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579 pgs, 1997, AIAA
ISBN 978-1563471889 A detailed global overview of the future of space travel and exploration.
Looks at how air and space travel will adapt to the requirements of a growing, migrating Earth population. The book reports the latest experimental research and potential applications for new systems and vehicles, illustrated with up-to-date artists' renderings, color plates, and more than 200 figures and tables.
TABLE OF CONTENTS - Perspectives on Future Systems
- Short-Haul Aircraft-Rotorcraft, Commuters, and General Aviation Aircraft
- Large Subsonic Transports and Military Aircraft
- Supersonic Aircraft-High-Speed Civil Transports and High-Performance Aircraft
- Stratospheric Aircraft, Blimps, Balloons, and Long Endurance Vehicles
- Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
- Airbreathing Hypersonic Aircraft and Transatmospheric Vehicles
- Future Space Transportation Systems and Launch Vehicles
- Spacecraft for Solar System Exploration
- Lunar and Mars Outposts and Habitats
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