The goal of this book is to allow you to begin with a "blank sheet of paper" and design a space mission to meet a set of broad, often poorly defined, objectives. You should be able to define the mission in sufficient detail to identify principal drivers and make a preliminary assessment of overall performance, size, cost, and risk. The emphasis of the book is on low-Earth orbit, unmanned spacecraft. However, we hope that the principles are broad enough to be applicable to other missions as well. We intend the book to be a ...
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The goal of this book is to allow you to begin with a "blank sheet of paper" and design a space mission to meet a set of broad, often poorly defined, objectives. You should be able to define the mission in sufficient detail to identify principal drivers and make a preliminary assessment of overall performance, size, cost, and risk. The emphasis of the book is on low-Earth orbit, unmanned spacecraft. However, we hope that the principles are broad enough to be applicable to other missions as well. We intend the book to be a practical guide, rather than a theoretical treatise. As much as possible, we have provided rules of thumb, empirical formulas, and design algorithms based on past experience. We assume that the reader has a general knowledge of physics, math, and basic engineering, but is not necessarily familiar with any aspect of space technology. This book was written by a group of senior engineers with over 800 years of collective space experience. It reflects the insight gained from this practical experience, and suggests how things might be done better in the future. From time to time the views of authors and editors conflict, as must necessarily occur given the broad diversity of experience. We believe it is important to reflect this diversity rather than suppress the opinions of individual authors.
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Book. Octavo, xiv, 810 pages. In Good plus condition. White spine with black lettering. Front board has mild staining, rear board has small grey stain, and spine has minor wear on head and tail. Textblock has gutter splitting from title page to page 12, splitting from page 12 to page 784, splitting from page 785 to second to last end-paper, and mild staining on fore edge. Shelved ND-E. 1378318. FP New Rockville Stock.
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Fair. Fair plus; wear on outer corners; label ghost on spine; owner blindstamps on front & rear covers, title page, and page 100; small chip at bottom of title page; four pages with highlighting and just a few widely-scattered markings; else contents are clean; a decent reading copy, priced accordingly. Errata sheets laid in. Additional photo(s) available upon request. Prompt, professional shipping, with free tracking on U.S. orders!
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