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Spaceplanes : from airport to spaceport
- Title
- Spaceplanes : from airport to spaceport / Matthew A. Bentley.
- Author
- Bentley, Matthew A.
- Publication
- New York ; London : Springer, 2009.
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- Description
- xviii, 238 pages : illustrations (some color); 24 cm
- Subjects
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- 1. Rocketplanes at the Airport -- 2. Why Spaceplanes? -- 3. Rocket Science: Wings Added -- 4. Missiles and Modules -- 5. Crawling into Suborbit: The Baby Spaceplane -- 6. Going Ballistic -- 7. Piggyback to Orbit -- 8. Advanced Propulsion -- 9. Single Stage to Orbit: The Advanced Spaceplane -- 10. Destination Moon: The Lunar Spaceplane -- 11. Strategies for Success -- 12. Spaceplanes at the Spaceport -- Appendix A. Glossary -- Appendix B. Spaceplane Mathematics -- Appendix C. Spaceplane Timeline -- Appendix D. Spaceplane Data.
- ISBN
- 0387765093 (pbk.)
- 9780387765099 (pbk.)
- LCCN
- 40016354644
- OCLC
- 231895222
- ocn231895222
- SCSB-5454209
- Owning Institutions
- Columbia University Libraries