Space the Final Frontier?

Giancarlo Genta, Michael Rycroft

402 pages, parution le 31/01/2003

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Résumé

What are our motivations for going into space? Where does our long-term space future lie? Why, and how, should we strive to reach, if not for the stars, at least for the Moon and Mars? This exciting book looks first at the progress that has already been made in our attempts to explore and expand beyond the Earth. Current and past space technologies and space stations are described, and the effects of the space environment on the human body are explained. A discussion of the merits of the robotic exploration of space is followed by a look at our exploration of the Moon and Mars. Final chapters touch on propulsion methods required for leaving our solar system, and ask which of the possibilities for future space travel is most likely to succeed. This thought provoking book will appeal to all those with an interest in the future of space exploration.

Contents

Introduction
1. Space today
2. The gateway to space
3. Cities and factories in space?
4. Robots in the solar system
5. Back to the Moon
6. Mars, the Red Planet
7. Exploitation of the solar system
8. Beyond the pillars of Hercules
9. Other lives, other civilisations
10. Towards a galactic civilisation
Appendices.

L'avis du libraire Eyrolles

La tragédie de Columbia relance le débat sur les missions spatiales habitées. Alors que certains pensent qu'il faut développer un nouvel engin et que d'autres nient l'utilité des hommes en orbite, ce livre fait un tour d'horizon du problème.

L'auteur - Giancarlo Genta

Giancarlo Genta is Professor in the Department of Mechanics at the Technical University of Turin, Italy. He obtained degrees in Aeronautical Engineering and Aerospace Engineering from the same university, and his current research in applied mechanics is linked to the construction of machines. He has published a large number of research papers and eight previous books including Vibrations of Structures and Machines: Practical Aspects (Springer-Verlag New York, 1993, 1994, 1998) and Motor Vehicle Dynamics: Modelling and Simulation (World Scientific Publishing Company, 1997).

L'auteur - Michael Rycroft

Michael Rycroft is a visiting professor at theInternational Space University in Strasbourg, France, and at De Montfort University in Leicester, UK. For eleven years he was Head of the Atmospheric Sciences Division at the British Antarctic Survey, Cambridge, and he also spent four years as Professor of Aerospace at Cranfield University. He has acted as Editor-in-Chief for the Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics, Managing Editor of Surveys in Geophysics, and also The Cambridge Encyclopedia of Space (2002).

Caractéristiques techniques

	PAPIER
Éditeur(s)	Cambridge University Press
Auteur(s)	Giancarlo Genta, Michael Rycroft
Parution	31/01/2003
Nb. de pages	402
Format	15,5 x 23,5
Couverture	Relié
Poids	860g
Intérieur	Noir et Blanc
EAN13	9780521814034
ISBN13	978-0-521-81403-4