Emerging Space Powers The New Space Programs of Asia, the Middle East, and South America /
This work introduces the important emerging space powers of the world. Brian Harvey describes the origins of the Japanese space program, from rocket designs based on WW II German U-boats to tiny solid fuel 'pencil' rockets, which led to the launch of the first Japanese satellite in 1970. T...
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Γλώσσα: | English |
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New York, NY :
Praxis,
2010.
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Σειρά: | Springer Praxis Books
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Διαθέσιμο Online: | Full Text via HEAL-Link |
Πίνακας περιεχομένων:
- Japan: Origins - the legacy of Hideo Itokawa
- Japan: Into the solar system
- Japan: Kibo and the Space Station
- India: The vision of Vikram Sarabhai
- India: Space technology and the villages
- India: Manned and lunar flight
- Iran: Origins - the road to space
- Iran: Development - space launch systems and satellites
- Brazil: Origins - the road to space
- Brazil: Development - space launch systems, space probes and satellites
- Brazil: Plans - the ultimate goal
- Israel: Small but efficient actor in space
- North Korea: The most secret country in space
- South Korea: New entrant for space systems
- Contrasts and comparisons.