Future spacecraft propulsion systems and integration : enabling technologies for space exploration /

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Author / Creator:Czysz, Paul A., author.
Edition:Third edition.
Imprint:Berlin, Germany : Springer ; Chichester, UK : Published in association with Praxis Publishing, [2018]
Description:1 online resource (lxi, 463 pages)
Language:English
Series:Springer Praxis books. Astronautical engineering
Springer-Praxis books in astronautical engineering.
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Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11541629
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Other authors / contributors:Bruno, Claudio, author
Chudoba, Bernd, author
ISBN:9783662547441
3662547449
9783662547427
3662547422
Digital file characteristics:text file
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Notes:Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
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Summary:The updated and expanded third edition of this book focuses on the multi-disciplinary coupling between flight-vehicle hardware alternatives and enabling propulsion systems. It discusses how to match near-term and far-term aerospace vehicles to missions and provides a comprehensive overview of the subject, directly contributing to the next-generation space infrastructure, from space tourism to space exploration. This holistic treatment defines a mission portfolio addressing near-term to long-term space transportation needs covering sub-orbital, orbital and escape flight profiles. In this context, a vehicle configuration classification is introduced covering alternatives starting from the dawn of space access. A best-practice parametric sizing approach is introduced to correctly design the flight vehicle for the mission. This technique balances required mission with the available vehicle solution space and is an essential capability sought after by technology forecasters and strategic planners alike.
Other form:Print version: Czysz, Paul A. Future spacecraft propulsion systems and integration : enabling technologies for space exploration. Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, ©2017 9783662547427
Standard no.:10.1007/978-3-662-54744-1