Overview
Describes the various fields of application of astronautics and the underlying technology
Written on a level understandable for non-specialists
Provides an outlook on the future of this fascinating field
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Table of contents (14 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Space: Beyond the Horizon
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Looking down: our Earth
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Looking up: Stars and Planets
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Between Space and Earth
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Space as a Laboratory
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Any Limits?
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Back Matter
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Reviews
From the reviews:
"This ambitious book attempts, with much success, to answer the question ‘why accept the costs and risks associated with space activity?’ It provides a comprehensive look both at the capabilities that have been developed to allow humans to access space and at the wide variety of activities enabled by those capabilities. … an excellent introduction to space science and technology for an advanced undergraduate or beginning graduate student. … Berndt Feuerbacher and Heinz Stoewer are to be commended … ." (John M. Logsdon, Space Policy, Vol. 22 (2), 2006)
"This handsome 400 page hardback volume is a collection of fourteen review articles … . The articles are organized into six sections covering general aspects of access to space … . The book is heavily illustrated throughout with colour images and graphics, adding to the quality feel … . Each article has a comprehensive list of references plus web references where relevant. … a comprehensive review of the importance of space based exploration on our understanding of the solar system and our Universe." (Roger Feasey, AAS Journal, February, 2007)
"This book aims ‘to serve as a single, authoritative reference covering the state of the art and future developments in the various dimensions of scientific and application oriented activities in space.’ In this … aim I think it has been broadly successful. … All the chapters are competently written by experts in their respective fields … . The illustrations are good and up-to-date … . I am happy to recommend it for university and technical libraries, and for scientists and engineers … ." (Ian Crawford, The Observatory, Vol. 126 (1193), 2006)
"The editors of this book attempted – and to a large extent succeeded – to provide a single reference volume for the wide topic of space sciences and space utilization … . The book can serve as an overview and a helpful reference for a wide audience of graduate students and researchers as well as interested non-specialists. … All in all, this is a well-balanced and informative book, which I would recommend it to those who look for ‘global’ information in a single volume on space applications." (Ioannis A. Daglis, www.the-eggs.org, Issue 20, June, 2007)
Editors and Affiliations
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Utilization of Space
Book Subtitle: Today and Tomorrow
Editors: Berndt Feuerbacher, Heinz Stoewer
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-29970-X
Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg
eBook Packages: Engineering, Engineering (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2006
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-642-06437-1Published: 12 February 2010
eBook ISBN: 978-3-540-29970-7Published: 06 March 2006
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XX, 410
Number of Illustrations: 315 b/w illustrations
Topics: Aerospace Technology and Astronautics, Communications Engineering, Networks, Astronomy, Astrophysics and Cosmology, Geophysics/Geodesy, Condensed Matter Physics, Automotive Engineering
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