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Commercial opportunities in space [electronic resource] / edited by F. Shahrokhi, C.C. Chao, K.E. Harwell.
- Format:
- Book
- Conference/Event
- Author/Creator:
- Symposium on Commercial Opportunities in Space: Roles of Developing Countries, Corporate Author.
- Conference Name:
- Symposium on Commercial Opportunities in Space: Roles of Developing Countries (1987 : Taipei, Taiwan)
- Symposium on Commercial Opportunities in Space: Roles of Developing Countries
- Series:
- Progress in astronautics and aeronautics ; v. 110.
- Progress in astronautics and aeronautics ; v. 110
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Space industrialization--Congresses.
- Space industrialization.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (553 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Washington, D.C. : American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Inc., c1988.
- Language Note:
- English
- Contents:
- ""Cover""; ""Title""; ""Copyright""; ""Table of Contents""; ""Preface""; ""Chapter I. Space Platforms""; ""Perspectives in Space Transportation""; ""U.S. Laboratory Module: Its Capabilities and Accommodations to Support User Payloads""; ""ARIES: The Ariane 5 Extended Stage for Orbital Transfer and Rendezvous""; ""Columbus Operations: Planning and Execution""; ""Computer-Aided Conceptual Design and Cost Modeling of Space Transportation Systems""; ""The Techniques of Manned On-Orbit Assembly""; ""On the Orbiter Based Construction of the Space Station and Associated Dynamics""
- ""Space Transportation: Options and Opportunities""""Chapter II. Material Processing and Fluid Mechanics in Microgravity""; ""Space Processing of Metals and Alloys""; ""Economics and Rationale for Material Processing Using Free-Flying Platforms""; ""Commercial Prospects for Bioprocessing in Space""; ""Electronic Materials Processing and the Microgravity Environment""; ""Containerless Science for Materials Processing""; ""Kinetic of the Soret Effect and Its Measurement Under Microgravity Conditions""; ""Chapter III. Satellite Communication""
- ""Communication Satellite Technology Development Survey""""Design Considerations for Multibeam Frequency Re-Use Maritime Mobile Satellite System""; ""The Distress Radio Call System and First Results of the Preoperational Demonstration""; ""Integrated Mobile Services in Selected Areas""; ""Galactic Communication with Small Duty Cycles""; ""Advanced Technological Aspects of a Wideband Communications Satellite for Europe""; ""Communication Satellite and Related Advanced Technologies in Japan""; ""Chapter IV. Remote Sensing""
- ""Transportable Tracking and Receiving Station for Polar Orbiting Remote Sensing Satellites""""Application of Landsat MSS and TM Data to Geological Resource Exploration""; ""The Landsat Sensors: EOSAT's Plans for Landsats 6 and 7""; ""Alternatives for Mapping from Satellites""; ""JEOS: A Low-Cost Approach to Earth Observations""; ""Second-Generation MOMS: A Low-Cost and Flexible Instrument with Stereoscopic and Multispectral Modes for Developing Countries""; ""Typology of Lagoba: Ngooxoor's Landscapes (Saalum's Estuary) Using Data from Spot 1 Satellite""; ""Chapter V. Propulsion In Space""
- ""Propulsion for the Space Station""""Space Shuttle RCS Plumes: Radiation and Temperature Measurement on Mission 51-G""; ""Light Weight Electrostatic Generator for Aerospace and Other Uses: Cylindrical Parametric Generator""; ""Chapter VI. Lunar Activities""; ""Lunar-Based Energy and Power Systems""; ""Concrete for Lunar Base Construction""; ""Physical Properties of Concrete Made with Apollo 16 Lunar Soil Sample""; ""Author Index for Volume 110""
- Notes:
- "Technical papers selected from the Symposium on Commercial Opportunities in Space : Roles of Developing Countries, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China, April 1987, and subsequently revised for this volume."
- Symposium sponsored by the University of Tennessee Space Institute and others.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-60086-585-2
- 1-60086-366-3
- OCLC:
- 922978976
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