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 t...
Describes the design, functions, and possible methods of construction of the permanently manned space station proposed by NASA and projects what it will be like to live and work there.
The first overview of all major launch sites. The Atlas of Space Rocket Launch Sites is the first book to present all 25 major global launch sites – from Wallops Island in the United States to Tanegashima in Japan and Woomera in Australia. It explains their architecture and geography and is illustrated with exquisite drawings, photographs, and one hundred exclusive maps by the German cartographer Katrin Soschinski. Launch sites, where all space journeys begin, are almost magical places,...
Introduction to Uav Systems (Aerospace)
by Paul Fahlstrom and Thomas Gleason
Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) have been widely adopted in the military world over the last decade and the success of these military applications is increasingly driving efforts to establish unmanned aircraft in non-military roles. Introduction to UAV Systems, 4th edition provides a comprehensive introduction to all of the elements of a complete Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS). It addresses the air vehicle, mission planning and control, several types of mission payloads, data links and how they...
Aerospace Structures
Publisher's Note: Products purchased from Third Party sellers are not guaranteed by the publisher for quality, authenticity, or access to any online entitlements included with the product.Own your own plane - without going broke!Here is the only comprehensive guide to owning an airplane in a partnership - the most affordable way to fly your own bird. the author, a veteran pilot and partner himself, shows you exactly how to take each and every step along the way, from making the decision to c...
This volume addresses challenges and solutions in transport and mobility of people and goods with respect to environment, safety, security and socio-economics issues, exploring advanced computational research work and the latest innovations in transport. This book brings together lectures presented at the ECCOMAS Thematic CM3 Conference on Transport held in Jyvaskyla, Finland, 25-27 May 2015. It is divided into three parts, I: Reviews and Perspective, II: Computational Methods and Models and II...
The Dynamics of Flight, the Equations (Dynamics of Flight, #1)
by J.L. Boiffier and Jean-Luc Boiffier
Theorie Des Segelfluges (Abhandlungen Aus Dem Aerodynamischen Institut An der Technis, #5)
by W Klemperer
Dieser Buchtitel ist Teil des Digitalisierungsprojekts Springer Book Archives mit Publikationen, die seit den Anfangen des Verlags von 1842 erschienen sind. Der Verlag stellt mit diesem Archiv Quellen fur die historische wie auch die disziplingeschichtliche Forschung zur Verfugung, die jeweils im historischen Kontext betrachtet werden mussen. Dieser Titel erschien in der Zeit vor 1945 und wird daher in seiner zeittypischen politisch-ideologischen Ausrichtung vom Verlag nicht beworben.
State Estimation and Control for Low-cost Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
by Chingiz Hajiyev, Halil Ersin Soken, and Sitki Yenal Vural
This book discusses state estimation and control procedures for a low-cost unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV). The authors consider the use of robust adaptive Kalman filter algorithms and demonstrate their advantages over the optimal Kalman filter in the context of the difficult and varied environments in which UAVs may be employed. Fault detection and isolation (FDI) and data fusion for UAV air-data systems are also investigated, and control algorithms, including the classical, optimal, and fuzzy co...