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Doing the impossible : George E. Mueller and the running of NASA's Human Spaceflight Program /

Arthur L. Slotkin, Author | New York, NY : Springer | 2012

This account of one of the most important personalities in early American human spaceflight history describes for the first time how George E. Mueller, the system manager of the human spaceflight program of the 1960s, applied the SPO methodolog[...]

Dynamic coupling between earth's atmospheric and plasma environments

H. J. Opgenoorth, Editor | New York, NY : Springer | Space science series of ISSI | 2012

This book describes the relationship between the atmosphere and the external plasma of Earth in an unconventional manner.

Exoplanets : finding, exploring, and understanding alien worlds

Christopher R. Kitchin, Author | New York, NY : Springer | Astronomers' universe | 2012

This book is written for non-specialist but also provides a comprehensive, accurate and balanced summary useful to researches in the exoplanets field. Above all this book explores the excitment of how a new branch of science is born, develops an[...]

Fast solar sailing : astrodynamics of special sailcraft trajectories

Giovanni Vulpetti, Author | New York, NY : Springer | Space technology library | 2012

This book describes how to plan, compute and optimize the trajectories of sailcraft with speeds considerably higher than the Earth's orbital speed; such sailcraft would be able to explore the outer heliosphere, the near interstellar medium and t[...]

Human spaceflight and exploration

Carol Norberg, Editor | New York, NY : Springer | Springer-Praxis books in astronautical engineering | 2012

Human spaceflight and exploration

Carol Norberg, Editor | New York, NY : Springer | Springer-Praxis books in astronautical engineering | 2012

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Information technologies for remote monitoring of the environment

Vladimir Krapivin, Author ; Anatolij Shutko, Author | New York, NY : Springer | Springer-Praxis books in environmental sciences | 2012

This book offers a new approach to the study of global envrionmental change. The approach uses ecoinformatics methods of geoinformation monitoring. The present trend of change in ecological systems such as that currently taking place in differe[...]

Introduction to space systems : design and synthesis

Miguel R. Aguirre, Author | New York, NY : Springer | Space technology library | 2012

The book concentrates on understanding the interaction between all the forces, both technical and nontechnical, which influence the definition of a space system. This book refers to the entire system: space and ground segments, mission objective[...]

Key processes in solar-terrestrial physics

Walter Gonzalez, Editor ; James L. Burch, Editor | New York, NY : Springer | 2012

Law and regulation of commercial mining of minerals in outer space

Ricky J. Lee, Author | New York, NY : Springer | Space regulations library | 2012

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Law and regulation of commercial mining of minerals in outer space

Ricky J. Lee, Author | New York, NY : Springer | Space regulations library | 2012

How likely is extraterrestrial life?

J. Woods Halley, Author | New York, NY : Springer | SpringerBriefs in astronomy, ISSN 2191-9100 | 2012

Modeling and optimization in space engineering

Janos D. Pinter, Editor ; Giorgio Fasano, Editor | New York, NY : Springer | Springer Optimization and Its Applications | 2012

This volume presents a selection of advanced case studies that address a substantial range of issues and challenges arising in space engineering. The contributing authors are well-recognized researchers and practitioners in space engineering an[...]

Monitoring atmospheric water vapour : ground-based remote sensing and in-situ methods

Niklaus Kaempfer, Editor | New York, NY : Springer | ISSI scientific report series | 2012

This book assesses all current techniques used in networks for monitoring atmospheric water vapour. Special weight is given to different technical concepts, assessing the accuracy of different sensor types, addressing calibration issues and retr[...]

Moon : prospective energy and material resources

Viorel Badescu, Editor | New York, NY : Springer | 2012

This book investigates the possibilities and limitations of various systems supplying manned bases on Moon with energy and other vital resources. It collects together recent proposals and innovative options and solutions.

Moon : prospective energy and material resources

Viorel Badescu, Editor | New York, NY : Springer | 2012

This book investigates the possibilities and limitations of various systems supplying manned bases on Moon with energy and other vital resources. It collects together recent proposals and innovative options and solutions.

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Nuclear rocket engine reactor

Anatoly Lanin, Author | New York, NY : Springer | Springer series in materials science | 2012

he development of a nuclear rocket engine reactor (NRER ) is presented in this book. The working capacity of an active zone NRER under mechanical and thermal load, intensive neutron fluxes, high energy generation (up to 30 MBT/l) in a working m[...]

Observing and modeling earth's energy flows

Lennart O. Bengtsson, Author ; Roger M. Bonnet, Author ; C. Frohlich, Author ; J. Heintzenberg, Author ; Kevin E. Trenberth, Author | New York, NY : Springer | 2012

This book provides a comprehensive presentation of Earth's energy flows and their consequences for the climate. It brings for fore the complexity of feedback processes of the Earth's climate system and particular the way clouds and aerosols affe[...]

Origin and evolution of planetary atmospheres

H. Lammer, Author | New York, NY : Springer | SpringerBriefs in astronomy, ISSN 2191-9100 | 2012

Based on the author's own work and results obtained by international teams he coordinated, this SpringerBrief offers a concise discussion of the origin and early evolution of atmospheres of terrestrial planets during the active phase of their h[...]

Physics of the upper polar atmosphere

Asegir Brekke, Author | New York, NY : Springer | Springer-Praxis books in environmental sciences | 2012

The plasma environment of Venus, Mars and Titan

K. Szego, Editor | New York, NY : Springer | Space science series of ISSI | 2012

The quintessence of intercultural business communication

Mélanie Moll, Author | New York, NY : Springer | Quintessence series | 2012

This book explains how to understand what others are communicating, using real examples of intercultural business interaction to show deeply embedded cultural norms. Includes tools that readers can use to improve their intercultural business com[...]

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Remote sensing

Siamak Khorram, Author | New York, NY : Springer | SpringerBriefs in space development | 2012

Remote sensing of the environment and radiation transfer : an introductory survey

Anatoly Kuznetsov, Author | New York, NY : Springer | 2012

The interaction of the solar and heat radiation with the atmosphere and surface is the subject of the book. it is useful also for wide circle scientists involved in environmental studies. The book contains the description of 17 computer studyin[...]

Robotic exploration of the solar system : part 3: wows and woes, 1997-2003

Paolo Ulivi ; David M. Harland | New York, NY : Springer | Springer-Praxis books in space exploration | 2012

Rocketing into the future : the history and technology of rocket planes /

Michel Van Pelt, Author | New York, NY : Springer | Springer-Praxis books in space exploration | 2012

This book analyses the world of rocket planes, examining the exotic concepts and actual flying vehicles that have been devised over the last one hundred years.

Satellite communications

Joseph N. Pelton, Author | New York, NY : Springer | SpringerBriefs in space development | 2012

Satellites : de Kepler au GPS

Michel Capderou, Author | New York, NY : Springer | 2012

Social foundations of human space exploration

James A. Dator, Author | New York, NY : Springer | SpringerBriefs in space development | 2012

Social foundations of human space exploration

James A. Dator, Author | New York, NY : Springer | SpringerBriefs in space development | 2012

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