Solar Sailing : Technology, Dynamics and Mission Applications (Springer Praxis Books / Astronomy and Planetary Sciences)

Solar Sailing : Technology, Dynamics and Mission Applications (Springer Praxis Books / Astronomy and Planetary Sciences)

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Solar sailing offers the possibility of low-cost long-distance missions, impossible for any other type of conventional spacecraft. The book provides a detailed account of solar sailing, at a high technical level but in a way accessible to the scientifically informed layman. Solar sail orbital dynamics and solar radiation pressure form the foundations of the book, but the engineering design of solar sails is also considered, along with potential mission applications. This book introduces the subject and at the same time provides a technical reference source.

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Presents an attempt by the author to bring together his own work on solar sailing along with that of many others into a complete volume that will form a primer for those new to the field, and a reference document for practising scientists and engineers who wish to explore solar sailing for their own purposes. DLC: Solar sails. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Solar Sailing: Technology, Dynamics and Mission Applications (Springer Praxis Books / Astronomy and Planetary Sciences),Colin R. McInnes,Springer,3540210628,Astronomy - General,Engineering - Automotive,Physics,Science,Science/Mathematics,Astronautics

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