Solar Sails
Title | Solar Sails PDF eBook |
Author | Giovanni Vulpetti |
Publisher | Springer Science & Business Media |
Pages | 256 |
Release | 2009-03-05 |
Genre | Technology & Engineering |
ISBN | 0387685006 |
Solar sail technology is very close to becoming an engineering reality and it will soon be used in the exploration of the solar system and beyond. This fascinating book provides an accessible introduction to solar sails and details how they work and what they will be used for in the exploration of space. It also examines current plans for solar sails and how advanced technology, such as nanotechnology, might enhance their performance. Coverage shows how solar sail propulsion will make space exploration more affordable and demonstrates how access to destinations within (and beyond) the solar system will become within reach.
Tattered Sails
Title | Tattered Sails PDF eBook |
Author | Verla Kay |
Publisher | Putnam Publishing Group |
Pages | 0 |
Release | 2001 |
Genre | Stories in rhyme |
ISBN | 9780399233456 |
Illustrations and simple rhyming text depict the journey of a family from London to the Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1635. Illustrations.
Starsailing
Title | Starsailing PDF eBook |
Author | Louis Friedman |
Publisher | |
Pages | 164 |
Release | 1988-01-18 |
Genre | Science |
ISBN |
Louis Friedman, Executive Director of the Planetary Society, presents the first comprehensive look at the science and history behind solar sailing and other designs for space travel. Serious science readers and space buffs alike will be fascinated by designs for the square sail, disk sail, and the heliogyro (which features flexible sails many kilometers long). Friedman compares solar sailing to other proposed propulsion sytems such as ion drives and laser propulsion, and takes an insider's look at the million-dollar JPL project of the late '70s, which was the first attempt at a working model. Illustrated.
Solar Sailing
Title | Solar Sailing PDF eBook |
Author | Colin R. McInnes |
Publisher | Springer Science & Business Media |
Pages | 321 |
Release | 2013-11-27 |
Genre | Science |
ISBN | 1447139925 |
Solar sailing - using the sun as a propellant - offers the possibility of low-cost long-distance missions that are impossible with conventional spacecraft. This first comprehensive book on this propulsion method provides a detailed account of solar sailing, at a high technical level, but in a way accessible to the scientifically informed layperson. Solar sail orbital dynamics and solar radiation pressure form the foundations of the book, but the engineering design of solar sails is also considered, along with potential mission applications.
Sail Power
Title | Sail Power PDF eBook |
Author | Wallace Ross |
Publisher | |
Pages | 534 |
Release | 1975 |
Genre | Sailing |
ISBN |
Sailing
Title | Sailing PDF eBook |
Author | Dave Franzel |
Publisher | Rowman & Littlefield |
Pages | 169 |
Release | 2018-01-15 |
Genre | Sports & Recreation |
ISBN | 1493029819 |
Quickly and easily master the sailing fundamentals you'll need to get out on the water.
The art of sail-making
Title | The art of sail-making PDF eBook |
Author | Art |
Publisher | |
Pages | 180 |
Release | 1843 |
Genre | |
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