Future Spacecraft Propulsion Systems and Integration Enabling Technologies for Space Exploration /

• Main Authors: Czysz, Paul A. (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut), Bruno, Claudio (http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut), Chudoba, Bernd (http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2018.
• Edition: 3rd ed. 2018.
• Series: Astronautical Engineering,
• Subjects: Aerospace engineering.; Astronautics.; Space sciences.; Aerospace Technology and Astronautics.; Space Sciences (including Extraterrestrial Physics, Space Exploration and Astronautics).

The updated and expanded third edition of this book focuses on the multi-disciplinary coupling between flight-vehicle hardware alternatives and enabling propulsion systems. It discusses how to match near-term and far-term aerospace vehicles to missions and provides a comprehensive overview of the su...

Table of Contents:

• Overview
• Our progress appears to be impeded
• Commercial near-Earth space launcher: a perspective
• Commercial near-Earth launcher: propulsion
• Earth orbit on-orbit operations in near-Earth orbit, a necessary second step
• Earth-Moon system: establishing a Solar System presence
• Exploration of our Solar System
• Stellar and interstellar precursor missions
• View to the future and exploration of our Galaxy.