Can star systems be explored? : the physics of star probes

Can star systems be explored? : the physics of star probes / Lawrence B. Crowell.

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Main Author: Crowell, Lawrence B.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Singapore ; Hackensack, NJ : World Scientific, 2007.
Subjects:
Space probes.
Space flight.
Space flights.
space probes.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Aeronautics & Astronautics.
Space flights
Space flight
Space probes
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Table of Contents:
  • Machine generated contents note: 1. Exploration of Star Systems
  • 2. Newtonian Mechanics
  • 3. Physics of Rocketry and Spaceflight
  • 4. Power Systems for Spaceflight
  • 5. Elements of Astrodynamics
  • 6. Special Relativity
  • 7. Relativistic Rocket
  • 8. Photon Sail
  • 9. Scientific and Technical Requirements
  • 10. Electromagnetically Accelerated Nano-bots
  • 11. Exotic Propulsion Methods
  • 12. Interstellar Neighborhood
  • 13. Will Humans go to the Stars?
  • 14. Solar System Stability and the Likelihood of Earth-like Planets
  • 15. Life on Earth and in the Universe
  • 16. Appendix.

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