
Space Technology
A Compendium for Space Engineering
- 224 pages
- English
- ePUB (mobile friendly)
- Available on iOS & Android
About this book
This textbook is a compendium for further education of students and professionals in aerospace industry. It covers the fundamentals of aerospace and explains the details of technical implementations. These are organised in the border area of technical feasibility. The authors discuss constraints of space flight and key elements of rocket motors and power supply in more detail. The accessibility of the celestial bodies is tabulated and documented in the outlook chapter, in which the largest vision of space flight, humans to Mars, is explained.
From the content:
Historical Background
Basic Principles
Propulsion Systems
Missions
Energy Sources
Materials and Lubricants
Processes
Products
Projects and Payloads
Launch Sites
Environmental and Boundary Conditions
Conclusions and Outlook
Appendix with an extensive collection of formulas
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Preface
- Cover illustration
- Contents
- 1 Historical Background
- 2 Basic Principles
- 3 Propulsion Systems
- 4 Missions
- 5 Energy Sources
- 6 Energy Storages
- 7 Materials and Lubricants
- 8 Processes
- 9 Products
- 10 Projects and Payloads
- 11 Launch Sites
- 12 Environmental and Boundary Conditions
- 13 Conclusions and Outlook
- 14 Appendix
- Further Reading
- Index
- Footnotes