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.
| ISBN: | 9783662506080 |
| Publication date: | 3rd September 2016 |
| Author: | Malcolm Macdonald |
| Publisher: | Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. K an imprint of Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 731 pages |
| Series: | Springer Praxis Books |
| Genres: |
Aerospace and aviation technology Astronautics Applied physics Solar system: the Sun and planets Public international law Security and fire alarm systems |
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.
The International Handbook of Space Technology features in the following genres: Aerospace and aviation technology, Astronautics, Applied physics, Solar system: the Sun and planets, Public international law, Security and fire alarm systems
The International Handbook of Space Technology is available in Paperback
The International Handbook of Space Technology was written by Malcolm Macdonald and published by Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. K an imprint of Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG
The International Handbook of Space Technology has 731 pages
Yes it is part of Springer Praxis Books series
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