NASA space science vision missions / edited by Marc Allen.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Allen, Marc S.

American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics.

United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration.

Series:

Progress in astronautics and aeronautics ; v. 224.

Progress in astronautics and aeronautics ; v. 224

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Outer space--Exploration--United States.

Outer space.

Physical Description:

xix, 434 p. : ill.

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Reston, Va. : American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Inc., c2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Loaded with ideas that take your breath away, this collection of possible future missions includes such techniques as solar sails, remote sensing instruments on Saturn, nuclear electric propulsion, magnetic activity measurement devices and a telescope designed to find and analyze the chemical history of earth and other structures. Clearly cognizant of technology investment planning, the contributors of these 12 essays nevertheless describe their biggest and most ambitious ideas, from the Solar Polar Imager to the Titan Explorer (for Saturn's moon Titan), Neptune Orbiter (probing and landing on Neptune) a nuclear-powered interstellar probe that will leave the heliosphere, the Stellar Imager (stars), the Modern Universe Space Telescope, the single aperture far infrared observatory, a kilometer-baseline far-infrared/submillimeter interferometer in space, the Generation-X vision mission, and the advanced Compton Telescope mission. Investors and dreamers, take note.

Contents:

Solar polar imager : observing solar activity from a new perspective / P.C. Liewer ... [et al.]

Titan Explorer : the next step in the exploration of a mysterious world / Joel S. Levine and Henry S. Wright

A Neptune orbiter with probes mission with aerocapture orbit insertion / Andrew P. Ingersoll, Thomas R. Spilker

Neptune orbiter, probe, and Triton lander mission / Bernard Bienstock ... [et al.]

Leaving the heliosphere : a nuclear-powered interstellar probe / T.H. Zurbuchen ... [et al.]

The stellar image / Kenneth G. Carpenter, Carolus J. Schrijver, Margarita Karovska

The modern universe space telescope / James C. Green, Dennis Ebbetts

The single aperture for infrared observatory / The SAFIR Consortium

A kilometer-baseline far-infrared/submillimeter interferometer in space / The SPECS Consortium

Generation-X vision mission / Roger J. Brissenden ... [et al.]

The advanced Compton telescope mission / The ACT Consortium

Vision mission technology / Stephen L. Prusha.

Notes:

"Published in partnership with NASA"--P. [4] of cover.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

ISBN:

1-60086-692-1

1-60086-473-2

OCLC:

922979110