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How Spacecraft Fly: Spaceflight Without Formulae Softcover reprint of hardcover 1st ed. 2009

How Spacecraft Fly: Spaceflight Without Formulae Softcover reprint of hardcover 1st ed. 2009

Paperback by Swinerd, Graham

How Spacecraft Fly: Spaceflight Without Formulae

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ISBN:
9781441926296
Publication Date:
6 Dec 2010
Edition/language:
Softcover reprint of hardcover 1st ed. 2009 / English
Publisher:
Springer-Verlag New York Inc.
Pages:
272 pages
Format:
Paperback
For delivery:
Estimated despatch 23 May 2024

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How Spacecraft Fly: Spaceflight Without Formulae

Description

In this popular science book, Graham Swinerd explains, without the use of mathematics and in an informal way, aerodynamic and astrodynamic flight for non-technical readers who are interested in spaceflight and spacecraft.

Contents

A Brief History of Space.- Basic Orbits.- Real Orbits.- Beyond Circles and Ellipses.- Getting to Orbit.- Somthing About Environment.- Spacecraft Design.- Subsystem Design I Like Your Attitude.- More Subsystem Design.- Space in the 21st Century.- Space The Final Frontier.

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