Handbook of Space Technology: Status and Projections

Handbook of Space Technology: Status and Projections
Author: R. Michael Hord
Publisher: CRC Press
Total Pages: 298
Release: 2019-08-08
Genre: Science
ISBN: 1351081535

This book presents current and anticipated quantitative values for a wide range of cirtical figures of merit which characterize technological capabilities in the major discipline areas of space technology. The projections are based on historical data and the considered opinions of knowledgable experts in government and industry who are active contributors in their respective fields.

Handbook of Space Technology: Status and Projections

Handbook of Space Technology: Status and Projections
Author: R. Michael Hord
Publisher: CRC Press
Total Pages: 435
Release: 2019-08-08
Genre: Science
ISBN: 1351089986

This book presents current and anticipated quantitative values for a wide range of cirtical figures of merit which characterize technological capabilities in the major discipline areas of space technology. The projections are based on historical data and the considered opinions of knowledgable experts in government and industry who are active contributors in their respective fields.

Space 2000

Space 2000
Author: Harry L. Shipman
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 435
Release: 2013-11-22
Genre: Science
ISBN: 1489960546

Spacecraft Power Technologies

Spacecraft Power Technologies
Author: D J Flood
Publisher: World Scientific
Total Pages: 492
Release: 2000-01-31
Genre: Transportation
ISBN: 191129878X

Spacecraft Power Technologies is the first comprehensive text devoted to the technologies critical to the development of spacecraft electrical power systems. The science and engineering of solar, chemical, and nuclear systems are fully examined together with the constraints imposed by the space and thermal environments in which the systems must operate. Details of present technology and the history that led to the current state-of-the-art are presented at a level appropriate for the student as a textbook or the practicing engineer as a reference.

Aeronautical Engineering

Aeronautical Engineering
Author:
Publisher:
Total Pages: 540
Release: 1990
Genre: Aeronautics
ISBN:

A selection of annotated references to unclassified reports and journal articles that were introduced into the NASA scientific and technical information system and announced in Scientific and technical aerospace reports (STAR) and International aerospace abstracts (IAA).

The International Handbook of Space Technology

The International Handbook of Space Technology
Author: Malcolm Macdonald
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 728
Release: 2014-07-08
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 3642411010

This comprehensive handbook provides an overview of space technology and a holistic understanding of the system-of-systems that is a modern spacecraft. With a foreword by Elon Musk, CEO and CTO of SpaceX, and contributions from globally leading agency experts from NASA, ESA, JAXA, and CNES, as well as European and North American academics and industrialists, this handbook, as well as giving an interdisciplinary overview, offers, through individual self-contained chapters, more detailed understanding of specific fields, ranging through: · Launch systems, structures, power, thermal, communications, propulsion, and software, to · entry, descent and landing, ground segment, robotics, and data systems, to · technology management, legal and regulatory issues, and project management. This handbook is an equally invaluable asset to those on a career path towards the space industry as it is to those already within the industry.

Handbook for New Actors in Space

Handbook for New Actors in Space
Author: Michael K Simpson
Publisher:
Total Pages: 158
Release: 2017-01-25
Genre: Astronautics
ISBN: 9780692851418

The Secure World Foundation developed the Handbook for New Actors in Space, which is intended to provide nations, established satellite operators, start-up companies, universities, and other space actors with a broad overview of the fundamental principles, laws, norms, and best practices for peaceful, safe, and responsible activities in space.