Space Handbook: Astronautics and Its Applications, Staff Report of the Select Committee on Astronautics and Space Exploration

Abstract

Astronautics and its applications, Technology in the space environment, Rocket vehicles, propulsion systems, propellants, internal power sources, structures and materials, flight path and orientation control, guidance, communication, observation and tracking, atmospheric flight...

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 26, 1960
Accession Number
ADA286688

Entities

People

  • C. M. Crain
  • M. H. Davis
  • R. H. Frick
  • R. L. Bjork
  • R. T. Gabler
  • Robert W. Buchheim
  • S. H. Dole
  • S. T. Cohen
  • T. B. Garber
  • T. I. Edwards

Organizations

  • RAND Corporation

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Artificial Satellites
  • Astronautics
  • Cameras
  • Chemical Synthesis
  • Chemistry
  • Electromagnetic Metamaterials
  • Engineers
  • Geography
  • Materials Laboratories
  • Materials Processing
  • Materials Science
  • Medical Personnel
  • Photographs
  • Photography
  • Quantum Yields
  • Rocket Engines
  • Spacecraft Orbits

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Aerospace Test and Evaluation
  • Missile Defense Systems.
  • Systems Analysis and Design

Technology Areas

  • Space
  • Space - Hall-Effect Thruster
  • Space - Spacecraft Maneuvers