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Space Technology and Applications International Forum 2000

Name: Space Technology and Applications International Forum 2000
Author: Mohamed S. El-Genk
ISBN: 9781563969195

by Mohamed S. El-Genk

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The proceedings document the opportunities for space science onboard the international space station (ISS), currently under construction by an international consortium. These proceedings include the latest on the construction of and payload operations on the ISS; human physiology in space; fundamental physics; engineering research and technology development; thermal control technologies for future spacecraft; propulsion technology for interstellar precursor missions; breakthrough propulsion physics; next generation commercial/civil space transportation and reusable launch systems technology; spaceport development; potential manned and unmanned space missions; and advances in energy conversion technologies. STAIF-2000 is co-sponsored by NASA Headquarters and Field Centers, DOE, and The Boeing Company, in cooperation with major professional societies. Government aerospace industry and universities exhibit and present papers.

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These two volumes contain 254 contributions from January conferences on international space station utilization, thermophysics in microgravity, enabling technology and required scientific developments for interstellar missions, and commercial/civil next generation space transportation, and from the 17th symposium on space nuclear power and propulsion. They cover an extremely diverse range of topics, including basic research in fluid physics and biology; recent advances in power and propulsion; commercial activities, including a proposed module for the arts on board the International Space Station (ISS), and the Space Taxi transportation system; various proposals for research programs on the ISS, including studies of protein crystal growth, ocean dynamics and coastal resources, engineering research and technology development, and biomedical and fluids research; thermal control technologies for future spacecraft; physics and hyperfast travel; AMTEC conversion technology and applications; fuels and advanced materials; and multimedia display. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)