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Spacecraft trajectory optimization
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Bruce A. Conway |
"This is a long-overdue volume dedicated to space trajectory optimization. Interest in the subject has grown, as space missions of increasing levels of sophistication, complexity, and scientific retu… |
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Advanced control of aircraft, spacecraft, and rockets
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Ashish Tewari |
"Advanced Control of Aircraft, Missiles and Spacecraft introduces the reader to the concepts of modern control theory applied to the design and analysis of general flight control systems in a concise… |
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Basic helicopter aerodynamics
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John M. Seddon |
"Basic Helicopter Aerodynamics, now in its third edition, is widely appreciated as an easily accessible, rounded introduction to the first principles of the aerodynamics of helicopter flight. Concent… |
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The Wright Brothers
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David McCullough |
Two-time winner of the Pulitzer Prize David McCullough tells the dramatic story of the courageous brothers who taught the world how to fly. On a winter day in 1903, on the remote Outer Banks of North… |
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Faster, Better, Cheaper
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Howard E. McCurdy |
"Space exploration has always been one of the country's most expensive undertakings. The first moon landing cost $21 billion in 1969 dollars. The International Space Station currently under construct… |
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Space wars
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Willliam Scott,Michael Coumatos,William Birnes,Scott, Bill |
Michael J. Coumatos is a former U.S. Navy test pilot, ship's captain, and commodore; U.S. Space Command director of wargaming; and a government counterterrorism advisor. William Scott is a retired bu… |
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Moon launch!
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Charles D. Benson,William B. Faherty,William Barnaby Faherty |
"The one thing for which this century will be remembered 500 years from now was: This was the century when we began the exploration of space."--Arthur M. Schlesinger
Tributes to Moonport: A Histor… |
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Spacecraft Sensors
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Mohamed M Abid |
Spacecraft Sensors, the first of its kind, offers a comprehensive review of many aspects and intricacies of sensors used in the spacecraft industry. It covers sensor development from concept, design… |
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Aircraft flight
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R. H. Barndard,D. R. Philpott,R.H. Barnard,D.R. Philpott,R. H. Barnard |
Aircraft Flight will prove invaluable to anyone working or planning a career in the aircraft industry. For students of aeronautical engineering, it contains all the descriptive material necessary for… |
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