Solar sails :
Vulpetti, Giovanni,
Solar sails : a novel approach to interplanetary travel / Giovanni Vulpetti, Les Johnson, Gregory L. Matloff. - 2nd ed. 2015. - xxiv, 277 páginas : 89 ilustraciones, 39 ilustraciones en color. - Springer Praxis Books .
Springer eBooks
Part I: Space Engines: Past and Present -- A Historical Introduction to Space Propulsion -- The Rocket: How It Works in Space -- Rocket Problems and Limitations- Non-Rocket-In-Space Propulsion -- The Solar-Sail Option: From the Oceans to Space -- Part II: Space Mission by Sail -- Principles of Space Sailing -- What Is a Space Sailcraft?- Sails vs. Rockets -- Exploring and Developing Space by Sailcraft -- Riding a Beam of Light -- Part III: Construction of Sailcraft -- Designing a Solar Sail -- Building a Sailcraft -- Progress to Date -- Future Plans -- Part IV: Breakthroughs in Space -- The IKAROS/JAXA Mission -- The NanoSail-D2/NASA Mission -- New Projects in Progress -- Part V: Space Sailing: Some Technical Aspects -- Space Sources of Light -- Modeling Thrust via Electromagnetic Radiation Pressure and Diffraction- Sailcraft Trajectories -- Sails in Space Environment -- Glossary -- Index.
9781493909414
TL787-4050.22
Solar sails : a novel approach to interplanetary travel / Giovanni Vulpetti, Les Johnson, Gregory L. Matloff. - 2nd ed. 2015. - xxiv, 277 páginas : 89 ilustraciones, 39 ilustraciones en color. - Springer Praxis Books .
Springer eBooks
Part I: Space Engines: Past and Present -- A Historical Introduction to Space Propulsion -- The Rocket: How It Works in Space -- Rocket Problems and Limitations- Non-Rocket-In-Space Propulsion -- The Solar-Sail Option: From the Oceans to Space -- Part II: Space Mission by Sail -- Principles of Space Sailing -- What Is a Space Sailcraft?- Sails vs. Rockets -- Exploring and Developing Space by Sailcraft -- Riding a Beam of Light -- Part III: Construction of Sailcraft -- Designing a Solar Sail -- Building a Sailcraft -- Progress to Date -- Future Plans -- Part IV: Breakthroughs in Space -- The IKAROS/JAXA Mission -- The NanoSail-D2/NASA Mission -- New Projects in Progress -- Part V: Space Sailing: Some Technical Aspects -- Space Sources of Light -- Modeling Thrust via Electromagnetic Radiation Pressure and Diffraction- Sailcraft Trajectories -- Sails in Space Environment -- Glossary -- Index.
9781493909414
TL787-4050.22