Deep space propulsion : a roadmap to interstellar flight
This text reviews the many reasons for exploring our stellar neighbours using robotic probes, and closely examines new technologies for constructing space probes that can traverse the enormous distances between the stars
xxi, 367 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm
9781461406068, 9781461406075, 1461406064, 1461406072
781470379
1. Reaching for the Stars
2. The Dream of Flight and the Vision of Tomorrow
3. Fundamental Limitations to Achieving Interstellar Flight
4. Aviation: The Pursuit of Speed, Distance, Altitude, and Height
5. Astronautics: The Development and Science of Rockets
6. Exploring the Solar System and Beyond
7. Exploring Other Solar Systems
8. Solar System Explorers: Historical Spacecraft
9. Electric and Nuclear-Based Propulsion
10. Sails and Beams
11. Nuclear Fusion Propulsion
12. External Nuclear Pulse Propulsion
13. Towards Relativistic Propulsion: Antimatter and the Interstellar Ramjet
14. Aerospace Design Principles in Interstellar Flight
15. The Scientific, Cultural and Economic Costs of Interstellar Flight
16. The Role of Speculative Science in Driving Technology
17. Realising the Technological Future and the Roadmap to the Stars
18. From Imagination to Reality