Spaceplanes
Subtitle: from airport to spaceport
By: Matthew A. Bentley.
Publisher: Springer
Published: 2009
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 238
ISBN-13: 9780387765099
Subjects: Aerospace planes; Aerospace planes -- Design and construction; Space tourism; Space flight; Outer space -- Exploration
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Rocketplanes at the airport; title: Why spaceplanes?; title: Rocket science: wings added; title: Missiles and modules; title: Crawling into suborbit: the baby spaceplace; title: Going ballistic; title: Piggyback to orbit; title: Advanced propulsion; title: Single stage to orbit: the advanced spaceplace; title: Destination moon: the lunar spaceplane; title: Strategies for success; title: Spaceplanes at the spaceport.