Книги по космонавтике

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Рой А. "Движение по орбитам." 1981 год.

http://www.astrolib.ru/files/6/Roi-Dvizhenie_po_Orbitam.pdf

Она хоть и в pdf, но на самом деле там только картинки, то есть это в общем-то djvu, запихнутый в pdf.

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An Astrobiology Strategy for the Exploration of Mars.
National Academies Press - 130 pages, 2007
ISBN-10: 0309108519
ISBN-13: 978-0309108515



Three recent developments have greatly increased interest in the search for life on Mars.
The first is new information about the Martian environment including evidence of a watery past and the possibility of atmospheric methane.
The second is the possibility of microbial viability on Mars.
Finally, the Vision for Space Exploration initiative included an explicit directive to search for the evidence of life on Mars.

These scientific and political developments led NASA to request the NRC's assistance in formulating an up-to-date integrated astrobiology strategy for Mars exploration. Among other topics, this report presents:
a review of current knowledge about possible life on Mars;
an astrobiological assessment of current Mars missions;
a review of Mars-mission planetary protection;
findings and recommendations.

The report notes that the greatest increase in understanding of Mars will come from the collection and return to Earth of a well-chosen suite of
Martian surface materials.

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Opening New Frontiers in Space:
Choices for the Next New Frontiers Announcement of Opportunity
National Research Council - 2008, 80 pages
ISBN-10: 0-309-11889-1
ISBN-13: 978-0-309-11889-7



The New Frontiers Program was created by NASA in 2002 at the recommendation of the NRC's decadal survey for solar system research. In order to optimize solar system research, the NRC recommended a series of principal-investigator missions that encourage innovation and accomplish the main scientific objectives presented in the survey. Two of the five recommended missions have been selected and, as was also recommended in the survey, the NRC was asked in 2007 to provide criteria and guiding principles to NASA for determining the list of candidate missions. This book presents a review of eight missions: the three remaining from the original list of five from the survey plus five missions considered by the survey committee but which were not recommended. Included in the review of each mission is a discussion of relevant science and technology developments since the survey and set of recommended science goals.

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Leaving Earth: Space Stations, Rival Superpowers, and the Quest for Interplanetary Travel
by Robert Zimmerman  
Joseph Henry Press - 2003,  544 pages

    * ISBN-10 / ASIN:   0309085489
    * ISBN-13 / EAN:   9780309085489



Charged with the ever-present potential for danger and occasionally punctuated by terrible moments of disaster, the history of space exploration has been keenly dramatic. The recent disaster of the Space Shuttle Columbia was a sad but certain reminder that space travel is an extraordinarily dangerous occupation. Oddly enough, it often takes a tragic accident to remind us that we still have a presence in space.

In the decades between triumph and tragedy we tend to ignore the fact that there have been scores of space pioneers who have risked their lives to explore our solar system. Indeed, the International Space Station is sometimes referred to as "Alpha," a moniker that implies that it is our first real permanent presence in space. But this notion is frowned upon by the Russians - and for good reason. Prior to the construction of the controversial International Space Station, a host of daring Russian cosmonauts, and a smaller number of intrepid American astronauts, were living in space for months, some of them for over a year.

In this definitive account of man's quest to become citizens of the cosmos, noted space historian Robert Zimmerman reveals the great global gamesmanship between Russian and American political leaders that drove us to the stars. Beaten to the Moon by their Cold War enemies, the Russians were intent on being first to the planets. They believed that manned space stations held the greatest promise for reaching other worlds and worked feverishly to build a viable space station program - one that would dwarf American efforts and allow the Russians to claim the vast territories of space as their own.

Although unthinkable at the time, the ponderously bureaucratic Soviet Union actually managed to overtake the United States in the space station race. Leveraging their propaganda machine and tyrannical politics to launch a series of daring, dangerous, and scientifically brilliant space exploits, their efforts not only put them far ahead of NASA, they also helped to reshape their own society, transforming it from dictatorship to democracy. At the same time, the American space program at NASA was also evolving, but not necessarily for the better. In fact, the two programs were slowly but inexorably trading places.

Drawing on his vast store of knowledge about space travel, as well as hundreds of interviews with cosmonauts, astronauts, and scientists, Zimmerman has superbly captured the excitement and suspense of our recent space-traveling past. For space and history enthusiasts alike, Leaving Earth describes a rich heritage of adventure, exploration, research, and discovery.

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Priorities in Space Science Enabled by Nuclear Power and Propulsion
THE NATIONAL ACADEMIES PRESS - 2006. 156 pages

ISBN-10: 0-309-10011-9
ISBN-13: 978-0-309-10011-3



In 2003, NASA began an R&D effort to develop nuclear power and propulsion systems for solar system exploration. This activity, renamed Project Prometheus in 2004, was initiated because of the inherent limitations in photovoltaic and chemical propulsion systems in reaching many solar system objectives. To help determine appropriate missions for a nuclear power and propulsion capability, NASA asked the NRC for an independent assessment of potentially highly meritorious missions that may be enabled if space nuclear systems became operational. This report provides a series of space science objectives and missions that could be so enabled in the period beyond 2015 in the areas of astronomy and astrophysics, solar system exploration, and solar and space physics. It is based on but does not reprioritize the findings of previous NRC decadal surveys in those three areas.

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Reusable Launch Vehicle: Technology Development and Test Program
NATIONAL ACADEMY PRESS - 1996. 98 Pages
By Committee on Reusable Launch Vehicle Technology and Test Program,
National Research Council

ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0309054370
ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780309054379



The key to opening the use of space to private enterprise and to broader public uses lies in reducing the cost of the transportation to space. More routine, affordable access to space will entail aircraft-like quick turnaround and reliable operations. Currently, the space Shuttle is the only reusable launch vehicle, and even parts of it are expendable while other parts require frequent and extensive refurbishment. NASA's highest priority new activity, the Reusable Launch Vehicle program, is directed toward developing technologies to enable a new generation of space launchers, perhaps but not necessarily with single stage to orbit capability. This book assesses whether the technology development, test and analysis programs in propulsion and materials-related technologies are properly constituted to provide the information required to support a December 1996 decision to build the X-33, a technology demonstrator vehicle; and suggest, as appropriate, necessary changes in these programs to ensure that they will support vehicle feasibility goals.

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Planet Mars: Story of Another World (Springer Praxis Books / Popular Astronomy)
by Fran

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Кстати, и все три ссылки на крайнюю книжку про Марс - ведут на одну и ту же страницу, с запросом на регистрацию.

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Кстати, и все три ссылки на крайнюю книжку про Марс - ведут на одну и ту же страницу, с запросом на регистрацию.

Ссылки исправлены на прямые (direct links) :idea: - ребята из GIGAPEDIA балуются (ссылаясь на самих себя :roll:)

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Mars Sample Return: Issues and Recommendations
by Task Group on Issues in Sample Return, National Research Council



# Paperback: 58 pages
# Publisher: National Academies Press (1997)
# Language: English
# ISBN-10: 0309057337
# ISBN-13: 978-0309057332

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Grading NASA's Solar System Exploration Program: A Midterm Review
National Research Council. The National Academies Press - 2008. 100 pages  



ISBN-10: 0-309-11492-6
ISBN-13: 978-0-309-11492-9

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Managing Space Radiation Risk in the New Era of Space Exploration
by National Research Council. National Academies Press - 2008.  132 Pages.

# ISBN-10: 0309113830
# ISBN-13: 978-0309113830


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A Science Strategy for the Exploration of Europa (Compass Series)
by Committee on Planetary and Lunar Exploration,  National Research Council. National Academies Press - 1999. 80 Pages.

# ISBN-10: 0309064937
# ISBN-13: 978-0309064934


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A Scientific Rationale for Mobility in Planetary Environments (Compass Series)
by Committee on Planetary and Lunar Exploration,  National Research Council. National Academies Press - 1999.
68 Pages.

# ISBN-10: 0309064376
# ISBN-13: 978-0309064378


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NASA Monographs in Aerospace History Series:

NASA's Nuclear Frontier The Plum Brook Reactor Facility
Mark D. Bowles and Robert S. Arrighi
NASA History Division Washington, D.C., 2004

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Humans to Mars
Fifty Years of Mission Planning, 1950—2000
David S. F. Portree
NASA History Division Washington, D.C., 2001

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PROJECT APOLLO: The Tough Decisions
By Robert C. Seamans, Jr.
Monographs in Aerospace History, Number 37
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Office of External Relations
History Division  Washington, DC 2005
NASA SP-2005-4537

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Lunar and Planetary Rovers: The Wheels of Apollo and the Quest for Mars
by Anthony H. Young  
Springer Praxis Books / Space Exploration - 2006. 305 Pages.

# ISBN-10 / ASIN:   0387307745
# ISBN-13 / EAN:   9780387307749



This book fills a need for a complete history of the Lunar Roving Vehicle
used on Apollo 15, 16 and 17, drawing on many photographs never
before published. It also tells the story of the robotic rovers used on
Mars, and concludes with a description of the new designs of rovers
planned for The New Vision for Exploration now underway at NASA. The
book provides extensive quotes from the astronauts who drove the LRV
on the Moon from interviews conducted especially for the book. It also
details new material from interviews of engineers and managers at the
Jet Propulsion Laboratory covering the robotic rovers, Sojourner, Sprit
and Opportunity.

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Exploring the Moon: The Apollo Expeditions
by David M. Harland
Springer Praxis Books / Space Exploration - 2008. 400 Pages.



David Harland opens with a review of the robotic probes, namely the
Rangers which returned television before crashing into the Moon, the
Surveyors which 'soft landed' in order to investigate the nature of the
surface, and the Lunar Orbiters which mapped prospective Apollo landing
sites. He then outlines the historic landing by Apollo 11 in terms of what
was discovered, and how over the next several missions the program
was progressively geared up to enable the final three missions each to
spend three days on comprehensive geological investigations. He
concludes with a review of the robotic spacecraft that made remote-
sensing observations of the Moon. Although aimed at the enthusiast, and
can be read as an adventure in exploration, the book develops the
scientific theme of lunar geology, and therefore will be of use as
background reading for undergraduate students of planetary sciences. In
addition, with the prospect of a resumption of human missions, it will help
journalists understand what Apollo achieved after the 'flags and
footprints' of the Apollo 11 landing in July1969 and will commemorate the
fortieth anniversary of that momentous event.

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The Story of Space Station Mir
by David M Harland  
Praxis Springer - 2005. 424 Pages.

# ISBN-10 / ASIN:   0387230114
# ISBN-13 / EAN:   9780387230115



This successor edition picks up the story where the first edition left off in
1997, and runs through to Mirs de-orbiting in March 2001, providing the
definitive account of the Mir Space Station. The book reviews the origins
of the Soviet space station programme, in particular the highly successful
Salyuts 6 and 7, describes Mirs structure, environment, power supply and
maneuvering systems, and provides a comprehensive account of how it
was assembled and how it operated in orbit.

Tells how the Soviet Union's experience with a succession of Salyut space
stations led to the development of Mir, which was assembled in space,
piece by piece, between 1982 and 1996 and became an international
research laboratory whose technology went on to form the 'core modules'
of the International Space Station.

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Managing Space Radiation Risk in the New Era of Space Exploration

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