Publisher | : Elsevier |
Total Pages | : 1006 |
Release | : 2012-12-02 |
Genre | : Technology & Engineering |
ISBN | : 0323141838 |
Progress in Astronautics and Rocketry, Volume 10: Technology of Lunar Exploration is an overview of the technical base of the lunar exploration problem. This volume is organized into six sections encompassing 35 that follow the various stages of accomplishment of a lunar mission, involving landing on or orbiting the moon and returning to the earth. The first section is devoted to the problem of trying to define the lunar environment, emphasizing the theories of the lunar environment as it relates to the internal structure of the moon. This section also describes some activities to achieve a reasonable theory concerning what might be encountered in some of the previous lunar flight programs. The second section explores the problems associated with the limitations imposed upon lunar missions by the launch vehicles and launching facilities. The third section looks at the spacecraft systems and techniques required for lunar missions, particularly the technology and specific subsystems in relation to the requirements imposed by specific lunar mission objectives. The fourth section deals with the actual landing on the moon and the subsequent surface operations, while the fifth section covers the lunar launch, return, flight re-entry, and subsequent landing on earth. The sixth section reports the status of the projects that represent the United States lunar exploration program, which integrates the technologies developed in the preceding sections into certain discrete projects.
Author | : David M. Harland |
Publisher | : Springer Science & Business Media |
Total Pages | : 472 |
Release | : 2010-01-11 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 0387681329 |
In 'Paving the Way for Apollo 11' David Harland explains the lure of the Moon to classical philosophers, astronomers, and geologists, and how NASA set out to investigate the Moon in preparation for a manned lunar landing mission. It focuses particularly on the Lunar Orbiter and Surveyor missions.