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Author Symposium on Commercial Opportunities in Space: Roles of Developing Countries (1987 : Taipei, Taiwan)

Title Commercial opportunities in space / edited by F. Shahrokhi, C.C. Chao, K.E. Harwell
Published Washington, D.C. : American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, ©1988

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Description 1 online resource (xviii, 534 pages) : illustrations
Series Progress in astronautics and aeronautics ; v. 110
Progress in astronautics and aeronautics ; v. 110.
Contents Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Table of Contents -- Preface -- Chapter I. Space Platforms -- Perspectives in Space Transportation -- U.S. Laboratory Module: Its Capabilities and Accommodations to Support User Payloads -- ARIES: The Ariane 5 Extended Stage for Orbital Transfer and Rendezvous -- Columbus Operations: Planning and Execution -- Computer-Aided Conceptual Design and Cost Modeling of Space Transportation Systems -- The Techniques of Manned On-Orbit Assembly -- On the Orbiter Based Construction of the Space Station and Associated Dynamics
Space Transportation: Options and OpportunitiesChapter II. Material Processing and Fluid Mechanics in Microgravity -- Space Processing of Metals and Alloys -- Economics and Rationale for Material Processing Using Free-Flying Platforms -- Commercial Prospects for Bioprocessing in Space -- Electronic Materials Processing and the Microgravity Environment -- Containerless Science for Materials Processing -- Kinetic of the Soret Effect and Its Measurement Under Microgravity Conditions -- Chapter III. Satellite Communication
Communication Satellite Technology Development SurveyDesign Considerations for Multibeam Frequency Re-Use Maritime Mobile Satellite System -- The Distress Radio Call System and First Results of the Preoperational Demonstration -- Integrated Mobile Services in Selected Areas -- Galactic Communication with Small Duty Cycles -- Advanced Technological Aspects of a Wideband Communications Satellite for Europe -- Communication Satellite and Related Advanced Technologies in Japan -- Chapter IV. Remote Sensing
Transportable Tracking and Receiving Station for Polar Orbiting Remote Sensing SatellitesApplication of Landsat MSS and TM Data to Geological Resource Exploration -- The Landsat Sensors: EOSAT's Plans for Landsats 6 and 7 -- Alternatives for Mapping from Satellites -- JEOS: A Low-Cost Approach to Earth Observations -- Second-Generation MOMS: A Low-Cost and Flexible Instrument with Stereoscopic and Multispectral Modes for Developing Countries -- Typology of Lagoba: Ngooxoor's Landscapes (Saalum's Estuary) Using Data from Spot 1 Satellite -- Chapter V. Propulsion In Space
Propulsion for the Space StationSpace Shuttle RCS Plumes: Radiation and Temperature Measurement on Mission 51-G -- Light Weight Electrostatic Generator for Aerospace and Other Uses: Cylindrical Parametric Generator -- Chapter VI. Lunar Activities -- Lunar-Based Energy and Power Systems -- Concrete for Lunar Base Construction -- Physical Properties of Concrete Made with Apollo 16 Lunar Soil Sample -- Author Index for Volume 110
Notes "Technical papers selected from the Symposium on Commercial Opportunities in Space : Roles of Developing Countries, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China, April 1987, and subsequently revised for this volume."
Symposium sponsored by the University of Tennessee Space Institute and others
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Subject Space industrialization -- Congresses
Space industrialization
Genre/Form proceedings (reports)
Conference papers and proceedings
Conference papers and proceedings.
Actes de congrès.
Form Electronic book
Author Shahrokhi, F
Chao, C. C. (Chi-Chang), 1923-
Harwell, K. E
University of Tennessee (System). Space Institute.
LC no. 88012280
ISBN 9781600863660
1600863663