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Prospects for interstellar travel
- Title
- Prospects for interstellar travel / by John H. Mauldin.
- Author
- Mauldin, John H.
- Publication
- San Diego, Calif. : Published for the American Astronautical Society by Univelt, 1992.
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Details
- Additional Authors
- American Astronautical Society.
- Description
- xx, 370 pages : illustrations; 25 cm.
- Summary
- A detailed introduction is presented to the problems of interstellar space travel. The general topics discussed include: basics of travel in space, advanced propulsion methods; relativity and interstellar travel; relativistic drives and problems; starships as systems; missions; astrogation, observation, and communication; technological requirements and hazards; biological requirements; personal, social, and political considerations; interstellar life and civilizations; long-term prospects.
- Series Statement
- Science and technology series, 0278-4017 ; v. 80
- Uniform Title
- AAS science and technology series ; v. 80.
- Subject
- Interstellar travel > Popular works
- Space flight > Popular works
- Interstellar travel
- Space flight
- Weltraum
- Reise
- Zukunft
- Extraterrestrial life
- Interstellar travel
- Propulsion system performance
- Relativistic theory
- Space technology experiments
- Space transportation
- Closed ecological systems
- Energy sources
- Ion propulsion
- Light beams
- Long duration space flight
- Manned space flight
- Mission planning
- Nuclear fission
- Nuclear fusion
- Operational hazards
- Radiation damage
- Radiation shielding
- Solar generators
- Solar sails
- Swingby technique
- EXTRATERRESTRIAL ENVIRONS
- Space exploration
- Interstellar spacecraft
- Astronavigation
- Deep space
- Matter-antimatter propulsion
- Interplanetary voyages > Popular works
- Genre/Form
- Popular works
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 341-363) and index.
- Contents
- Introduction to interstellar travel -- Basics of travel in space -- Advanced propulsion methods -- Relativity and interstellar travel -- Relativistic drives and problems -- Starships as systems -- Missions -- Astrogation, observation, and communication -- Technological requirements and hazards -- Biological requirements -- Personal, social, and political considerations -- Interstellar life and civilizations -- Long-term prospects -- Mathematical appendices.
- ISBN
- 0877033447
- 9780877033448
- 0877033455
- 9780877033455
- 0877033463
- 9780877033462
- LCCN
- 93124237
- OCLC
- ocm26024045
- 26024045
- SCSB-9293001
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library