Scientific Ballooning Technology and Applications of Exploration Balloons Floating in the Stratosphere and the Atmospheres of Other Planets /

• Main Authors: Abe, Toyoo (Author), Imamura, Takeshi (Author), Izutsu, Naoki (Author), Yajima, Nobuyuki (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY : Springer New York, 2009.
• Subjects: Earth sciences.; Planetology.; Atmospheric sciences.; Observations, Astronomical.; Astronomy > Observations.; Aerospace engineering.; Astronautics.; Earth Sciences.; Atmospheric Sciences.; Astronomy, Observations and Techniques.; Aerospace Technology and Astronautics.

The subject of this book is stratospheric balloons used for scientific observations and for the development of space technology and balloons that are used for aerological observations. These balloons attain flight altitudes more than three times those of passenger planes. They transport payloads ran...