The Cassini-Huygens Visit to Saturn An Historic Mission to the Ringed Planet /

Cassini-Huygens was the most ambitious and successful space journey ever launched to the outer Solar System. This book examines all aspects of the journey: its conception and planning; the lengthy political processes needed to make it a reality; the engineering and development required to build the...

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Κύριος συγγραφέας: Meltzer, Michael (Συγγραφέας)
Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
Γλώσσα:English
Έκδοση: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2015.
Σειρά:Springer Praxis Books
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Διαθέσιμο Online:Full Text via HEAL-Link
Πίνακας περιεχομένων:
  • Part I: Creating a New Expedition to Saturn
  • Conceiving and Funding the Mission
  • Building an International Partnership and Preventing Mission Cancellation
  • Part II: Designing, Fabricating, and Integrating the Cassini-Huygens Space Vessel
  • Constructing the Cassini Orbiter
  • The Titan Huygens Probe
  • Integrating the Cassini Orbiter, Huygens Probe, and Titan/Centaur Launch Vehicle
  • Using Plutonium to Run a Spacecraft
  • Part III: From Earth to Saturn
  • The Interplanetary Journey
  • How a Few People Can Make a Big Difference: The Doppler Shift Problem That Nearly Ended the Huygens Mission
  • The Huygens Titan Probe Mission
  • The Saturn Tour: Decision-Making Processes, Trajectory Design, and Changes of Management
  • Part IV: A Great Natural Laboratory
  • The Mother Planet and its Magnetosphere
  • The Ring System
  • The Icy Moons
  • Titan Observations by the Cassini Orbiter
  • Conclusions
  • Appendix: Breakdown of Mission Costs.