age ~45
from Murray, KY
One of the major challenges of modern space mission design is the orbital mechanics -- determining how to get a spacecraft to its destination using a limited amount of propellant. Recent missions such as Voyager and Galileo required gravity assist maneuvers at several planets to accomplish their obj...
Author
John E. Prussing, Bruce A. Conway
Binding
Hardcover
Pages
208
Publisher
Oxford University Press
ISBN #
0195078349
EAN Code
9780195078343
ISBN #
2
For nearly two decades, Orbital Mechanics by John E. Prussing and Bruce A. Conway has been the most authoritative textbook on space trajectories and orbital transfers. Completely revised and updated, this edition provides:* Current data and statistics, along with coverage of new research and the mos...
Author
John E. Prussing, Bruce A. Conway
Binding
Hardcover
Pages
304
Publisher
Oxford University Press
ISBN #
0199837708
EAN Code
9780199837700
ISBN #
3
This is a long-overdue volume dedicated to space trajectory optimization. Interest in the subject has grown, as space missions of increasing levels of sophistication, complexity, and scientific return - hardly imaginable in the 1960s - have been designed and flown. Although the basic tools of optimi...
Binding
Paperback
Pages
312
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
ISBN #
1107653827
EAN Code
9781107653825
ISBN #
1