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Spaceplanes : from airport to spaceport  Cover Image Book Book

Spaceplanes : from airport to spaceport / Matthew A. Bentley.

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  • ISBN: 0387765093 (pbk.)
  • ISBN: 9780387765099 (pbk.)
  • Physical Description: xviii, 238 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 24 cm.
  • Publisher: New York ; Springer, 2009.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
Rocketplanes at the airport -- Why spaceplanes? -- Rocket science: wings added -- Missiles and modules -- Crawling into suborbit: the baby spaceplace -- Going ballistic -- Piggyback to orbit -- Advanced propulsion -- Single stage to orbit: the advanced spaceplace -- Destination moon: the lunar spaceplane -- Strategies for success -- Spaceplanes at the spaceport.
Subject: Aerospace planes.
Aerospace planes > Design and construction.
Space tourism.
Space flight.
Outer space > Exploration.

Available copies

  • 1 of 1 copy available at Kirtland Community College.

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  • 0 current holds with 1 total copy.
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Kirtland Community College Library TL 795.5 .B46 2009 30538427 General Collection Available -


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