Spaceplanes

From Airport to Spaceport
Buch | Softcover
238 Seiten
2008
Springer-Verlag New York Inc.
978-0-387-76509-9 (ISBN)

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Spaceplanes - Matthew A. Bentley
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The technical details presented explain precisely how all this can be accomplished within the next few decades.This book also explains why the Space Tourist market could easily become the single most important factor in the mid-term future development of space transportation.
Spaceplanes From Airport to Spaceport presents a coherent, lucid, and optimistic picture of the future of the near future. Space vehicles may soon take off from international airports and refuel in space. New technologies could allow flights to take off regularly between the Earth and the Moon. The technical details presented explain precisely how all this can be accomplished within the next few decades.


This book also explains why the Space Tourist market could easily become the single most important factor in the mid-term future development of space transportation. In a few years it will be possible to board a spaceplane and fly into Earth orbit, and perhaps visit a space station. Later development could include refuelling in orbit to take a tour of cislunar space. The book's solid engineering foundation will be of interest to both space exploration enthusiasts and future space travelers.

Matthew Bentley is a full-time private airplane pilot in America. He has studied physics, astronomy, math, engineering, German and Russian at university level, and also speaks Swedish. He has had a lifelong enthusiasm for Astronautics.

Rocketplanes at the Airport.- Why Spaceplanes?.- Rocket Science: Wings Added.- Missiles and Modules.- Crawling into Suborbit: The Baby Spaceplane.- Going Ballistic.- Piggyback to Orbit.- Advanced Propulsion.- Single Stage to Orbit: The Advanced Spaceplane.- Destination Moon: The Lunar Spaceplane.- Strategies for Success.- Spaceplanes at the Spaceport.

Erscheint lt. Verlag 12.12.2008
Zusatzinfo XVIII, 238 p.
Verlagsort New York, NY
Sprache englisch
Maße 155 x 235 mm
Themenwelt Technik Luft- / Raumfahrttechnik
ISBN-10 0-387-76509-3 / 0387765093
ISBN-13 978-0-387-76509-9 / 9780387765099
Zustand Neuware
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