Advances in Space Science and Technology

Frederick I. Ordway

• Publisher: Academic Press
• Year: 2014
• Print ISBN: 9781483199627
• eBook ISBN: 9781483224657
• Topic: Physical Sciences
• Subtopic: Physics
• Index: Physics

Advances in Space Science and Technology, Volume 4 provides information pertinent to the fundamental aspects of basic and applied astronautics. This book deals with one of the more practical aspects of artificial satellites, measurement of the Doppler effect. Organized into six chapters, this volume begins with an overview of the Doppler effect of Earth-circling satellites. This text then explores the possibility of the existence of intelligent beings other than man. Other chapters consider the historical development of multistage rockets and space carrier vehicles and explain the concepts and approaches to manned orbital flight. This book discusses as well the problems of bringing spacecraft safely through planetary atmospheres and onto the surface. The final chapter deals with radioactive elements as energy sources for spacecraft propulsion in orbital transfer and for travel between the worlds of the Solar System. This book is a valuable resource for biologists, astronomers, chemists, geologists, and geochemists.

Table of contents

• Front Cover
• Advances in Space Science and Technology
• Copyright Page
• Table of Contents
• Contributors to Volume 4
• Foreword
• Contents of Previous Volumes
• Chapter 1. Doppler Effect of Artificial Satellites
• Chapter 2. On the Possibilities of the Existence of Extraterrestrial Intelligence
• Chapter 3. The Development of Multiple Staging in Military and Space Carrier Vehicles
• Chapter 4. Spacecraft Entry and Landing in Planetary Atmospheres
• Chapter 5. Development of Manned Artificial Satellites and Space Stations
• Chapter 6. On the Utilization of Radioactive Elements as Energy Sources for Spacecraft Propulsion
• Appendix I. Tables of Radiergols
• Appendix II. Radiergol Theory
• Appendix III. Curies, Roentgens, Kilowatts, and Protection
• Appendix IV. Optimal Propulsion
• Appendix V. Electrical Breakdown in Vacuum, after Cranberg
• References
• AUTHOR INDEX
• SUBJECT INDEX