Astronautics - Summary and Prospects (Hardcover, 2003 Ed.)

The authors, leading representatives of Russian space research and industry, show the results and future prospects of astronautics at the start of the third millennium. The focus is on the development of astronautics in Russia in the new historical and economic conditions, but the book also covers the development in the USA, Europe, China, Japan, and India. It spotlights the basic trends in space related issues: necessary restructuring of space industry and spaceports, improvement of carrier rockets, booster units, spacecraft, and component elements. The possibilities of the wide use of space technologies and its numerous applications such as navigation and communication, space manufacturing, space biotechnology, pollution research, etc. are described. The book contains a huge amount of facts described in a way understandable without specialist knowledge and accompanied by many photographs, charts and diagrams, mostly in color. Therefore the book will be interesting both to experts and to lay readers.

General

Imprint:	Springer-Verlag
Country of origin:	Austria
Release date:	March 2003
First published:	April 2003
Authors:	A.I. Kiselev • Alexander Medvedev • Valery Menshikov
Translators:	V. Sherbakov • N.N. Novichkov • A. Nechaev
Dimensions:	254 x 178 x 37mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	603
Edition:	2003 Ed.
ISBN-13:	978-3-211-83890-7
Categories:	Books > Science & Mathematics > Astronomy, space & time > Popular astronomy Books > Science & Mathematics > Astronomy, space & time > Space travel & exploration Books > Professional & Technical > Other technologies > Space science > Astronautics
LSN:	3-211-83890-2
Barcode:	9783211838907

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