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Deep Space Probes - To the Outer Solar System and Beyond (Hardcover, 2nd ed. 2005) Loot Price: R3,062
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Deep Space Probes - To the Outer Solar System and Beyond (Hardcover, 2nd ed. 2005): Gregory L. Matloff

Deep Space Probes - To the Outer Solar System and Beyond (Hardcover, 2nd ed. 2005)

Gregory L. Matloff

Series: Astronautical Engineering

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The Space Age is nearly 50 years old but exploration of the outer planets and beyond has only just begun. Deep-Space Probes Second Edition draws on the latest research to explain why we should explore beyond the edge of the Solar System and how we can build highly sophisticated robot spacecraft to make the journey. Many technical problems remain to be solved, among them propulsion systems to permit far higher velocities, and technologies to build vehicles a fraction of the size of today's spacecraft.

Beyond the range of effective radio control, robot vehicles for exploring deep space will need to be intelligent, 'thinking' craft - able to make vital decisions entirely on their own. Gregory Matloff also looks at the possibility for human travel into interstellar space, and some of the immense problems that such journeys would entail.

This second edition includes an entirely new chapter on holographic message plaques for future interstellar probes - a NASA-funded project.

General

Imprint: Springer-Verlag
Country of origin: Germany
Series: Astronautical Engineering
Release date: April 2005
First published: 2005
Authors: Gregory L. Matloff
Dimensions: 242 x 170 x 20mm (L x W x T)
Format: Hardcover
Pages: 242
Edition: 2nd ed. 2005
ISBN-13: 978-3-540-24772-2
Categories: Books > Professional & Technical > Transport technology > Automotive technology > General
Books > Professional & Technical > Transport technology > Aerospace & aviation technology > General
Books > Professional & Technical > Other technologies > Space science > Astronautics
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LSN: 3-540-24772-6
Barcode: 9783540247722

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