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Space Travel,9780898797473

Space Travel

by Bova, Ben; Lewis, Anthony R.; Lewis, Tony
ISBN13:

9780898797473

ISBN10:
0898797470
Format:
Paperback
Pub. Date:
3/1/1997
Publisher(s):
F & W Pubns
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Summary

Space Travel explains science, to help you make your fiction plausible. You'll engineer your rockets with accurate technical data. Show your characters' physical responses to weightlessness. Know the environment of space, how inhospitable it is - and how it's opening for business. Build an Earth-orbiting habitat for your story's setting. Discover our solar system ... and the staggering immensity of interstellar space. Consider the prospect of near-lightspeed travel. Imagine the conflicts, legal and military, your fictional missions might spark. In this book, you'll see what is real today - and what may become real tomorrow.

Table of Contents

Introduction 1(3)
Dreams Into Reality
4(5)
The difference between fiction and science fantasy and the reasons for writing both
Science Fiction Vs. Fantasy
Two Laws of Science Fiction
The Writer's Aim: Verne Vs. Wells
Pioneers of Spaceflight
Rockets
9(19)
The different types of rockets and their uses
Chemical Rockets
Newton's Three Laws of Motion
Action and Reaction
Fuel Plus Oxidizer Equals Propellants
Solid Vs. Liquid Rockets
Cryogenics
Thrust and Specific Impulse
Nuclear Rockets
Burn, Then Coast
Electrical Rockets
Plasma: The Fourth State of Matter
Solar Sails
Match the Rocket to the Job
Mass Ratio
Rockets for a Mars Mission
In Orbit
28(17)
Once a spacecraft has established itself in orbit, it enters a whole new environment
Weightlessness
Where Does Space Begin?
Weight Vs. Mass
Artificial Gravity
Jobs That Satellites Do
Geo, Leo and Other Orbits
Orbital Inclinations
Earth Boosting
Orbital Eccentricities
Adjusting the Orbit
Delta v
Reentry and Landing
Function Determines Orbit
Is Geo a National Territory?
Space Junk
Sex in Weightlessness
Living and Working in Space
45(23)
The dangers of space; space geography; seen and unseen dangers
Space---The Bad News
Radiation in Space
Meteors, Meteoroids and Meteorites
Space Stations
A Visit to Skylab
Space Suits
Who Are the Decision-Makers?
The Excitement of the Frontier
Space Industries
68(21)
The new industrial space race and its products; future space industry
Communications Satellites
Global Positioning Satellites
Geographic Information Systems
The New Space Entrepreneurs
Space---The Good News
Better Boosters
Where Is the Money Coming From?
A New Era?
Space Habitats
89(10)
Building cities in space; possible locations for space habitats; space station environments
Planetary Chauvinism
L-5 and the Geography of Space
Gravity Wells
Shirtsleeve Environment
Gravity
Beyond L-5
The Biological Imperative
The Moon
99(19)
The lunar environment and what it's like to work in it; lunar geography; possible uses for the Moon
More Thrust Means Less Time
Landing
Low Gravity, No Air, Huge Temperature Swings
No ``Dark Side''
Physical Facts, Moon Vs. Earth
Surface Features
Lunar Industries
Mining on the Moon
Cheap Transportation
A Possible Scenario
Hydrogen and Helium
Science on the Moon
Isotopes
Nuclear Fusion
Lunar Commsats
A Walk on the Moon
Advanced Spacecraft
118(13)
A look at possible ways of constructing and propelling future spaceships
Missiles and Launch Centers
Reusable Launch Vehicles
Skyhook
Mass Drivers
Laser Propulsion
The MHD Torch Ship
Storm Cellars
Imagination and Knowledge
The Solar System
131(48)
An overview of our Solar System; the sun and planets
The Astronomical Unit (AU)
Interplanetary Communications
Inclinations, Conjunctions and Oppositions
Orbital Inclinations of the Planets
Transfer Orbits
Gravity Boost
Earth II
A Middling Star
Birth of the Solar System
The Water World and Its Moon
Nine Different Worlds
The Asteroid Belt
The Moons of Jupiter
Beyond Pluto
Terraforming
The Stars
179(24)
When we move from the outer fringes of the Solar System to the stars, a whole new scale of measurement must be used; the nearest stars; types of stars
Lightyears
Multiple Stars
Colors and Lifespans
Stellar Spectral Classes
Stars of All Descriptions
Parsecs
The Nearest Stars
The Lifespans of Stars
The Brightest Stars
Supernovas
Building New Stars
Planets?
Black Holes and Spacetime
The Milky Way Galaxy
Galaxies by the Billion
Sight-Seeing
Deeper in Space
Starships
203(13)
Building spacecraft that will voyage beyond the Solar System; types of propulsion; keeping the passengers alive
Project Orion
The Generations Ship
Lightsails and Magsails
The Lightspeed Limit and Tachyons
The Energy Requirements
Time Dilation
Sleeping to the Stars
One-Way Trips
Engineering Your Star Drive
Faster Than Light
The Real World
A Spacetime Triangle
Who Will Go? And Why?
The Universe
216(15)
The difficulties of making observations of the universe; theories about its origin and behavior; the universe's geography; thoughts about extraterrestrial life
Redshifts and Expansion
The Big Bang
Quasars
Where Is Everybody?
Space Warps
Lasers in Space
Dyson Spheres
Alien Visitors
The Postage Stamp Analogy
Legal Aspects
231(7)
The established laws governing space, and the legal aspects that may yet arise; treaties affecting the usage of space
Territorial Rights
Copuos and the 1967 Outer Space Treaty
The Geostationary Orbit
``Spy'' Satellites
The Moon Treaty
Use But Don't Claim Ownership
Other Treaties
Military Uses of Space
238(8)
The historical and possible uses of space as a weapon; keeping space peaceful
Ballistic Missiles and the Cold War
Military Satellites
ASAT Weapons
Arms Control Efforts
The Strategic Defense Initiative
Ground-Based Missile Defenses
Peacekeepers in Orbit
The Limitations of Treaties
Clementine and DC-X
ASATS and Economics
Epilogue 246(2)
Bibliography 248(2)
References 250(5)
Glossary 255(12)
Index 267


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