Deep Space Propulsion
A Roadmap to Interstellar Flight
(Sprache: Englisch)
The technology of the next few decades could possibly allow us to explore with robotic probes the closest stars outside our Solar System, and maybe even observe some of the recently discovered planets circling these stars. This book looks at the reasons for...
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The technology of the next few decades could possibly allow us to explore with robotic probes the closest stars outside our Solar System, and maybe even observe some of the recently discovered planets circling these stars. This book looks at the reasons for exploring our stellar neighbors and at the technologies we are developing to build space probes that can traverse the enormous distances between the stars.
In order to reach the nearest stars, we must first develop a propulsion technology that would take our robotic probes there in a reasonable time. Such propulsion technology has radically different requirements from conventional chemical rockets, because of the enormous distances that must be crossed. Surprisingly, many propulsion schemes for interstellar travel have been suggested and await only practical engineering solutions and the political will to make them a reality. This is a result of the tremendous advances in astrophysics that have been made in recent decades and the perseverance and imagination of tenacious theoretical physicists. This book explores these different propulsion schemes - all based on current physics - and the challenges they present to physicists, engineers, and space exploration entrepreneurs.
This book will be helpful to anyone who really wants to understand the principles behind and likely future course of interstellar travel and who wants to recognizes the distinctions between pure fantasy (such as Star Trek's 'warp drive') and methods that are grounded in real physics and offer practical technological solutions for exploring the stars in the decades to come.
In order to reach the nearest stars, we must first develop a propulsion technology that would take our robotic probes there in a reasonable time. Such propulsion technology has radically different requirements from conventional chemical rockets, because of the enormous distances that must be crossed. Surprisingly, many propulsion schemes for interstellar travel have been suggested and await only practical engineering solutions and the political will to make them a reality. This is a result of the tremendous advances in astrophysics that have been made in recent decades and the perseverance and imagination of tenacious theoretical physicists. This book explores these different propulsion schemes - all based on current physics - and the challenges they present to physicists, engineers, and space exploration entrepreneurs.
This book will be helpful to anyone who really wants to understand the principles behind and likely future course of interstellar travel and who wants to recognizes the distinctions between pure fantasy (such as Star Trek's 'warp drive') and methods that are grounded in real physics and offer practical technological solutions for exploring the stars in the decades to come.
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The technology of the next few decades could possibly allow us to explore with robotic probes the closest stars outside our Solar System, and maybe even observe some of the recently discovered planets circling these stars. This book looks at the reasons for exploring our stellar neighbors and at the technologies we are developing to build space probes that can traverse the enormous distances between the stars.In order to reach the nearest stars, we must first develop a propulsion technology that would take our robotic probes there in a reasonable time. Such propulsion technology has radically different requirements from conventional chemical rockets, because of the enormous distances that must be crossed. Surprisingly, many propulsion schemes for interstellar travel have been suggested and await only practical engineering solutions and the political will to make them a reality. This is a result of the tremendous advances in astrophysics that have been made in recent decades and the perseverance and imagination of tenacious theoretical physicists. This book explores these different propulsion schemes - all based on current physics - and the challenges they present to physicists, engineers, and space exploration entrepreneurs.
This book will be helpful to anyone who really wants to understand the principles behind and likely future course of interstellar travel and who wants to recognizes the distinctions between pure fantasy (such as Star Trek's 'warp drive') and methods that are grounded in real physics and offer practical technological solutions for exploring the stars in the decades to come.
Inhaltsverzeichnis zu „Deep Space Propulsion “
Foreword.- Preface.- Acknowledgements.- Introduction to Interstellar Flight.- Aircraft, Rockets and Interplanetary Travel.- Exploring the Solar System.- Exploring the Outer Reaches - Pluto and Beyond.- Robotic Missions to the Stars.- Electric Propulsion Methods - Static, Thermal, and Magnetic.- Nuclear Propulsion Methods - Fission, Fusion, and Antimatter.- Beams, Sails, and Scopes.- Aerospace Design Principles in Interstellar Flight.- Interstellar Ships - Historical Design Concepts.- The Scientific, Cultural, and Economic Returns of Interstellar Flight.- The Role of Speculative Fiction in Driving Technology.- Realizing the Technological Future and the Roadmap to the Stars.- Epilogue: A Vision for the Future.- Bibliography.- Appendices.
Autoren-Porträt von K. F. Long
Kelvin Long was born in Cambridge, England in 1974. He graduated with a Bachelor of Aerospace Engineering degree, and later with a Master of Astrophysics, both from Queen Mary College University of London. He currently works as a Physicist in the Defense industry within the field of computational modeling of high temperature plasma physics. He was presented papers at various international conferences in the UK and the US. He is also a part-time Physics and Space Science lecturer within the School of Continuing Education, University of Reading. He has published numerous papers and articles on the subject of astrophysics and space exploration in Spaceflight, Astronomy Now, and Journal of the British Interplanetary Society. He is a Fellow of the Royal Astronomical Society, Chartered Physicist, Member Planetary Society, Member American Institute Aeronautics & Astronautics, and a Fellow of the British Interplanetary Society, serving as a Corresponding Member of the Technical and Programme committees.
Bibliographische Angaben
- Autor: K. F. Long
- 2011, XXI, 367 Seiten, 22 farbige Abbildungen, Maße: 15,5 x 23,5 cm, Kartoniert (TB), Englisch
- Verlag: Springer, Berlin
- ISBN-10: 1461406064
- ISBN-13: 9781461406068
- Erscheinungsdatum: 24.11.2011
Sprache:
Englisch
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From the reviews:"Kelvin has taken the reader from the basic, simple principles of reaction propulsion ... and on to the exotic world of deep-space journeys. ... The most valuable aspect of this book is that it never bucks difficult issues ... . If there is one book from which to gather all essential aspects of deep-space propulsion and stellar transportation systems this is it. It is both required reading and an essential reference ... . useful for the layreader and the professional." (Spaceflight, Vol. 54 (7), July, 2012)
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From the book reviews:"This is a readable, insightful and personal history of interstellar travel thinking with a focus on propulsion ... . each chapter has an 'introduction' providing a short overview of the chapter while the 'practice exercises' at the end are to stimulate discussion. ... The theoretical background presented here by Long deserves to be read and the bibliography deserves to be considered as a starting point for anyone interested in these topics. The colour illustrations are very helpful." (Anders Hansson, The Aeronautical Journal, November, 2014)"Kelvin has taken the reader from the basic, simple principles of reaction propulsion ... and on to the exotic world of deep-space journeys. ... The most valuable aspect of this book is that it never bucks difficult issues ... . If there is one book from which to gather all essential aspects of deep-space propulsion and stellar transportation systems this is it. It is both required reading and an essential reference ... . useful for the layreader and the professional." (Spaceflight, Vol. 54 (7), July, 2012)
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