Space and Humanity
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Space and Humanity

Selected Proceedings of the 39th International Astronautical Federation Congress, Bangalore, India, 8-15 October 1988

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Space and Humanity

Selected Proceedings of the 39th International Astronautical Federation Congress, Bangalore, India, 8-15 October 1988

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This volume contains a selection of 27 papers that are chiefly survey, state-of-the-art, review or programmatic in nature. The volume itself is structured in three parts: Part I, The System, that deals with Space Transportation, Space Stations and Platforms; Part II, Hard and Soft Technologies, that deals with Technology Applications, Astrodynamics, Space Power and Propulsion; Part III, The Utilization, that addresses the two main lines Space Exploration and Applications, including Earth Observation, Telecommunication and Space Education, Microgravity, Safety and Rescue.

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Table of contents

  1. Front Cover
  2. Space and Humanity
  3. Copyright Page
  4. Table of Contents
  5. Preface
  6. CHAPTER 1. SPACE AND HUMANITY
  7. CHAPTER 2. OVERCOMING THE LAUNCH CRISIS : A CHALLENGE FOR ELVS
  8. CHAPTER 3. IDENTIFICATION OF LARGE STRUCTURES ON ORBITA SURVEY
  9. CHAPTER 4. INTERNATIONAL INTERFACE DESIGN FORSPACE STATION FREEDOM: CHALLENGES AND SOLUTIONS
  10. CHAPTER 5. MAN SYSTEMS ASPECTS IN THE DESIGN CONCEPT OF THECOLUMBUS MAN-TENDED FREE-FLYER (MTFF)
  11. CHAPTER 6. TELESCIENCE AND MICROGRAVITYIMPACT ON FUTURE FACILITIES, GROUND SEGMENTS AND OPERATIONS
  12. CHAPTER 7. TECHNOLOGY FORECAST AND APPLICATIONS FOR AUTONOMOUS, INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS
  13. CHAPTER 8. THE NASA TECHNOLOGY PUSHTOWARDS FUTURE SPACE MISSION SYSTEMS
  14. CHAPTER 9. THE HISTORY AND BACKGROUND OF ASTRODYNAMICS1
  15. CHAPTER 10. OPTIMAL DEPLOYMENT OF SPACECRAFT APPENDAGES
  16. CHAPTER 11. DYNAMICS OF MULTIBODY SYSTEMS - A BRIEF REVIEW
  17. CHAPTER 12. AUTONOMOUS GEOSTATIONARY STATIONKEEPING SYSTEM OPTIMIZATION AND VALIDATION
  18. CHAPTER 14. ORBIT COMPUTATION SYSTEM FOR "IRS"
  19. CHAPTER 15. THE NEXT GENERATION ROCKET ENGINES
  20. CHAPTER 16. ADVANCED AIR-BREATHING PROPULSION CONCEPTS FOR WINGED LAUNCH VEHICLES
  21. Chapter 17. The High-Throughput X-Ray Mission (XMM) and it's X-ray Mirror System
  22. CHAPTER 18. FUTURE DIRECTIONS IN TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT: INCREASED USE OF SPACE AS A FACILITY
  23. CHAPTER 19. REMOTE SENSING STRATEGIES FOR GLOBAL RESOURCEEXPLORATION AND ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT
  24. CHAPTER 20. NEW SPOT GENERATION
  25. CHAPTER 21. APPLICATION OF SATELLITE DATA FOR MONITORING DEGRADATIONOF TIDAL WETLANDS OF THE GULF OF KACHCHH, WESTERN INDIA
  26. CHAPTER 22. GROWTH OF GaAs FROM A FREE SURFACE MELT UNDER CONTROLLED ARSENIC PRESSURE IN A PARTIALLY CONFINED CONFIGURATION
  27. CHAPTER 23. ADVANCED ARCHITECTURES AND THE REQUIRED TECHNOLOGIES FOR NEXT-GENERATION COMMUNICATIONS SATELLITE SYSTEMS
  28. CHAPTER 24. LAND MOBILE SATELLITE SERVICES IN EUROPE
  29. CHAPTER 25. COUNTRYWIDE CLASSROOM : THE USE OF SPACE FOR EDUCATION
  30. CHAPTER 26. SPACE DEBRIS ORIGIN, EVOLUTION AND COLLISION MECHANICS
  31. CHAPTER 27. PERSPECTIVES ON THE INTERNATIONAL COMMERCIAL SPACE INFRASTRUCTURE
  32. CHAPTER 28. OBSERVATIONS ON THE VAPORIZATION AND BURNING OF FUEL DROPLETS ATREDUCED GRAVITY DURING PARABOLIC FLIGHTS
  33. AUTHOR INDEX