LEADER 03585nam 22006255 450 001 9910921009603321 005 20250806170414.0 010 $a9783031576966 010 $a3031576969 024 7 $a10.1007/978-3-031-57696-6 035 $a(CKB)37133703200041 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC31875341 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL31875341 035 $a(DE-He213)978-3-031-57696-6 035 $a(OCoLC)1485006248 035 $a(EXLCZ)9937133703200041 100 $a20250103d2025 u| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aJourney to The Planets $eThe Technology to Build a Spacefaring Civilization /$fby Giancarlo Genta 205 $a1st ed. 2025. 210 1$aCham :$cSpringer Nature Switzerland :$cImprint: Springer,$d2025. 215 $a1 online resource (586 pages) 225 1 $aSpace Technology Library,$x2542-8896 ;$v43 311 08$a9783031576959 311 08$a3031576950 327 $a1. Introduction: building a spacefaring civilization -- 2. The solar system -- 3. Propulsion for interplanetary journeys -- 4. Point-to-point motion in field-free space -- 5. Leaving Earth -- 6. Interplanetary travel: impulsive approximation -- 7. Interplanetary travel: continuous thrust -- 8. Orbit to orbit travel: continuous thrust -- 9. Trajectories in the Earth-Moon system -- 10. Travelling between extrasolar planets. 330 $aThis book gives an account, as little biased as possible, on human space missions beyond low Earth orbit in general, and specifically to the planets of the solar system. The importance of advanced propulsion is stressed and the mathematical methods needed to design missions based on them are described. The included computer code allows the user to assess the feasibility of the various missions using different propulsion systems and how advancements in propulsion can allow humankind to become a true spacefaring civilization. As opposite to the majority of books dealing with mission design, where the subject is usually dealt with in a highly mathematical way, here an attempt is made to avoid as much as possible the mathematical complexities and to focus on the practical aspects of the design. However, the equations needed to make numerical analysis and simulations of the missions are described and discussed. An original computer code is included in the book, and an appendix helps the reader to understand how to use it. The code is different from existing ones since its main aim is to be user friendly and to allow the user to make a preliminary design of interplanetary missions aimed to planets and their satellites, comets or asteroids. . 410 0$aSpace Technology Library,$x2542-8896 ;$v43 606 $aAerospace engineering 606 $aAstronautics 606 $aOuter space$xExploration 606 $aPlanetary science 606 $aAerospace Technology and Astronautics 606 $aSpace Exploration and Astronautics 606 $aPlanetary Science 615 0$aAerospace engineering. 615 0$aAstronautics. 615 0$aOuter space$xExploration. 615 0$aPlanetary science. 615 14$aAerospace Technology and Astronautics. 615 24$aSpace Exploration and Astronautics. 615 24$aPlanetary Science. 676 $a629.4 700 $aGenta$b Giancarlo$07967 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910921009603321 996 $aJourney to the Planets$94308354 997 $aUNINA