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Lady astronauts, lady engineers, and naked ladies : women and the American space community during the Cold War, 1960s-1980s /

Karin Hilck, Author | [S.l.] : Walter de Gruyter | Family values and social change | 2019

"The book Lady Astronauts, Lady Engineers, and Naked Ladies is a gender history of the American space community and by extension a social history of American society in the twentieth century during the Cold War. In order to expand and differenti[...]

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Space technology : a compendium for space engineering /

Thomas F. Lutsch, Author ; Matthias B. Kowalski, Author | [S.l.] : Walter de Gruyter | De Gruyter Graduate | 2016

This compact work helps the reader understand and develop the theory and technology used in space exploration. After introducing the basic principles it discusses challenges regarding energy sources, energy storage and covers in detail fuel cel[...]

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The rocket into planetary space

Hermann Oberth, Author | [S.l.] : Walter de Gruyter | 2014

In a relatively short work of 1923, Hermann Oberth laid down the mathematical laws governing rocketry and spaceflight, and he offered practical design considerations based on those laws. This translation of his classic text sheds light on an ext[...]

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Satellite geodesy

Gunter Seeber, Author | [S.l.] : Walter de Gruyter | 2003

This text covers the entire field of satellite geodesy, with basic chapters covering topics such as reference systems, time, signal propagation and observation methods. Particular emphasis is given to the current status of the Global Positioning[...]

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Small satellites for Earth observation : digest of the international symposium of the International Academy of Astronautics (IAA), Berlin, November 4-8, 1996

Hans Peter Roser, Editor ; Rainer Sandau, Editor ; Arnoldo Valenzuela, Editor | [S.l.] : Walter de Gruyter | 1999

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