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Infinity beckoned : adventuring through the inner solar system, 1969-1989 / / Jay Gallentine ; foreword by Bobak Ferdowsi
Infinity beckoned : adventuring through the inner solar system, 1969-1989 / / Jay Gallentine ; foreword by Bobak Ferdowsi
Autore Gallentine Jay
Pubbl/distr/stampa Lincoln, Nebraska ; ; London, [England] : , : University of Nebraska Press, , 2016
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (497 p.)
Disciplina 629.43/54
Collana Outward Odyssey, A People's History of Spaceflight
Soggetto topico Space probes - History - 20th century
Artificial satellites - History - 20th century
Inner planets - Exploration - History - 20th century
Astronautics
Astronautics - History - 20th century
Soggetto genere / forma Electronic books.
ISBN 0-8032-8515-9
0-8032-8517-5
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Nota di contenuto Cover ; Title Page ; Copyright Page ; Contents ; List of Illustrations; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. Beach Brainstorm; 2. What If; 3. Dead at Birth; 4. Failure to Communicate; 5. Halt the Work, Destroy All Materials; 6. There and Back Again; 7. Sitting Cosmonauts; 8. Cauldron of Contradictions; 9. Buy- In; 10. "Prepared Area"; 11. Laying Eggs (Somehow); 12. How Low Can You Go?; 13. Three Mistakes; 14. Devil from Redondo; 15. The Boy to Be Beaten; 16. How to Buy a Computer That Does Not Exist; 17. Downsurfing; 18. Gulliver's Travels; 19. Too Much Too Soon; 20. Scientific Charity
21. Last Man Home22. Bonneville, Notch Rock, Double Squirt, Sudden Death; 23. Postmortem; 24. Sons of a Bitch; 25. The Sum of All Nations; 26. Hang Time; 27. The Rules of Resigning; 28. Wonders Never Cease; Sources; Index
Record Nr. UNINA-9910460975703321
Gallentine Jay  
Lincoln, Nebraska ; ; London, [England] : , : University of Nebraska Press, , 2016
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Infinity beckoned : adventuring through the inner solar system, 1969-1989 / / Jay Gallentine ; foreword by Bobak Ferdowsi
Infinity beckoned : adventuring through the inner solar system, 1969-1989 / / Jay Gallentine ; foreword by Bobak Ferdowsi
Autore Gallentine Jay
Pubbl/distr/stampa Lincoln, Nebraska ; ; London, [England] : , : University of Nebraska Press, , 2016
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (497 p.)
Disciplina 629.43/54
Collana Outward Odyssey, A People's History of Spaceflight
Soggetto topico Space probes - History - 20th century
Artificial satellites - History - 20th century
Inner planets - Exploration - History - 20th century
Astronautics
Astronautics - History - 20th century
ISBN 0-8032-8515-9
0-8032-8517-5
Classificazione HIS037070
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Nota di contenuto Cover ; Title Page ; Copyright Page ; Contents ; List of Illustrations; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. Beach Brainstorm; 2. What If; 3. Dead at Birth; 4. Failure to Communicate; 5. Halt the Work, Destroy All Materials; 6. There and Back Again; 7. Sitting Cosmonauts; 8. Cauldron of Contradictions; 9. Buy- In; 10. "Prepared Area"; 11. Laying Eggs (Somehow); 12. How Low Can You Go?; 13. Three Mistakes; 14. Devil from Redondo; 15. The Boy to Be Beaten; 16. How to Buy a Computer That Does Not Exist; 17. Downsurfing; 18. Gulliver's Travels; 19. Too Much Too Soon; 20. Scientific Charity
21. Last Man Home22. Bonneville, Notch Rock, Double Squirt, Sudden Death; 23. Postmortem; 24. Sons of a Bitch; 25. The Sum of All Nations; 26. Hang Time; 27. The Rules of Resigning; 28. Wonders Never Cease; Sources; Index
Record Nr. UNINA-9910797740603321
Gallentine Jay  
Lincoln, Nebraska ; ; London, [England] : , : University of Nebraska Press, , 2016
Materiale a stampa
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
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Infinity beckoned : adventuring through the inner solar system, 1969-1989 / / Jay Gallentine ; foreword by Bobak Ferdowsi
Infinity beckoned : adventuring through the inner solar system, 1969-1989 / / Jay Gallentine ; foreword by Bobak Ferdowsi
Autore Gallentine Jay
Pubbl/distr/stampa Lincoln, Nebraska ; ; London, [England] : , : University of Nebraska Press, , 2016
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (497 p.)
Disciplina 629.43/54
Collana Outward Odyssey, A People's History of Spaceflight
Soggetto topico Space probes - History - 20th century
Artificial satellites - History - 20th century
Inner planets - Exploration - History - 20th century
Astronautics
Astronautics - History - 20th century
ISBN 0-8032-8515-9
0-8032-8517-5
Classificazione HIS037070
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Nota di contenuto Cover ; Title Page ; Copyright Page ; Contents ; List of Illustrations; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. Beach Brainstorm; 2. What If; 3. Dead at Birth; 4. Failure to Communicate; 5. Halt the Work, Destroy All Materials; 6. There and Back Again; 7. Sitting Cosmonauts; 8. Cauldron of Contradictions; 9. Buy- In; 10. "Prepared Area"; 11. Laying Eggs (Somehow); 12. How Low Can You Go?; 13. Three Mistakes; 14. Devil from Redondo; 15. The Boy to Be Beaten; 16. How to Buy a Computer That Does Not Exist; 17. Downsurfing; 18. Gulliver's Travels; 19. Too Much Too Soon; 20. Scientific Charity
21. Last Man Home22. Bonneville, Notch Rock, Double Squirt, Sudden Death; 23. Postmortem; 24. Sons of a Bitch; 25. The Sum of All Nations; 26. Hang Time; 27. The Rules of Resigning; 28. Wonders Never Cease; Sources; Index
Record Nr. UNINA-9910815469503321
Gallentine Jay  
Lincoln, Nebraska ; ; London, [England] : , : University of Nebraska Press, , 2016
Materiale a stampa
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
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Spaceborne antennas for planetary exploration / / edited by William A. Imbriale
Spaceborne antennas for planetary exploration / / edited by William A. Imbriale
Pubbl/distr/stampa Hoboken, N.J., : Wiley-Interscience, c2006
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (594 p.)
Disciplina 629.43/54
Altri autori (Persone) ImbrialeW. A (William A.)
Collana Deep-space communications and navigation series
Soggetto topico Space vehicles - Radio antennas
Artificial satellites in telecommunication
ISBN 1-280-55171-2
9786610551712
0-470-05278-3
0-470-05277-5
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Nota di contenuto Spaceborne Antennas for Planetary Exploration; Table of Contents; Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgments; Contributors; Chapter 1: Introduction; 1.1 Technology Drivers; 1.1.1 Frequency Bands Allocated to Deep-Space Communications; 1.1.2 Frequency Bands Recommended for Proximity Links; 1.2 Analysis Techniques for Designing Reflector Antennas; 1.2.1 Radiation-Pattern Analysis; 1.2.2 Feed-Horn Analysis; 1.2.3 Spherical-Wave Analysis; 1.2.4 Dual-Reflector Shaping; 1.2.5 Dichroic Reflector Analysis; 1.2.6 Mesh Analysis; 1.3 Wire Antennas; 1.3.1 Theoretical Formulation
1.3.2 Arbitrarily Shaped Wires and Wire Junctions1.4 Microstrip Antenna: Analysis, Design, and Application; 1.4.1 Introduction; 1.4.2 Technical Background; 1.4.3 Analysis, Design, and CAD Tools; 1.4.4 Spacecraft Applications; 1.4.5 Summary and Conclusion; 1.5 Antenna Measurements; 1.5.1 Far-Field Measurements; 1.5.2 Near-Field Measurements; 1.5.3 Conclusions; References; Chapter 2: The Early Years; 2.1 Explorer I; 2.2 Pioneers 3 and 4; 2.3 Project Ranger; 2.3.1 High-Gain Antenna System; 2.3.2 Omni Antennas; 2.4 Surveyor; 2.4.1 Surveyor Radio Switching and Antenna System
2.4.2 The High-Gain Planar Antenna ArrayReferences; Chapter 3: The Planetary Flybys; 3.1 The Mariner Series; 3.1.1 Mariners 1 and 2; 3.1.2 Mariner 5; 3.1.3 Mariner 10; 3.2 Voyager Mission to the Outer Planets; 3.2.1 Voyager S-/X-Band Antenna Subsystem; 3.2.2 Requirements; 3.2.3 Voyager High-Gain Antenna; 3.2.4 Voyager S-Band Feed and Low-Gain Antenna Design; 3.2.5 Voyager Frequency Selective Surface (FSS) Subreflector; References; Chapter 4: The Mars Missions; 4.1 Overview of Missions to Mars; 4.2 NASA Mars OrbiterdLanders; 4.2.1 Mariners 3 and 4; 4.2.2 Mariners 6 and 7
4.2.3 Mariners 8 and 94.2.4 Viking; 4.2.5 Mars Observer; 4.2.6 Mars Global Surveyor; 4.2.7 Mars Climate Orbiter; 4.2.8 Mars Polar Lander; 4.2.9 Mars Odyssey; 4.3 Mars Rovers; 4.3.1 Mars Pathfinder; 4.3.2 Mars Exploration Rovers; 4.4 Continued Mars Exploration; References; Chapter 5: The Orbiters; 5.1 Magellan to Venus; 5.1.1 The Magellan Spacecraft; 5.1.2 The High-Gain Antenna Subsystem; 5.1.3 The Medium-Gain Antenna; 5.1.4 The Magellan Altimeter Antenna; 5.2 The Galileo Antenna System; 5.2.1 Mission Description; 5.2.2 Requirements; 5.2.3 High-Gain Antenna Trade-off Studies
5.2.4 Post-Challenger Modifications5.2.5 High-Gain Antenna Design Selected; 5.2.6 Radio Frequency System-High-Gain Antenna; 5.2.7 Low-Gain Antenna System; 5.2.8 Conclusions; 5.3 The Cassini High-Gain Antenna Subsystem; 5.3.1 High-Gain Antenna Requirements and Constraints; 5.3.2 Configuration Selection; 5.3.3 Antenna Modeling and Subsystems Design; 5.3.4 Antenna Performance at S-Band; 5.3.5 Antenna Performance at X-Band; 5.3.6 Antenna Performance at Ku-Band; 5.3.7 Antenna Performance at Ka-Band; 5.3.8 Conclusions; References; Chapter 6: Spaceborne SAR Antennas for Earth Science
6.1 Introduction
Record Nr. UNINA-9910877586503321
Hoboken, N.J., : Wiley-Interscience, c2006
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