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Historical Dictionary of Air Intelligence
Scarecrow Press 2009; US$ 89.99The Historical Dictionary of Air Intelligence relates the evolving history of air intelligence through a list of abbreviations and acronyms, a chronology, an introductory essay, and cross-referenced dictionary entries on the agencies and agents, the operations and equipment, and the tradecraft and jargon. more...
Principles of Flight Simulation
Wiley 2009; US$ 115.00Principles of Flight Simulation is a comprehensive guide to flight simulator design, covering the modelling, algorithms and software which underpin flight simulation. The book covers the mathematical modelling and software which underpin flight simulation. The detailed equations of motion used to model aircraft dynamics are developed and then applied... more...
Basic Research and Technologies for Two-Stage-to-Orbit Vehicles
Wiley 2006; US$ 380.00Focusing on basic aspects of future reusable space transportation systems and covering overall design, aerodynamics, thermodynamics, flight dynamics, propulsion, materials, and structures, this report presents some of the most recent results obtained in these disciplines. The authors are members of three Collaborative Research Centers in Aachen, Munich... more...
Mars
Springer 2009; US$ 139.99The manned mission is seen as a first step towards a Mars surface exploration base-station and, later, establishing permanent settlement. The location and use of Mars?s natural resources is vital to enable cost-effective long-duration human exploration and exploitation missions as well as subsequent human colonization. Planet resources include various... more...
The Astronaut's Cookbook
Springer 2010; US$ 29.95Astronauts, cosmonauts, and a very limited number of people have experienced eating space food due to the unique processing and packaging required for space travel. This book allows anyone with a normal kitchen to prepare space food. Since some of the processing such as freeze dehydration, and packaging cannot be accomplished in the normal kitchen,... more...
Space Enterprise
Springer 2009; US$ 39.95Offers the vision and rationale as to why humanity is leaving its cradle, Earth, to use space resources, as well as pursuing lunar industrialization and establishing offworld settlements. This book presents a behavioral science perspective on space exploration and enterprise. more...
"Live from Cape Canaveral"
HarperCollins 2009; US$ 13.99Some fifty years ago, while a cub reporter, Jay Barbree caught space fever the night that Sputnik passed over Georgia. He moved to the then-sleepy village of Cocoa Beach, Florida, right outside Cape Canaveral, and began reporting on rockets that fizzled as often as they soared. In "Live from Cape Canaveral," Barbree?the only reporter who has covered... more...
Electromagnetic Shielding and Corrosion Protection for Aerospace Vehicles
Springer 2010; US$ 84.99Civil and military aircraft - and aerospace vehicles in general - face two problems: they depend upon electronic systems and must be shielded against electromagnetic interference. Environmental conditions including moisture, rain, and pollution may corrode airframes, skin, and other bonded joints. This book addresses both problems. more...
The New Space Race
Springer 2009; US$ 34.95The world's most populous nation views space as an asset, not only from a technological and commercial perspective, but also from a political and militaristic one. The repercussions of this ideology already extend far beyond Washington. China vs. United States offers a glimpse of future Chinese aspirations in space and the politico-militaristic... more...
In Defense of Japan
Stanford University Press 2010; US$ 55.00This book provides the first full-blown, up-to-date, English-language based narrative on the history, politics, and policy of Japan's strategic space development. more...









