How spacecraft fly
Subtitle: spaceflight without formulae
By: Graham Swinerd.
Publisher: Copernicus Books; In association with Praxis Pub.
Published: 2008
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 268
ISBN-13: 9780387765716
Subjects: Space flight -- Popular works; Astronautics -- Popular works
Genres: Popular works
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: A brief history of space; title: Basic orbits; title: Real orbits; title: Beyond circles and ellipses; title: Getting to orbit; title: Something about environment; title: Spacecraft design; title: Subsystem design : I like your attitude; title: More subsystem design; title: Space in the 21st century; title: Space : the final frontier?