Dream Missions
Space Colonies, Nuclear Spacecraft and Other Possibilities
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Beschreibung
This book takes the reader on a journey through the history of extremely ambitious, large and complex space missions that never happened. What were the dreams and expectations of the visionaries behind these plans, and why were they not successful in bringing their projects to reality thus far?
As spaceflight development progressed, new technologies and ideas led to pushing the boundaries of engineering and technology though still grounded in real scientific possibilities. Examples are space colonies, nuclear-propelled interplanetary spacecraft, space telescopes consisting of multiple satellites and canon launch systems.
Each project described in this book says something about the dreams and expectations of their time, and their demise was often linked to an important change in the cultural, political and social state of the world.
For each mission or spacecraft concept, the following will be covered:
• Description of thedesign.
• Overview of the history of the concept and the people involved.
• Why it was never developed and flown
• What if the mission was actually carried out – consequences, further developments, etc.
This book takes the reader on a journey through the history of extremely ambitious, large and complex space missions that never happened. What were the dreams and expectations of the visionaries behind these plans, and why were they not successful in bringing their projects to reality thus far?
As spaceflight development progressed, new technologies and ideas led to pushing the boundaries of engineering and technology though still grounded in real scientific possibilities. Examples are space colonies, nuclear-propelled interplanetary spacecraft, space telescopes consisting of multiple satellites and canon launch systems.
Each project described in this book says something about the dreams and expectations of their time, and their demise was often linked to an important change in the cultural, political and social state of the world.
For each mission or spacecraft concept, the following will be covered:
• Description of the design.
• Overview of the history of the concept and the people involved.
• Why it was never developed and flown
• What if the mission was actually carried out – consequences, further developments, etc.
Presents large space projects that were envisioned but have not yet flown and why Discusses why they are still of interest to us and what would be needed to make them viable Provides an interesting perspective of the history of the space age through the projects that did not happen but still could be pursued Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Autor*in
Michel van Pelt
Themen in »Dream Missions«
Defunct Space Exploration Projects Failed Space Exploration Projects Future Space Launchers Historical Space Exploration Projects History of Space Development Interplanetary Probes Nuclear Space Launchers O'Neill Space Colonies 70s Planetary Bases Super Satellites