A New Era in Space Transportation

by L. G. Napolitano
A New Era in Space Transportation
Author: L. G. Napolitano
Publisher: Elsevier
Total Pages: 460
Release: 2013-10-02
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 1483159744
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A New Era In Space Transportation contains selected papers presented at the 27th International Astronautical Congress, held in Anaheim, California in October 1976. The book presents a survey of the trends and developments in astronomical research in the world. The proceedings cover a variety of points of view on the aspects of space transportation. It is divided into four parts. Part I is devoted to theme sessions, lectures, and a comprehensive look into the American and European programs of space transportation. The second part addresses certain areas in the fields of Engineering and Life Sciences such as Astrodynamics, Bioastronautics, Fluid Dynamics, Materials and Structures, Propulsion, Fluid Dynamics of Planetary Atmospheres, and Laser Uses in Propulsion. Part III deals with Space Technology and Space Systems. The final part focuses on relevant applications like telecommunications, remote sensing of earth resources, and material processing in space. Engineers, astronomers, astrophysicists, biologists, industrialists, and researchers in the field of space technology will find this book a good source of information.

Spaceflight in the Shuttle Era and Beyond

by Valerie Neal
Spaceflight in the Shuttle Era and Beyond
Author: Valerie Neal
Publisher: Yale University Press
Total Pages: 295
Release: 2017-01-01
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 0300206518
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An exploration of the changing conceptions of the iconic Space Shuttle and a call for a new vision of spaceflight The thirty years of Space Shuttle flights saw contrary changes in American visions of space. Valerie Neal, who has spent much of her career examining the Space Shuttle program, uses this iconic vehicle to question over four decades' worth of thinking about, and struggling with, the meaning of human spaceflight. She examines the ideas, images, and icons that emerged as NASA, Congress, journalists, and others sought to communicate rationales for, or critiques of, the Space Shuttle missions. At times concurrently, the Space Shuttle was billed as delivery truck and orbiting science lab, near-Earth station and space explorer, costly disaster and pinnacle of engineering success. The book's multidisciplinary approach reveals these competing depictions to examine the meaning of the spaceflight enterprise. Given the end of the Space Shuttle flights in 2011, Neal makes an appeal to reframe spaceflight once again to propel humanity forward.

Societal Impact of Spaceflight

by Steven J. Dick
Societal Impact of Spaceflight
Author: Steven J. Dick
Publisher: U. S. National Aeronautics & Space Administration
Total Pages: 704
Release: 2007
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN:
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Since the dawn of spaceflight, advocates of a robust space effort have argued that human activity beyond Earth makes a significant difference in everyday life. Assertions abound about the "impact" of spaceflight on society and its relationship to the larger contours of human existence. Fifty years after the Space Age began, it is time to examine the effects of spaceflight on society in a historically rigorous way. Has the Space Age indeed had a significant effect on society? If so, what are those influences? What do we mean by an "impact" on society? And what parts of society? Conversely, has society had any effect on spaceflight? What would be different had there been no Space Age? The purpose of this volume is to examine these and related questions through scholarly research, making use especially of the tools of the historian and the broader social sciences and humanities. Herein a stellar array of scholars does just that, and arrives at sometimes surprising conclusions.

1977 NASA Authorization

by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Science and Technology. Subcommittee on Space Science and Applications
1977 NASA Authorization
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Science and Technology. Subcommittee on Space Science and Applications
Publisher:
Total Pages: 446
Release: 1975
Genre:
ISBN:
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Space Shuttle

by Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center
Space Shuttle
Author: Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center
Publisher:
Total Pages: 112
Release: 1976
Genre: Reusable space vehicles
ISBN:
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A New Era of Responsibility

by United States. Office of Management and Budget
A New Era of Responsibility
Author: United States. Office of Management and Budget
Publisher: Office of Management & Budget
Total Pages: 148
Release: 2009
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN:
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Synopsis: This document provides a description of the Obama Administration's fiscal policies and major budgetary initiatives. This document is an overview of the full Fiscal Year 2010 Budget, expected to be released by June 30, 2009.

New Era of Responsibility

by United States. Office of Management and Budget
New Era of Responsibility
Author: United States. Office of Management and Budget
Publisher:
Total Pages: 150
Release: 2009
Genre: Budget
ISBN:
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Space Transportation

by Walter Edward Hammond
Space Transportation
Author: Walter Edward Hammond
Publisher: AIAA
Total Pages: 740
Release: 1999
Genre: Astronautics
ISBN: 9781600861109
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Annotation This practical book gives young professionals all the information they need to know to get started in the space business. It takes you step-by-step through processes for systems engineering and acquisition, design and development, cost analysis, and program planning and analysis. You'll find the systems engineering and design process that applies to all space transportation systems, then the overall system architecture considerations that also apply to all space transportation systems. There is also detailed coverage of space launch vehicles by class, including the current space shuttle, other manned reusable systems, expendable systems, and future systems. A companion CD-ROM contains the Operations Simulation and Analysis Modeling System software.