Archive-name: space/references Last-modified: $Date: 95/02/01 20:19:26 $ Compilation copyright (c) 1994 by Jonathan P. Leech. This document may be redistributed in its complete and unmodified form. Other use requires written permission of the author. REFERENCES ON SPECIFIC AREAS PUBLISHERS OF SPACE/ASTRONOMY MATERIAL Astronomical Society of the Pacific 1290 24th Avenue San Francisco, CA 94122 More expensive but better organized slide sets. Cambridge University Press 32 East 57th Street New York, NY 10022 Crawford-Peters Aeronautica P.O. Box 152528 San Diego, CA 92115 (619) 287-3933 An excellent source of all kinds of space publications. They publish a number of catalogs, including: Aviation and Space, 1945-1962 Aviation and Space, 1962-1990 Space and Related Titles European Southern Observatory Information and Photographic Service Dr R.M. West Karl Scharzschild Strasse 2 D-8046 Garching bei Munchen FRG Slide sets, posters, photographs, conference proceedings. Finley Holiday Film Corporation 12607 East Philadelphia Street Whittier, California 90601 (213)945-3325 (800)FILMS-07 Wide selection of Apollo, Shuttle, Viking, and Voyager slides at ~50 cents/slide. Call for a catalog. Hansen Planetarium Publications 1845 South 300 West, # A Salt Lake City, Utah 84115-1804 (801-483-5400) / (800)-321-2369 (801)-483-5484 (fax) Said to hold sales on old slide sets. Look in Sky & Telescope for contact info. Lunar and Planetary Institute also Univ. Space Research Assn. (USRA) Division of Educational Programs also USRA Division of Space Life Sciences Center for Advanced Space Studies 3600 Bay Area Boulevard Houston TX 77058-1113 (713)-486-2182 LPI has a quarterly magazine, "The Lunar and Planetary Information Bulletin," edited by thompson@lpi.jsc.nasa.gov (P. Thompson). Also technical, geology-oriented slide sets, with supporting booklets. John Wiley & Sons 605 Third Avenue New York, NY 10158-0012 Sky Publishing Corporation PO Box 9111 Belmont, MA 02178-9111 Offers "Sky Catalogue 2000.0" on PC floppy with information (including parallax) for 45000 stars. Roger Wheate Geography Dept. University of Calgary, Alberta Canada T2N 1N4 (403)-220-4892 (403)-282-7298 (FAX) wheate@uncamult.bitnet Offers a 40-slide set called "Mapping the Planets" illustrating recent work in planetary cartography, comes with a booklet and information on getting your own copies of the maps. $50 Canadian, shipping included. Superintendent of Documents US Government Printing Office Washington, DC 20402 Univelt, Inc. P. O. Box 28130 San Diego, Ca. 92128 Publishers for the American Astronomical Society. US Naval Observatory 202-653-1079 (USNO Bulletin Board via modem) 202-653-1507 General Willmann-Bell P.O. Box 35025 Richmond, Virginia 23235 USA (804)-320-7016 9-5 EST M-F CAREERS IN THE SPACE INDUSTRY In 1990 the Princeton Planetary Society published the first edition of "Space Jobs: The Guide to Careers in Space-Related Fields." The publication was enormously successful: we distributed 2000 copies to space enthusiasts across the country and even sent a few to people in Great Britain, Australia, and Ecuador. Due to the tremendous response to the first edition, PPS has published an expanded, up-to-date second edition of the guide. The 40-page publication boasts 69 listings for summer and full-time job opportunities as well as graduate school programs. The second edition of "Space Jobs" features strategies for entering the space field and describes positions at consulting and engineering firms, NASA, and non-profit organizations. The expanded special section on graduate schools highlights a myriad of programs ranging from space manufacturing to space policy. Additional sections include tips on becoming an astronaut and listings of NASA Space Grant Fellowships and Consortia, as well as NASA Centers for the Commercial Development of Space. To order send check or money order made payable to Princeton Planetary Society for $4 per copy, plus $1 per copy for shipping and handling (non-US customers send an International Money Order payable in US dollars) to: Princeton Planetary Society 315 West College Princeton University Princeton, NJ 08544 SL-9 COMET/JUPITER IMPACT Dan Bruton (astro@tamu.edu) maintains a lengthy FAQ covering the spectacular impact of fragments of Comet P/Shoemaker-Levy 9 with Jupiter in July, 1994. It can be obtained at ftp://ftp.tamu.edu/pub/comet/cometfaq.txt The JPL Shoemaker-Levy home page has a large collection of images and the latest news on the impact; it's at http://newproducts.jpl.nasa.gov/sl9/ DC-X SINGLE-STAGE TO ORBIT (SSTO) PROGRAM BMDO SSRT (Single Stage Rocket Technology) project has funded a suborbital technology demonstrator called DC-X that flew successfully three times in August and September 1993. The SSRT program has been moved from BMDO to NASA. Plans are to upgrade the DC-X vehicle and continue flight tests, followed by a building more capable test vehicles (designated X-33 and X-34). With luck this would culminate in a SSTO demonstrator in 5-6 years. DC-X and the SSTO concept have attracted a great deal of interest on the net, and discussion continues. An collection of pictures and files relating to DC-X is at ftp://ftp.cc.utexas.edu/pub/delta-clipper/ http://gargravarr.cc.utexas.edu/delta-clipper/title.html A SSRT news mailing list, which echoes additions to this archive site, can be subscribed to by sending email to "listserv@zimbazi.cc.utexas.edu" with a first line containing "subscribe ssrt-news". Contact Chris W. Johnson (chrisj@bongo.cc.utexas.edu). HOW TO NAME A STAR AFTER A PERSON Official names are decided by committees of the International Astronomical Union, and are not for sale. There are purely commercial organizations which will, for a fee, send you pretty certificates and star maps describing where to find "your" star. These organizations have absolutely no standing in the astronomical community and the names they assign are not used by anyone else. It's also likely that you won't be able to see "your" star without binoculars or a telescope. See the back pages of Astronomy or other amateur astronomy publications for contact info; one such organization may be found at: International Star Registry 34523 Wilson Road Ingleside, IL 60041 This is not an endorsement of ISR. LLNL "GREAT EXPLORATION" The LLNL "Great Exploration", a plan for an on-the-cheap space station, Lunar base, and Mars mission using inflatable space structures, excited a lot of interest on the net and still comes up from time to time. Some references cited during net discussion were: Avation Week Jan 22, 1990 for an article on the overall Great Exploration NASA Assessment of the LLNL Space Exploration Proposal and LLNL Responses by Dr. Lowell Wood LLNL Doc. No. SS 90-9. Their address is: PO Box 808 Livermore, CA 94550 (the NASA authors are unknown). Briefing slides of a presentation to the NRC last December may be available. Write LLNL and ask. Conceptual Design Study for Modular Inflatable Space Structures, a final report for purchase order B098747 by ILC Dover INC. I don't know how to get this except from LLNL or ILC Dover. I don't have an address for ILC. LUNAR PROSPECTOR Lunar Exploration Inc. (LEI) is a non-profit corporation working on a privately funded lunar polar orbiter. Lunar Prospector is designed to perform a geochemical survey and search for frozen volatiles at the poles. A set of reference files describing the project is in ftp://explorer.arc.nasa.gov/pub/SPACE/LEI/ LUNAR SCIENCE AND ACTIVITIES Grant H Heiken, David T Vaniman, and Bevan M French (editors), "Lunar Sourcebook, A User's Guide to the Moon", Cambridge University Press 1991, ISBN 0-521-33444-6; hardcover; expensive. A one-volume encyclopedia of essentially everything known about the Moon, reviewing current knowledge in considerable depth, with copious references. Heavy emphasis on geology, but a lot more besides, including considerable discussion of past lunar missions and practical issues relevant to future mission design. *The* reference book for the Moon; all others are obsolete. Wendell Mendell (ed), "Lunar Bases and Space Activities of the 21st Century", $15. "Every serious student of lunar bases *must* have this book" - Bill Higgins. Available from: Lunar and Planetary Institute 3303 NASA Road One Houston, TX 77058-4399 If you want to order books, call (713)486-2172. Thomas A. Mutch, "Geology of the Moon: A Stratigraphic View", Princeton University Press, 1970. Information about the Lunar Orbiter missions, including maps of the coverage of the lunar nearside and farside by various Orbiters. MARS DIRECT / LUNAR DIRECT Robert Zubrin and collaborators have developed several proposals for near-term, low cost manned missions to Mars and the Moon. These proposals center around the use of "indigenous propellants" to reduce the mass which must be launched from Earth - for example, sending a robotic "mining" vehicle to Mars before the astronauts arrive, which would extract methane from the atmosphere for use on the return trip. Some references are: Zubrin, R. and Baker, D., "Mars Direct: A Simple, Robust, and Cost Effective Architecture for the Space Exploration Initiative, AIAA paper 91-0326, 29th Aerospace Science Meeting, Reno, Nevada, Jan. 7-10, 1991. Zubrin, R. and Baker, D., "Humans to Mars in 1999", Aerospace America, Aug. 1990, p. 30-32, 41. Walberg, G., "Ho Shall We Go to Mars? A Review of Mission Scenarios", Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets, Vol. 30, No. 2, Mar.-Apr. 1993, p.129-139. ORBITING EARTH SATELLITE HISTORIES A list of Earth orbiting satellites (that are still in orbit) is in ftp://explorer.arc.nasa.gov/pub/SPACE/FAQ/Satellites SPACECRAFT MODELS References to plans, kits, building, and other information can be found in the Rec.Models.Rockets FAQ in the rec.models.rockets newsgroup. Greg Bollendonk (gregb@gemini.den.mmc.com) has provided a list of spacecraft models, current prices, mail order sources, and periodicals and literature in the field. This is available at ftp://explorer.arc.nasa.gov/pub/SPACE/FAQ/ModelCatalog ROCKET PROPULSION George P. Sutton, "Rocket Propulsion Elements", 5th edn, Wiley-Interscience 1986, ISBN 0-471-80027-9. Pricey textbook. The best (nearly the only) modern introduction to the technical side of rocketry. A good place to start if you want to know the details. Not for the math-shy. Straight chemical rockets, essentially nothing on more advanced propulsion (although earlier editions reportedly had some coverage). Dieter K. Huzel and David H. Huang, "Modern Engineering for Design of Liquid Propellant Rocket Engines", revised, updated, and enlarged by many others. Volume 147 in Progress in Astronautics and Aeronautics, AIAA 1992, ISBN 1-56347-013-6. Order through "Tasco", which sells books for the AIAA. They are reachable at 1-800-682-2422, 9 to 5 eastern time. Cost is $109.95. The updated version is well worth having. In spite of its title, it isn't strictly limited to engines but also deals with issues closely coupled to engine design, such as tank pressurization, engine-vehicle interfaces etc. It appears that the update is largely the work of the older generation of engineers at Rocketdyne, with the idea that "It is immensely important that the skills, experience, and know-how of this earlier generation be preserved and passed on to a younger generation - clearly, completely, and effectively" (W.F. Ezell, V.P. Engineering, Rocketdyne, in the book's preface). [review by Bruce Dunn] SPACECRAFT DESIGN Brij N. Agrawal, "Design of Geosynchronous Spacecraft", Prentice-Hall, ISBN 0-13-200114-4. James R. Wertz ed, "Spacecraft Attitude Determination and Control", Kluwer, ISBN 90-277-1204-2. P.R.K. Chetty, "Satellite Technology and its Applications", McGraw-Hill, ISBN 0-8306-9688-1. "Spacecraft Systems Engineering", Peter Fortescue and John Stark (editors), John Wiley & Sons, ISBN 0-471-93451-8. Henry Spencer: "I think I would rate this as better than Wertz&Larson in a lot of ways. It doesn't go into the same depth on some topics, especially the ones that are more mission planning than hardware design. On the other hand, it goes into noticeably more depth on many things, and it is generally more interesting reading. For serious spacecraft engineering I'd want both, but this is the one I'd recommend for someone who just wanted to buy one book for a good technical overview." James R. Wertz and Wiley J. Larson (editors), "Space Mission Analysis and Design", Kluwer Academic Publishers (Dordrecht/Boston/London) 1991, ISBN 0-7923-0971-5 (paperback), or 0-7923-0970-7 (hardback). This looks at system-level design of a spacecraft, rather than detailed design. 23 chapters, 4 appendices, about 430 pages. It leads the reader through the mission design and system-level design of a fictitious earth-observation satellite, to illustrate the principles that it tries to convey. Warning: although the book is chock-full of many useful reference tables, some of the numbers in at least one of those tables (launch costs for various launchers) appear to be quite wrong. Can be ordered by telephone, using a credit card; Kluwer's phone number is (617)-871-6600. Cost $34.50. ESOTERIC PROPULSION SCHEMES (SOLAR SAILS, LASERS, FUSION...) Dani Eder (eder@hsvaic.hv.boeing.com) maintains a "Canonical List of Space Transport Methods" describing dozens of concepts and providing some in-depth references to the technical literature. This is available from ftp://explorer.arc.nasa.gov/pub/SPACE/FAQ/eder_transport_list A smaller set of references on some of these concepts follows. ANTIMATTER "Antiproton Annihilation Propulsion", Robert Forward AFRPL TR-85-034 from the Air Force Rocket Propulsion Laboratory (AFRPL/XRX, Stop 24, Edwards Air Force Base, CA 93523-5000). NTIS AD-A160 734/0 PC A10/MF A01 PC => Paper copy, A10 => $US57.90 -- or maybe Price Code? MF => MicroFiche, A01 => $US13.90 Technical study on making, holding, and using antimatter for near-term (30-50 years) propulsion systems. Excellent bibliography. Forward is the best-known proponent of antimatter. This also may be available as UDR-TR-85-55 from the contractor, the University of Dayton Research Institute, and DTIC AD-A160 from the Defense Technical Information Center, Defense Logistics Agency, Cameron Station, Alexandria, VA 22304-6145. And it's also available from the NTIS, with yet another number. "Advanced Space Propulsion Study, Antiproton and Beamed Power Propulsion", Robert Forward AFAL TR-87-070 from the Air Force Astronautics Laboratory, DTIC #AD-A189 218. NTIS AD-A189 218/1 PC A10/MF A01 Summarizes the previous paper, goes into detail on beamed power systems including " 1) pellet, microwave, and laser beamed power systems for intersteller transport; 2) a design for a near-relativistic laser-pushed lightsail using near-term laser technology; 3) a survey of laser thermal propulsion, tether transportation systems, antiproton annihilation propulsion, exotic applications of solar sails, and laser-pushed interstellar lightsails; 4) the status of antiproton annihilation propulsion as of 1986; and 5) the prospects for obtaining antimatter ions heavier than antiprotons." Again, there is an extensive bibliography. "Application of Antimatter - Electric Power to Interstellar Propulsion", G. D. Nordley, JBIS Interstellar Studies issue of 6/90. BUSSARD RAMJETS AND RELATED METHODS R. W. Bussard, "Galactic Matter and Interstellar Flight", Astronautica Acta 6 (1960): 179 - 194. G. L. Matloff and A. J. Fennelly, "Interstellar Applications and Limitations of Several Electrostatic/Electromagnetic Ion Collection Techniques", JBIS 30 (1977):213-222 N. H. Langston, "The Erosion of Interstellar Drag Screens", JBIS 26 (1973): 481-484 C. Powell, "Flight Dynamics of the Ram-Augmented Interstellar Rocket", JBIS 28 (1975):553-562 A. R. Martin, "The Effects of Drag on Relativistic Spacefight", JBIS 25 (1972):643-652 D.P. Whitmire, "Relativistic Spaceflight and the Catalytic Nuclear Ramjet", Acta Astronautica 2 (1975): 497 - 509. D.P. Whitmire and A.A. Jackson, "Laser Powered Interstellar Ramjet", JBIS 30 (1977):223 - 226. FUSION "A Laser Fusion Rocket for Interplanetary Propulsion", Roderick Hyde, LLNL report UCRL-88857. (Contact the Technical Information Dept. at Livermore) Fusion Pellet design: Fuel selection. Energy loss mechanisms. Pellet compression metrics. Thrust Chamber: Magnetic nozzle. Shielding. Tritium breeding. Thermal modeling. Fusion Driver (lasers, particle beams, etc): Heat rejection. Vehicle Summary: Mass estimates. Vehicle Performance: Interstellar travel required exhaust velocities at the limit of fusion's capability. Interplanetary missions are limited by power/weight ratio. Trajectory modeling. Typical mission profiles. References, including the 1978 report in JBIS, "Project Daedalus", and several on ICF and driver technology. "Fusion as Electric Propulsion", Robert W. Bussard, Journal of Propulsion and Power, Vol. 6, No. 5, Sept.-Oct. 1990 Fusion rocket engines are analyzed as electric propulsion systems, with propulsion thrust-power-input-power ratio (the thrust-power "gain" G(t)) much greater than unity. Gain values of conventional (solar, fission) electric propulsion systems are always quite small (e.g., G(t)<0.8). With these, "high-thrust" interplanetary flight is not possible, because system acceleration (a(t)) capabilities are always less than the local gravitational acceleration. In contrast, gain values 50-100 times higher are found for some fusion concepts, which offer "high-thrust" flight capability. One performance example shows a 53.3 day (34.4 powered; 18.9 coast), one-way transit time with 19% payload for a single-stage Earth/Mars vehicle. Another shows the potential for high acceleration (a(t)=0.55g(o)) flight in Earth/moon space. "The QED Engine System: Direct Electric Fusion-Powered Systems for Aerospace Flight Propulsion" by Robert W. Bussard, EMC2-1190-03, available from Energy/Matter Conversion Corp., 9100 A. Center Street, Manassas, VA 22110. [This is an introduction to the application of Bussard's version of the Farnsworth/Hirsch electrostatic confinement fusion technology to propulsion. 1500