TY - BOOK
T1 - Solar Sailing: Technology, Dynamics and Mission Applications
AU - McInnes, C.R.
PY - 2004
Y1 - 2004
N2 - Solar sailing offers the possibility of low-cost long-distance missions, impossible for any other type of conventional spacecraft. The book provides a detailed account of solar sailing, at a high technical level but in a way accessible to the scientifically informed layman. Solar sail orbital dynamics and solar radiation pressure form the foundations of the book, but the engineering design of solar sails is also considered, along with potential mission applications. This book introduces the subject and at the same time provides a technical reference source.
AB - Solar sailing offers the possibility of low-cost long-distance missions, impossible for any other type of conventional spacecraft. The book provides a detailed account of solar sailing, at a high technical level but in a way accessible to the scientifically informed layman. Solar sail orbital dynamics and solar radiation pressure form the foundations of the book, but the engineering design of solar sails is also considered, along with potential mission applications. This book introduces the subject and at the same time provides a technical reference source.
KW - solar sails
KW - spacecraft
KW - space flight
KW - propulsion systems
KW - astronautics
UR - http://www.springer.com/astronomy/space+exploration/book/978-3-540-21062-7
M3 - Book
SN - 185233102X
T3 - Springer-Praxis Series in Space Science and Technology
BT - Solar Sailing: Technology, Dynamics and Mission Applications
PB - Springer
ER -