Fast Solar Sailing
Giovanni Vulpetti
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Description for Fast Solar Sailing
Hardback. This book details how to plan, compute and optimize the trajectories of sailcraft with speeds higher than 100 km/s; such sailcraft would be able to explore the far-reaches of space in times significantly shorter than the average career, around 35 years. Series: Space Technology Library. Num Pages: 440 pages, biography. BIC Classification: TRP; TTD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 28. Weight in Grams: 876.
The range of solar sailing is very vast; it is a fully in-space means of propulsion that should allow us to accomplish various mission classes that are literally impossible using rocket propulsion, no matter if nuclear or electric. Fast and very fast solar sailings are special classes of sailcraft missions, initially developed only in the first half of the 1990s and still evolving, especially after the latest advances in nanotechnology.
This book describes how to plan, compute and optimize the trajectories of sailcraft with speeds considerably higher than 100 km/s; such sailcraft would be able to explore the ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Springer Netherlands
Number of pages
440
Condition
New
Series
Space Technology Library
Number of Pages
410
Place of Publication
Dordrecht, Netherlands
ISBN
9789400747760
SKU
V9789400747760
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 15 to 20 working days
Ref
99-15
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