The Kerbal player's guide : the easiest way to launch a space program / / Jon Manning [et al.]

• Autore: Manning Jon
• Pubblicazione: Beijing : , : O'Reilly, , 2017; ©2017
• Edizione: First edition.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (427 pages) : illustrations
• Disciplina: 794.8753
• Soggetto topico: Computer flight games; Flight simulators - Computer programs; Space flight - Computer simulation
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Persona (resp. second.): NugentTim; FenwickPaul (Science educator); AllanAlasdair; Buttfield-AddisonParis
• Note generali: Includes index.
• Nota di contenuto: Copyright; Table of Contents; Preface; Audience; Organization of This Book; Part I; Part II; Part III; Conventions Used in This Book; Supplementary Material; O'Reilly Safari; How to Contact Us; Acknowledgments; Jon, Paris, and Tim; Alasdair Allan; Paul Fenwick; Part I. Getting Started; Chapter 1. You Will Go to Space Today; Getting Kerbal Space Program; Going to Space; Getting Started; Accepting a Mission; Building the World's Simplest Rocket; Launching the World's Simplest Rocket; What to Do Next; Chapter 2. Rockets!; Rocket Design; Design for Your Mission; Forces on Your Rockets; Shape Building a Rocket Vehicle Assembly Building; Rocket Parts; Connecting the Rocket; Remember the Mission; Getting Back Down; Summary; Chapter 3. Maneuvers; Launching into Orbit; The Launch Pad; Test Rocket: TKB-01 "Let's Hope This Works"; Launching the Rocket; Launching; Establishing an Orbit; Circularizing; Maneuver Nodes; Doing an EVA; Reentry; Landing (and Walking Away from It); Docking; Test Rocket TKB-DK-2: "In-Orbit Construction Is Totally in Now"; Rendezvous; Approach; Docking; Resource Management; Undocking; Summary; Chapter 4. Planes in Space; Heading Out for a Joyride Designing for Flight Aerodynamic Forces; Building a Plane; Designing Good Planes; Optimizing the Center of Lift; NiftyPlane 9000; Design; Taking It to Orbit; Summary; Chapter 5. The Worlds of Kerbal Space Program; Meet the Kerbals; A Space Tourist's Guide to the Kerbol System; Kerbol; Moho; Eve; Kerbin; Duna; Dres; Jool; Eeloo; Summary; Part II. Adventures in Space; Chapter 6. Running a Space Program; Resources in Career Mode; Upgrading Your Space Center; Science, Technology, and Research; Doing Science; Science and Situations; Mobile Processing Labs; Hiring Kerbonauts Kerbonaut Skills and Experience Taking Contracts; Managing Your Funds; Reputation; Strategies; Customizing Your Experience; Tips for Success; Chapter 7. Historical Reenactment; Sputnik 1 (First Satellite in Orbit); Design; Launch; Aftermath; Vostok 1 (First Human Space Flight); Design; Launch; Aftermath; Luna 9 (First Soft Landing of Probe on Moon); Design; Launch; Aftermath; Apollo 11 (First Crewed Moon Landing); Design; Launch; Rearranging the Ship; Landing on Mun; Returning Home; Aftermath; Apollo 15 (First Lunar Rover); Design; Launch; Aftermath; Summary; Chapter 8. Getting to the Planets Transferring Between Celestial Objects Destination: Duna; The Duna Exploration Rover; Getting the Rover onto the Surface; Getting the Rover to Duna; Flying the Mission; A Flight over Laythe; The Laythe Glider; Flying to Laythe; A Probe to Eve; The Eve Probe; Flying to Eve; Summary; Chapter 9. Rocket Science; The Law of Conservation of Momentum; Thrust-to-Weight Ratio; Specific Impulse; Delta-v; The Rocket Equation; Derivation of the Rocket Equation; Center of Mass, Thrust, and Drag; Orbits; Getting to Orbit; The Gravity Turn; Gravity Losses; Atmospheric Drag; The Kármán Line; Basic Orbiting
• Sommario/riassunto: Kerbal Space Program (KSP) is a critically acclaimed, bestselling space flight simulator game. It’s making waves everywhere from mainstream media to the actual space flight industry, but it has a bit of a learning curve. In this book, five KSP nerds—including an astrophysicist—teach you everything you need to know to get a nation of tiny green people into space. Perfect for video game players, simulation game players, Minecrafters, and amateur astronomers.
• Altri titoli varianti: Easiest way to launch a space program
• Titolo autorizzato: The Kerbal player's guide
• ISBN: 1-4919-1348-7; 1-4919-1347-9; 1-4919-1346-0
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910150324103321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II