LSC CPS1 Understanding Space: An Introduction to Astronautics, Third Edition
An excellent primer for the serious space enthusiast. The reader will need more than a passing familiarity with algebraic concepts, but this book is written in textbook format -- what the heck, it IS a textbook! If anyone ever planned to launch a satellite from their own backyard, this is the book that will guide them. Want to be an engineer-physicist? Want to be an astronaut? This is the book for you--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.