Laser Propulsion In Space

Author : Claude Phipps
Publisher : Elsevier
ISBN 13 : 0443159025
Total Pages : 416 pages
Book Rating : 4.22/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Laser Propulsion in Space written by Claude Phipps and published by Elsevier. This book was released on 2024-06-10 with total page 416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Space launches have evoked the same vivid image for decades: bright orange flames exploding beneath a rocket as it lifts off and thunders into the sky. An alternative acceleration system could reshape that vision forever, with rockets leaving their energy source on the ground... or in space. Laser Propulsion in Space: Fundamentals, Technology, and Future Missions takes readers on a comprehensive journey from the theoretical overview of propulsion fundamentals, to reviews of current projects involving high-power CW fiber lasers and energetic mm-wave sources with their ongoing and potential end-use applications in beamed energy propulsion (BEP). Written by experts in the field, this mathematically sound reference text also highlights graphical solutions of equations’ results, as well as case studies with worked-out examples, making this book an invaluable compendium for students, researchers, technology developers and futurists in understanding the promise and challenges of this emerging technology. Covers beamed energy propulsion advances Highlights state-of-the-art BEP applications of LEO debris removal, suborbital and orbital launch, solar system exploration, and interstellar lightsail probes, as well as advances in related photon source technologies and infrastructures Includes opinion sections explaining why we as a technical society should care about each chapter’s topic and the considerably good outcomes that can be achieved with laser engines Is accompanied by a website with video clips and other ancillary materials to enhance insight

Author : Yuri A. Rezunkov
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 3030796930
Total Pages : 307 pages
Book Rating : 4.38/5 ( download)

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Download or read book High Power Laser Propulsion written by Yuri A. Rezunkov and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2021-08-25 with total page 307 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book gives an in-depth analysis of the physical phenomena of thrust production by laser radiation, as well as laser propulsion engines, and laser-propelled vehicles. It brings together into a unified context accumulated up-to-date information on laser propulsion research, considering propulsion phenomena, laser propulsion techniques, design of vehicles with laser propulsion engines, and high-power laser systems to provide movement for space vehicles. In particular, the reader will find detailed coverage of: designs of laser propulsion engines, operating as both air-breathing and ramjet engines to launch vehicles into LEOs; Assembly of vehicles whereby laser power from a remote laser is collected and directed into a propulsion engine; and, the laser-adaptive systems that control a laser beam to propel vehicles into orbits by delivering laser power through the Earth's atmosphere. This book is essential reading for researchers and professionals involved in laser propulsion.

Author : Larry D. Maurer
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780975431504
Total Pages : 146 pages
Book Rating : 4.01/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Laser Propulsion written by Larry D. Maurer and published by . This book was released on 2004-01-01 with total page 146 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First realistic space vehicle design that even remotely has a chance at traversing the vast distances across the "barrier" of outerspace at a velocity faster than light (FTL) space via quantum tunneling on a macroscopic level and return within a reasonable amount of time. Cutting edge technology in propulsion using principles of quantum physics and chirp pulsed amplified (CPA) lasers. The book is written so that it is easily understood by the general public. For deep-space exploration, the design is ideal for exploring new areas of space whereby perhaps dangerous reconnaissance would be required. The manned main body vehicle would safely sit outside the danger zone while the unmanned, remotely controlled vehicles perform the work. There is no need for expensive fuels or propellants whereby travel in space and (mass transit) become feasible. The mass transit application can be viewed as a very high-speed Maglev train only with the exception that there would be no need for tracks except for loading, unloading cargo & passengers. To order contact: www.unitel-aerospace.com, Unitel, Inc., P. O. Box 42585, Portland, OR 97242-0585, [email protected], (503) 203-2876. For 24-hour ordering please call 1-866-889-4879.

Author : Colin R. McInnes
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 1447139925
Total Pages : 321 pages
Book Rating : 4.28/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Solar Sailing written by Colin R. McInnes and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2013-11-27 with total page 321 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Solar sailing - using the sun as a propellant - offers the possibility of low-cost long-distance missions that are impossible with conventional spacecraft. This first comprehensive book on this propulsion method provides a detailed account of solar sailing, at a high technical level, but in a way accessible to the scientifically informed layperson. Solar sail orbital dynamics and solar radiation pressure form the foundations of the book, but the engineering design of solar sails is also considered, along with potential mission applications.

Author : Eugene F. Mallove
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 296 pages
Book Rating : 4.09/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Starflight Handbook written by Eugene F. Mallove and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 1989-06-30 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The Starflight Handbook is an compendium of the many and varied methods for traversing the vast interstellar gulf."--Publisher.

Author : Claude Phipps
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 0387304525
Total Pages : 598 pages
Book Rating : 4.26/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Laser Ablation and Its Applications written by Claude Phipps and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2007 with total page 598 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Laser ablation describes the interaction of intense optical fields with matter, in which atoms are selectively driven off by thermal or nonthermal mechanisms. The field of laser ablation physics is advancing so rapidly that its principal results are seen only in specialized journals and conferences. This is the first book that combines the most recent results in this rapidly advancing field with authoritative treatment of laser ablation and its applications, including the physics of high-power laser-matter interaction. Many practical applications exist, ranging from inertial confinement fusion to propulsion of aerostats for pollution monitoring to laser ignition of hypersonic engines to laser cleaning nanoscale contaminants in high-volume computer hard drive manufacture to direct observation of the electronic or dissociative states in atoms and molecules, to studying the properties of materials during 200kbar shocks developed in 200fs. Selecting topics which are representative of such a broad field is difficult. Laser Ablation and its Applications emphasizes the wide range of these topics rather than - as is so often the case in advanced science – focusing on one specialty or discipline. The book is divided into four sections: theory and modeling, ultrafast interactions, material processing and laser-matter interaction in novel regimes. The latter range from MALDI to ICF, SNOM’s and femtosecond nanosurgery to laser space propulsion. The book arose from the SPIE series of High Power Laser Ablation Symposia which began in 1998. It is intended for a graduate course in laser interactions with plasmas and materials, but it should be accessible to anyone with a graduate degree in physics or engineering. It is also intended as a major reference work to familiarize scientists just entering the field with laser ablation and its applications.

Author : Alessandro Serpi
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 1839622792
Total Pages : 154 pages
Book Rating : 4.93/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Propulsion Systems written by Alessandro Serpi and published by . This book was released on 2019-10-07 with total page 154 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : K. F. Long
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 1461406072
Total Pages : 379 pages
Book Rating : 4.75/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Deep Space Propulsion written by K. F. Long and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2011-11-25 with total page 379 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The technology of the next few decades could possibly allow us to explore with robotic probes the closest stars outside our Solar System, and maybe even observe some of the recently discovered planets circling these stars. This book looks at the reasons for exploring our stellar neighbors and at the technologies we are developing to build space probes that can traverse the enormous distances between the stars. In order to reach the nearest stars, we must first develop a propulsion technology that would take our robotic probes there in a reasonable time. Such propulsion technology has radically different requirements from conventional chemical rockets, because of the enormous distances that must be crossed. Surprisingly, many propulsion schemes for interstellar travel have been suggested and await only practical engineering solutions and the political will to make them a reality. This is a result of the tremendous advances in astrophysics that have been made in recent decades and the perseverance and imagination of tenacious theoretical physicists. This book explores these different propulsion schemes – all based on current physics – and the challenges they present to physicists, engineers, and space exploration entrepreneurs. This book will be helpful to anyone who really wants to understand the principles behind and likely future course of interstellar travel and who wants to recognizes the distinctions between pure fantasy (such as Star Trek’s ‘warp drive’) and methods that are grounded in real physics and offer practical technological solutions for exploring the stars in the decades to come.

Author : Martin Tajmar
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 3709105471
Total Pages : 139 pages
Book Rating : 4.74/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Advanced Space Propulsion Systems written by Martin Tajmar and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-09-08 with total page 139 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Space propulsion systems have a great influence on our ability to travel to other planets or how cheap a satellite can provide TV programs. This book provides an up-to-date overview of all kinds of propulsion systems ranging from classical rocket technology, nuclear propulsion to electric propulsion systems, and further to micro-, propellantless and even breakthrough propulsion, which is a new program under development at NASA. The author shows the limitations of the present concepts and how they could look like in the future. Starting from historical developments, the reader is taken on a journey showing the amazing technology that has been put on hold for decades to be rediscovered in the near future for questions like how we can even reach other stars within a human lifetime. The author is actively involved in advanced propulsion research and contributes with his own experience to many of the presented topics. The book is written for anyone who is interested in how space travel can be revolutionized.

Author : Claudio Bruno
Publisher : AIAA (American Institute of Aeronautics & Astronautics)
ISBN 13 : 9781563479298
Total Pages : 520 pages
Book Rating : 4.9X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Advanced Propulsion Systems and Technologies, Today to 2020 written by Claudio Bruno and published by AIAA (American Institute of Aeronautics & Astronautics). This book was released on 2008 with total page 520 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Commissioned by the European Space Agency."--P. [4] of cover.