The Guide to Space Travel
Subtitle: A Comprehensive Space Flight Manual
Publisher: New Burlington Books
Published: 1985
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 208
Notes: A QUARTO BOOK
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Published by
New Burlington Books
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Filmset in Britain by Abettatype Ltd, London
Colour illustrations originated in Britain by Scankolor, Ilkley
Printed in Hong Kong
Table of contents: label: 6
title: Preface; title: SECTION 1: MISSION PREPARATION; label: 8
title: Introduction; label: 10
title: The Extra-terrestrial; label: 12
title: Spacesuits/A history; label: 14
title: Spacesuits/Undergarments; label: 16
title: Tools; label: 18
title: Personal Equipment; label: 20
title: EVA/Planetary; label: 22
title: EVA/Space; label: 26
title: Training; label: 32
title: Medical; label: 34
title: Psychology; label: 36
title: Food; label: 40
title: Waste Management; label: 42
title: Photography; label: 48
title: Space Law; title: SECTION 2: HARDWARE AND SPACECRAFT; label: 50
title: Introduction; label: 52
title: Pioneers; label: 54
title: Pre-Apollo; label: 58
title: Apollo; label: 62
title: Vostok and Voskhod; label: 64
title: Soyuz; label: 66
title: ASTP; label: 68
title: Skylab; label: 72
title: Shuttle; label: 82
title: Shuttle Derivatives; label: 84
title: OTV Spacetugs; label: 86
title: Ion Rocket; label: 88
title: Nuclear-thermal rocket; label: 90
title: Mass Driver; label: 92
title: Solar Sails; label: 94
title: Nuclear Pulse Rockets; label: 98
title: Ramjet; label: 100
title: Lunar Module; label: 102
title: Lunar Landers; label: 104
title: Space Colonies; label: 106
title: Lunar Rover; label: 110
title: Advanced Rovers; label: 114
title: Power Systems; title: SECTION 3: CONTROL AND GUIDANCE; label: 116
title: Introduction; label: 118
title: Orbital Mechanics; label: 120
title: Flight Profiles; label: 122
title: Launch/Encounter; label: 124
title: Orbital Manoeuvres; label: 126
title: Attitude Control; label: 128
title: Guidance Systems; label: 130
title: Observation; label: 136
title: Control Panels; label: 138
title: Field Guide; title: SECTION 4: GEOGRAPHY OF SPACE; label: 144
title: Introduction; label: 146
title: Overview; label: 148
title: Basic Facts; label: 150
title: Seven Wonders; label: 152
title: Historic Sites; label: 154
title: Hazards; label: 156
title: Solar Space; label: 160
title: Mercury; label: 162
title: Venus; label: 166
title: Earth Space; label: 172
title: Mars; label: 180
title: Asteroid Belt; label: 182
title: Jupiter; label: 190
title: Saturn; label: 192
title: Uranus/Neptune/Pluto; label: 194
title: High-G Events; label: 196
title: Chronology; label: 200
title: Glossary and Index