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Nuclear Rocket Engine Reactor
Springer 2012; US$ 99.99This monograph recounts and details the development of a nuclear rocket engine reactor (NRER). In particular, it explains the working capacity of an active zone NRER under mechanical and thermal load, intensive neutron fluxes, and high-energy generation (up to 30 MBT/l) in a working medium (hydrogen) at temperatures up to 3100 K. The design principles... more...
Fast Solar Sailing
Springer 2012; US$ 139.99The range of solar sailing is very vast; it is a fully in-space means of propulsion that should allow us to accomplish various mission classes that are literally impossible using rocket propulsion, no matter if nuclear or electric. Fast and very fast solar sailings are special classes of sailcraft missions, initially developed only in the first half... more...
European Identity through Space
Springer 2012; US$ 139.99Space activities are one particularly visible area, where Europe can shape its identity. This publication investigates the effect space activities have already had on building a European "spirit" (e.g. through European missions or European astronauts). It also looks into the effects that activities labelled "national" have on the... more...
Deep Space Propulsion
Springer 2011; US$ 35.99The technology of the next few decades could possibly allow us to explore with robotic probes the closest stars outside our Solar System, and maybe even observe some of the recently discovered planets circling these stars. This book looks at the reasons for exploring our stellar neighbors and at the technologies we are developing to build space probes... more...
Rocket Propulsion Elements
Wiley 2011; US$ 140.00The definitive text on rocket propulsion—now revised to reflect advancements in the field For sixty years, Sutton's Rocket Propulsion Elements has been regarded as the single most authoritative sourcebook on rocket propulsion technology. As with the previous edition, coauthored with Oscar Biblarz, the Eighth Edition of Rocket Propulsion... more...
Non-Rocket Space Launch and Flight
Elsevier Science 2010; US$ 300.00In recent years scientists have investigated a series of new methods for non-rocket space launch, which promise to revolutionize space launches and flight. Particularly in the current political climate new, cheaper, and more ?fuel efficient? methods are being investigated. Such new methods include the gas tube method, cable accelerators, tether launch... more...
Future Spacecraft Propulsion Systems
Springer 2009; US$ 169.99Demonstrates the need to break free from the old established concepts of expendable rockets, using chemical propulsion, and to develop new breeds of launch vehicle capable of both launching payloads into orbit at a dramatically reduced cost and for sustained operations in low-Earth orbit. more...
Solar Sails
Springer 2009; US$ 21.99Solar sail propulsion will make space exploration more affordable and offer access to destinations within (and beyond) the solar system. This book describes solar sails and how they work. It discusses the plans for solar sails and also describes how advanced technology, such as nanotechnology, might enhance solar-sail performance. more...
Fundamentals of Electric Propulsion
Wiley 2008; US$ 152.00Throughout most of the twentieth century, electric propulsion was considered the technology of the future. Now, the future has arrived. This important new book explains the fundamentals of electric propulsion for spacecraft and describes in detail the physics and characteristics of the two major electric thrusters in use today, ion and Hall thrusters.... more...









