Space Systems TechnologyRegis D. Heitchue |
Contents
Flight Control W K Waymeyer and R W Sporing | 46 |
Propulsion R B Canright | 89 |
Life Sciences R L Batterton | 139 |
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acceleration alloys aluminum antenna atmosphere axial batteries bending beryllium block diagram Bode plot Brayton cycle cabin carbon chamber chemical CO₂ components condensing control system crew cycle systems density duration dynamic effects efficiency electrical electrolyte electrons energy engine equation factor flight flow fluid flux frequency fuel cell function gases heat exchanger heat rejection hydrogen insulation ionization isotope launch vehicle limit liquid propellant loads loop materials maximum mercury meteoroid micrometeoroid mission mode modulation neutron nonlinear nozzle nuclear operating orbit oxide oxygen parameters phase plasma accelerator power system pressure propellant rocket propulsion system psia Pump radiation Rankine cycle ratio reaction reactor rotation Sabatier reaction shown in Figure sloshing solar cell solid propellant space vehicle spacecraft specific impulse stage storage stress structure subsystems techniques temperature thermal thermionic thermoelectric thrust thruster tion titanium turbine typical Valve vapor velocity voltage weight welded zero