E-Book, Englisch, 318 Seiten
Reihe: Springer Praxis Books
Harvey Soviet and Russian Lunar Exploration
1. Auflage 2007
ISBN: 978-0-387-73976-2
Verlag: Springer
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark
E-Book, Englisch, 318 Seiten
Reihe: Springer Praxis Books
ISBN: 978-0-387-73976-2
Verlag: Springer
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark
This book tells the story of the Soviet and Russian lunar programme, from its origins to the present-day federal Russian space programme. Brian Harvey describes the techniques devised by the USSR for lunar landing, from the LK lunar module to the LOK lunar orbiter and versions tested in Earth's orbit. He asks whether these systems would have worked and examines how well they were tested. He concludes that political mismanagement rather than technology prevented the Soviet Union from landing cosmonauts on the moon. The book is well timed for the return to the moon by the United States and the first missions there by China and India.
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Weitere Infos & Material
1;Contents;5
2;Acknowledgements;9
3;Prologue;10
4;Figures;13
5;Tables and maps;17
6;Abbreviations and acronyms;18
7;Origins of the Soviet lunar programme;20
8;The first moon probes;33
9;Planning the lunar landing;62
10;The soft-landers and orbiters;85
11;The first cosmonauts to the moon;126
12;Around the moon;198
13;Samplers, rovers and orbiters;253
14;Return to the moon;301
15;List of all Soviet moon probes (and related missions);311
16;Bibliographical note and bibliography;315
17;Index;323
