Table of Contents

List of illustrations; List of tables; Preface; Acknowledgement; 1. Introduction; 2. Fundamental length, time, and velocity; 3. The ambient space environment; 4. Neutral gas interactions; 5. Plasma interactions; 6. The space radiation environment; 7. Particulate interactions; 8. The state of the art; References; Index.

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Introductory graduate textbook in spacecraft design and how space environment affects operations in space, for space scientists and engineers.

Reviews

'… a valued addition to my bookshelf, as it will be to others.' G. G. Swinerd, Journal of Aerospace Engineering