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Deep Space Propulsion: A Roadmap to Interstellar Flight

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Description for Deep Space Propulsion: A Roadmap to Interstellar Flight Paperback. This book reviews the many reasons for exploring our stellar neighbors using robotic probes, and closely examines new technologies for constructing space probes that can traverse the enormous distances between the stars. Series: Astronomers' Universe. Num Pages: 367 pages, 51 black & white illustrations, 22 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: PG; TTDS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 238 x 162 x 22. Weight in Grams: 586.

The technology of the next few decades could possibly allow us to explore with robotic probes the closest stars outside our Solar System, and maybe even observe some of the recently discovered planets circling these stars. This book looks at the reasons for exploring our stellar neighbors and at the technologies we are developing to build space probes that can traverse the enormous distances between the stars.

In order to reach the nearest stars, we must first develop a propulsion technology that would take our robotic probes there in a reasonable time. Such propulsion technology has radically different requirements from conventional chemical rockets, because of the enormous distances ... Read more

This book will be helpful to anyone who really wants to understand the principles behind and likely future course of interstellar travel and who wants to recognizes the distinctions between pure fantasy (such as Star Trek’s ‘warp drive’) and methods that are grounded in real physics and offer practical technological solutions for exploring the stars in the decades to come.

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Product Details

Publisher
Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
Number of pages
392
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Series
Astronomers' Universe
Condition
New
Weight
585g
Number of Pages
367
Place of Publication
New York, NY, United States
ISBN
9781461406068
SKU
V9781461406068
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-15

About K. F. Long
Kelvin Long was born in Cambridge, England. He holds a Bachelors degree in Aerospace Engineering and a Masters degree in Astrophysics, both from Queen Mary College University of London. He has been a college and university teacher and served for several years in the Parachute Regiment Volunteer Reserve of the British Army. He currently works as a physicist in industry. ... Read more

Reviews for Deep Space Propulsion: A Roadmap to Interstellar Flight
From the book reviews: “This is a readable, insightful and personal history of interstellar travel thinking with a focus on propulsion … . each chapter has an ‘introduction’ providing a short overview of the chapter while the ‘practice exercises’ at the end are to stimulate discussion. … The theoretical background presented here by Long deserves to be read and ... Read more

Goodreads reviews for Deep Space Propulsion: A Roadmap to Interstellar Flight


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