Solar Sails A Novel Approach to Interplanetary Travel /
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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New York, NY :
Springer New York : Imprint: Copernicus,
2008.
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| Edition: | 1st ed. 2008. |
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| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-68500-7 |
Table of Contents:
- Space Engines Past and Present
- An 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
- Space Missions by Sail
- Principles of Space Sailing
- What Is a Space Sailcraft?
- Sails Versus Rockets
- Exploring and Developing Space by Sailcraft
- Riding a Beam of Light
- Construction of Sailcraf
- Designing a Solar Sail
- Building a Sailcraft
- Progress to Date
- Future Plans
- Space Sailing: Some Technical Aspects
- Space Sources of Light
- Modeling Thrust from Electromagnetic Radiation Pressure
- Sailcraft Trajectories
- Sails in the Space Environment.