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This book presents fundmentals of orbit determination--from
weighted least squares approaches (Gauss) to today's high-speed
computer algorithms that provide accuracy within a few centimeters.
Numerous examples and problems are provided to enhance readers'
understanding of the material.
*Covers such topics as coordinate and time systems, square root
filters, process noise techniques, and the use of fictitious
parameters for absorbing un-modeled and incorrectly modeled forces
acting on a satellite.
*Examples and exercises serve to illustrate the principles
throughout each chapter.
*Detailed solutions to end-of-chapter exercises available to
instructors.
In November 2013, the International Space Station (ISS or Station)
completed 15 years of continuous operation in low Earth orbit,
marking a significant achievement in the history of human
spaceflight. Two months later, the Administration announced its
intent to extend Station operations until 2024. Originally designed
and tested for a 15-year life span, the ISS may now operate for 26
years. NASA continues to utilise the ISS as a research platform to
study and mitigate a variety of human health risks that will
facilitate long-term exploration missions. However, a major portion
of the Station's future success as a research platform hinges on
the ability of the Center for the Advancement of Science in Space
(CASIS) the group that manages non-NASA research on the portion of
the ISS known as the ISS National Laboratory to attract sufficient
interest and funding from private users and investors. This book
examines the challenges facing NASA in extending ISS operations
until 2024. Specifically, it assesses NASA's progress in certifying
the Station's structure and hardware for a longer lifespan; cost
and schedule estimates associated with the extension; and efforts
to increase utilisation of the Station for exploration and other
scientific research. Furthermore, this book examines the current
level of Station research; CASIS's efforts to facilitate non-NASA
research aboard the ISS; and transportation challenges that could
hinder full research utilisation of the ISS.
In 1969, Princeton physicist Gerard O'Neill began looking outward
to space colonies as the new frontier for humanity's expansion. A
decade later, Eric Drexler, an MIT-trained engineer, turned his
attention to the molecular world as the place where society's
future needs could be met using self-replicating nanoscale
machines. These modern utopians predicted that their technologies
could transform society as humans mastered the ability to create
new worlds, undertook atomic-scale engineering, and, if truly
successful, overcame their own biological limits. The Visioneers
tells the story of how these scientists and the communities they
fostered imagined, designed, and popularized speculative
technologies such as space colonies and nanotechnologies. Patrick
McCray traces how these visioneers blended countercultural ideals
with hard science, entrepreneurship, libertarianism, and unbridled
optimism about the future. He shows how they built networks that
communicated their ideas to writers, politicians, and corporate
leaders. But the visioneers were not immune to failure--or to the
lures of profit, celebrity, and hype. O'Neill and Drexler faced
difficulty funding their work and overcoming colleagues'
skepticism, and saw their ideas co-opted and transformed by Timothy
Leary, the scriptwriters of Star Trek, and many others. Ultimately,
both men struggled to overcome stigma and ostracism as they tried
to unshackle their visioneering from pejorative labels like
"fringe" and "pseudoscience." The Visioneers provides a balanced
look at the successes and pitfalls they encountered. The book
exposes the dangers of promotion--oversimplification, misuse, and
misunderstanding--that can plague exploratory science. But above
all, it highlights the importance of radical new ideas that inspire
us to support cutting-edge research into tomorrow's technologies.
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This book highlights the technological and managerial fundamentals
and frontier questions of space science. Space science is a new
interdisciplinary and comprehensive subject that takes spacecraft
as the main tools to study the planet Earth, the solar-terrestrial
space, the solar system, and even the whole universe, to answer
significant questions covering the formation and evolution of the
solar system and the universe, the origin and evolution of life and
the structure of the material. The book introduces major scientific
questions in various branches of space science and provides related
technological and managerial knowledge. It also discusses the
necessity of international cooperation and elaborates on the
strategic planning of space science in China. The book can be used
as a reference book or textbook for scientists, engineers, college
students, and the public participating in space science programs.
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