Author: Charles L. ZolaPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Interplanetary voyages
Languages : en
Pages : 52
Book Description
Interplanetary Probe Missions with Solar-electric Propulsion Systems
Author: Charles L. ZolaPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Interplanetary voyages
Languages : en
Pages : 52
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Solar Sails
Author: Giovanni VulpettiPublisher: Springer
ISBN: 149390941X
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 277
Book Description
The reality of sunlight-based sailing in space began in May 2010, and solar sail technology and science have continued to evolve rapidly through new space missions. Using the power of the Sun's light for regular travel propulsion will be the next major leap forward in our journey to other worlds. This book is the second edition of the fascinating explanation of solar sails, how they work and how they will be used in the exploration of space. Updated with 35% new material, this second edition includes three new chapters on missions operated by Japan and the US, as well as projects that are in progress. The remainder of the book describes the heritage of exploration in water-borne sailing ships and the evolution to space-vehicle propulsion; as well as nuclear, solar-electric, nuclear-electric and antimatter rocket devices. It also discusses various sail systems that may use either sunlight or solar wind, and the design, fabrication and steering challenges associated with solar sails. The first edition was met with overwhelmingly positive reviews, and deemed “a title that needs to be on your shelf if you’re seriously interested in the next step as we move beyond rocketry" (Centauri Dreams, September 2008). Written with a mixed approach, this book appeals to both the general public as well as those with a more scientifically technical background.
Priorities in Space Science Enabled by Nuclear Power and Propulsion
Author: National Research CouncilPublisher: National Academies Press
ISBN: 0309180104
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 158
Book Description
In 2003, NASA began an R&D effort to develop nuclear power and propulsion systems for solar system exploration. This activity, renamed Project Prometheus in 2004, was initiated because of the inherent limitations in photovoltaic and chemical propulsion systems in reaching many solar system objectives. To help determine appropriate missions for a nuclear power and propulsion capability, NASA asked the NRC for an independent assessment of potentially highly meritorious missions that may be enabled if space nuclear systems became operational. This report provides a series of space science objectives and missions that could be so enabled in the period beyond 2015 in the areas of astronomy and astrophysics, solar system exploration, and solar and space physics. It is based on but does not reprioritize the findings of previous NRC decadal surveys in those three areas.
Guidance, Navigation, and Control Study for a Solar Electric Propulsion Spacecraft
Author: National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN: 9781722265137
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 26
Book Description
A preliminary investigation of a lunar-comet rendezvous mission using a solar electric propulsion (SEP) spacecraft was performed in two phases.The first phase involved exploration of the moon and the second involved rendezvous with a comet. The initial phase began with a chemical propulsion translunar injection and chemical insertion into a lunar orbit, followed by a low thrust SEP transfer to a circular, polar, low-lunar orbit. After collecting scientific data at the moon, the SEP spacecraft performed a spiral lunar escape maneuver to begin the interplanetary leg of the mission. After escape from the Earth-moon system, the SEP spacecraft maneuvered in interplanetary space and performed a rendezvous with a comet.The immediate goal of this study was to demonstrate the feasibility of using a low-thrust SEP spacecraft for orbit transfer to both the moon and a comet. Another primary goal was to develop a computer optimization code which would be robust enough to obtain minimum-fuel rendezvous trajectories for a wide range of comets. Kluever, Craig A. Unspecified Center NAG3-1581...
NASA Technical Note
Author: Solar Electric Propulsion Concepts for Human Space Exploration
Author: National Aeronautics and Space AdministrationPublisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN: 9781542596121
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 28
Book Description
Advances in solar array and electric thruster technologies now offer the promise of new, very capable space transportation systems that will allow us to cost effectively explore the solar system. NASA has developed numerous solar electric propulsion spacecraft concepts with power levels ranging from tens to hundreds of kilowatts for robotic and piloted missions to asteroids and Mars. This paper describes nine electric and hybrid solar electric/chemical propulsion concepts developed over the last 5 years and discusses how they might be used for human exploration of the inner solar system.
Optimum Solar Electric Interplanetary Trajectory and Performance Data
Author: J. L. HorsewoodNASA Scientific and Technical Reports
Author: United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration Scientific and Technical Information DivisionPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Aeronautics
Languages : en
Pages : 966
Book Description
A Selected Listing of NASA Scientific and Technical Reports
Author: United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration. Scientific and Technical Information DivisionPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Aeronautics
Languages : en
Pages : 964
Book Description
NASA Scientific and Technical Reports and Publications for 1969 - A Selected Listing
Author: United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration. Scientific and Technical Information DivisionPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 956
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