Space Shuttle guidance problems, solar power satellites, space law, satellite communications, space medicine, and engineering of large space systems are discussed. Topics of the papers include biological experiments designed for the Space Shuttle, an optimized guidance law for Space Shuttle re-entry, aircraft propulsion based on laser energy, industrial materials available in the lunar soil, health programs for a solar power satellite construction team, closed life support systems for large habitats in space, the advantages of a manned mission to Mars, the interpretation of radar imagery of Venus, a cost analysis for the satellite power system, and the geological history of Mars.
The future United States space program; Proceedings of the Twenty-fifth Anniversary Conference, Houston, Tex., October 30-November 2, 1978. Parts 1 & 2
The future United States space program; Twenty-fifth Anniversary Conference ; 1978 ; Houston, TX
1979-01-01
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