Human Spaceflight: Mission Analysis and DesignWiley J. Larson, Linda K. Pranke This book is intended as a textbook for either introductory graduate or advanced undergraduate courses, or as a reference for those already working on the design of human space systems. It provides supplementary information for related courses such as spacecraft design, space station design, or mission operations. Opening chapters examine human space mission design, hazards and effects of the space environment, and surface environments of Mars and the Moon. Several chapters examine human factors and physiological, psychological, and safety issues related to space flight. Another group of chapters examines orbit selection and astrodynamics; entry, descent, landing, and ascent; designing and sizing space elements; transfer, entry, landing, and ascent vehicles; designing, sizing, and integrating a surface base; planetary surface vehicles; and in-situ resources. Chapters related to human engineering include thermal control, environmental control and life support systems, and crew accommodations. Spacecraft design topics include altitude determination and control, designing power systems, structures, extravehicular activity, space robotics, and propulsion systems. Mission-related chapters examine selecting launch and transfer vehicles; mission operations for crewed spaceflight; command, control, and communications architecture; space logistics support; estimating the cost of crewed space systems; international crewed missions; and a Mars mission design example. |
Contents
Designing Human Space Missions | 17 |
The Space EnvironmentHazards and Effects | 53 |
Surface Environments | 77 |
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activities aerobraking aerocapture aerodynamic analysis apoapsis Apollo architecture ascent astronauts atmosphere attitude Center Chap configuration constraints cost crew crew's crewmembers define descent Earth electrolysis energy Engineering entry environment equation equipment estimate example factors flight fuel cells functions gravity habitat hardware heat human human spaceflight integrated International Space Station Johnson Space Center landing launch vehicle loads logistics lunar base maneuver Mars Martian mass microgravity micrometeoroids mission concept mission duration mission objectives mission operations module Moon NASA options orbit oxygen parafoil parameters payload performance periapsis phase planning pressure propellant propulsion radiation regolith requirements resupply robotic rover safety sensors Shuttle Skylab solar arrays space element space missions spacecraft specific impulse stage structure subsystems Table temperature thermal control thrusters torque trajectory transfer typical vector vehicle's velocity volume Δυ
References to this book
Space Technology and Applications International Forum--STAIF 2003 ... Mohamed S. El-Genk No preview available - 2003 |