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This book tells the story of the Space Shuttle in its many different roles as orbital launch platform, orbital workshop, and science and technology laboratory. It focuses on the technology designed ……続きを見る

This volume brings together some of the leading names in global aviation policy research to provide a unique and ground breaking synthesis of current debates on sustainable aviation. Unlike previous……続きを見る

Waren Atomraketen während des Kalten Krieges ein Garant für Stabilität, so änderte sich seither die Bedrohung durch Raketen deutlich. Vor allem Länder in Krisenregionen bedienen sich weltweit "neuer……続きを見る

This Handbook presents a complete and rigorous overview of the fundamentals, methods and applications of the multidisciplinary field of Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS), providing an exhau……続きを見る

The second edition provides an update of the recent developments in classical and computational solid mechanics. The structure of the book is also updated to include five new areas: Fundamental Prin……続きを見る

The International Space Station (ISS) is the largest man-made structure to orbit Earth and has been conducting research for close to a decade and a half. Yet it is only the latest in a long line of ……続きを見る

Resulting from the authors’ deep research into these two pre-Shuttle astronaut groups, many intriguing and untold stories behind the selection process are revealed in the book. The often extraordina……続きを見る

Civil Aircraft Electrical Power System Safety Assessment: Issues and Practices provides guidelines and methods for conducting a safety assessment process on civil airborne systems and equipment. As ……続きを見る

This book is the first textbook specially on multicopter systems in the world. Itprovides a comprehensive overview of multicopter systems, rather than focusing on a single method or technique. The f……続きを見る

奥秘是我们身边的更大境界，总是如影随形地陪伴着我们，是我们认识和选择个别事物的先决条件，只要你去发现它，你就会进入一个个新的时空，你就会生活在自由无限的天地里。 続きを見る

本书的内容主要包括：宇宙的诞生、宇宙中星星的形状、宇宙中的长城、银河的形成、黒洞强大的引力、大气层的构成、太阳会变色的缘由、太阳会在晚上出现、奇特的四方形太阳等主要内容。对着地球的神秘，人们不断的探……続きを見る

Is Pluto the new member of the Seven Dwarves? Nah, not really. Scientists call it a dwarf for a special reason and you’ll know what that is if you open this astronomy book for kids. Introducing chil……続きを見る

Selecting the right aircraft for an airline operation is a vastly complex process, involving a multitude of skills and considerable knowledge of the business. Buying the Big Jets has been published ……続きを見る

How could the newly authorized space shuttle help in the U.S. quest to build a large research station in Earth orbit? As a means of transporting goods, the shuttle could help supply the parts to the……続きを見る

Space explorations are results of collaborations between scientists. Through these explorations, mankind knows more about the galaxy, and how heavenly bodies came to be. This astronomy book will mak……続きを見る

Hans Dominiks Science-Fiction-Roman 'Land aus Feuer und Wasser' entführt den Leser in eine futuristische Welt, in der die Menschheit auf der Suche nach einer neuen Heimat ist. Der Roman zeichnet sic……続きを見る

This volume addresses challenges and solutions in transport and mobility of people and goods with respect to environment, safety, security and socio–economics issues, exploring advanced computationa……続きを見る

This book details aluminum alloys with special focus on the aluminum silicon (AlーSi) systems – that are the most abundant alloys second only to steel. The authors include a description of the manuf……続きを見る

The advantages of airline competition to consumers are clearly apparent. Lower fares, greater choice, more frequent flights and a wider range of available services have all been evident when the ent……続きを見る

This book provides a comprehensive overview of current strategic challenges and measures required to meet those challenges in a dynamic industry. Experts from aviation practice and management, in ad……続きを見る

Airlines, like most industries, contain a mixture of good and badly managed companies (and perhaps more important, lucky and unlucky companies). More important in the longer-run is the institutional……続きを見る

This book is a unique collection of perspectives provided by a mix of leading academics, industrialists and government officials on the challenges facing the European aerospace industry. The book fo……続きを見る

Fatal Flight brings vividly to life the year of operation of R.101, the last great British airship -- a luxury liner three and a half times the length of a 747 jet, with a spacious lounge, a dining ……続きを見る

Considering the global awareness of human performance issues affecting maintenance personnel, there is enough evidence in the US ASRS reports to establish that systemic problems such as impractical ……続きを見る

This book has clear aims: to address both the multi-faceted challenge - that the industry has never made any sustainable profits, and some possible opportunities for its different constituents (e.g.……続きを見る

Aircraft Propulsion and Gas Turbine Engines, Second Edition builds upon the success of the book’s first edition, with the addition of three major topic areas: Piston Engines with integrated propelle……続きを見る

In March 1921, Major John G. Thornell and his crew were detailed to Italy to procure a new experimental airship for the United States Army Air Service. Stationed at Langley Field in Hampton, the ROM……続きを見る

On 12th April 1981 a revolutionary new spacecraft blasted off from Florida on her maiden flight. NASA’s Space Shuttle Columbia was the most advanced flying machine ever built – the high watermark of……続きを見る

Developed from three decades' worth of lecture notes which the author used to teach at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, this unique textbook presents a comprehensive treatment of structura……続きを見る

This book is the second volume in a set of books dealing with the evolution of technology, IT and organizational approaches and what this means for industrial equipment. The authors address this inc……続きを見る