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E-raamat: Apollo in Perspective: Spaceflight Then and Now 2nd edition [Taylor & Francis e-raamat]

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  • Formaat: 232 pages, 7 Tables, black and white; 71 Line drawings, black and white; 84 Halftones, black and white; 158 Illustrations, black and white
  • Sari: Discovering Physics
  • Ilmumisaeg: 17-Jul-2019
  • Kirjastus: CRC Press
  • ISBN-13: 9780429292682
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  • Formaat: 232 pages, 7 Tables, black and white; 71 Line drawings, black and white; 84 Halftones, black and white; 158 Illustrations, black and white
  • Sari: Discovering Physics
  • Ilmumisaeg: 17-Jul-2019
  • Kirjastus: CRC Press
  • ISBN-13: 9780429292682
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Choice Highly Recommended Title, January 2020

This special edition of Apollo in Perspective marks the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 Moon landing in 1969. Updated and revised throughout, it takes a retrospective look at the Apollo space program and the technology that was used to land a man on the Moon. In addition, there is a new chapter looking forward to the future of contemporary spaceflight in returning to the Moon (project Artemis) and going on to Mars.

Using simple illustrations and school-level mathematics, it explains the basic physics and technology of spaceflight, from how rockets work to the dynamics of orbits and how to simulate gravity in a rotating spacecraft. A mathematical appendix shows how some of the formulas can be derived.

This is an excellent introduction to astronautics for anyone interested in space and spaceflight.

Features:











Accessible, written in a friendly and informal style





Contains real-world examples





Updated throughout, with new chapters on the Apollo missions and the immediate future of human spaceflight

From the Foreword "I am sure there is a woman or a man alive today who will land on the Moon and on Mars. This book will certainly help them be ready for such a journey. Most importantly, it explains not only what happened 50 years ago, but how the Apollo missions happened, and the science that is required to do it again, or to go further, to Mars. If the reader is younger, still in school and perhaps considering the sciences, this book will introduce ideas that will help you choose the subjects to study which can help you to make your space travel a reality. For others, the book will be an exciting and thought provoking read that gives a vision of the near future in space, which all of us on planet Earth will be able to enjoy as the adventure unfolds." Michael Foale, CBE, former-NASA astronaut
Foreword xi
Acknowledgments xiii
To the Moon by washing machine xv
1 Apollo in outline 1(14)
1.1 The politics of Apollo
1(1)
1.2 The mission
2(5)
1.3 The Moon
7(6)
1.3.1 Apollo's contribution to lunar science
10(2)
1.3.2 The origin of the Moon
12(1)
1.3.3 Moon facts
13(1)
1.4 The immediate future
13(1)
Endnotes
14(1)
2 The best driver in physics 15(16)
2.1 The first voyage to the Moon
15(1)
2.2 On spacecraft and shopping trolleys
15(1)
2.3 The power of imagination
15(3)
2.4 Falling
18(2)
2.5 Forces during liftoff: The astronauts
20(3)
2.6 Forces during liftoff: The spacecraft
23(2)
2.7 Momentum
25(2)
2.8 The physics of rocket motors
27(3)
Endnotes
30(1)
3 Rocketry 31(24)
3.1 Faltering starts
31(1)
3.2 Thrust
32(1)
3.3 Propellant
32(2)
3.4 Applying Newton's laws to spacecraft
34(4)
3.4.1 No gravitational force
36(1)
3.4.2 The effect of gravitational pull: Launch
37(1)
3.5 Real rocket engines
38(6)
3.5.1 Propellant delivery
38(2)
3.5.2 Nozzle design
40(4)
3.5.3 Controlling thrust (throttling)
44(1)
3.6 Staging
44(4)
3.7 Future developments in rocketry
48(4)
3.7.1 Nuclear thermal engines
49(1)
3.7.2 Solar thermal engines
50(1)
3.7.3 Ion drive (electrical propulsion)
51(1)
Endnotes
52(3)
Intermission 1 The Saturn V Booster ROCKET 55(8)
I1.1 A typical Saturn V launch
58(3)
I1.1.1 Stage details from the press kit issued prior to Apollo 11 launch
60(1)
I1.1.2 Payload capacity (total mass of components above instrument unit)
61(1)
I1.1.3 Saturn V contractors
61(1)
Endnotes
61(2)
4 Orbits and trajectories 63(22)
4.1 Hollywood gets it right
63(1)
4.2 Falling again
63(2)
4.3 Orbits
65(2)
4.4 Centripetal forces
67(2)
4.5 Gravity and orbits
69(2)
4.6 Other orbits
71(1)
4.7 Simulating gravity
71(2)
4.8 Changing orbits
73(5)
4.8.1 Hohmann transfers
77(1)
4.9 Flying to the Moon
78(1)
4.10 Missions to Mars
79(5)
4.10.1 Martian transfer orbits
80(3)
Opposition-type transfers
81(1)
Conjunction-type transfers
81(1)
AV versus mission duration
81(2)
4.10.2 Mars launch windows
83(1)
Endnotes
84(1)
Intermission 2 From Mercury To Gemini 85(6)
Endnotes
90(1)
5 The Apollo command and service modules 91(20)
5.1 Mission modes
91(3)
5.1.1 The wild side
92(2)
5.2 The command module (CM)
94(12)
5.2.1 Command module construction and heat shields
96(2)
5.2.2 The forward compartment
98(1)
5.2.3 The aft compartment
98(1)
5.2.4 The crew compartment
98(4)
5.2.5 Manoeuvring
102(1)
5.2.6 Docking
102(2)
5.2.7 Re-entry and splashdown
104(2)
5.3 The service module (SM)
106(3)
5.3.1 Design and construction
106(1)
5.3.2 The SPS
107(1)
5.3.3 Fuel cells (Electrical Power System or EPS)
107(1)
5.3.4 Communications
108(1)
Endnotes
109(2)
Intermission 3 Inertial Guidance And Computers 111(6)
I3.1 The need for a guidance system
111(1)
I3.2 Guidance and control systems
112(1)
I3.3 The Apollo computer
113(3)
I3.3.1 The principle of core memory
115(1)
I3.4 Software
116(1)
I3.4.1 Software engineering 'on the hoof'
116(1)
Endnotes
116(1)
6. The lunar module 117(18)
6.1 Designing the first spacecraft
117(1)
6.2 The ascent stage
117(7)
6.2.1 The environmental control system
122(2)
6.3 The descent stage
124(3)
6.3.1 Powered descent
125(1)
6.3.2 The flying bedstead
126(1)
6.4 Spacesuits
127(4)
6.4.1 Backpacks
130(1)
6.5 The lunar rover
131(2)
6.6 The ascent to orbit
133(1)
Endnotes
134(1)
Intermission 4 The Three 'Ings' 135(2)
I4.1 Eating
135(1)
I4.2 Sleeping
135(1)
I4.3 Excreting
136(1)
Endnotes
136(1)
7 The missions 137(28)
7.1 The great tragedy: Apollo 1
137(2)
7.2 Testing phase: Apollos 4-6
139(2)
7.2.1 Apollo 4 launch (November 4, 1967)
139(1)
7.2.2 Apollo 5 launch (January 22, 1968)
139(1)
7.2.3 Apollo 6 launch (April 4, 1968)
140(1)
7.3 The forgotten mission: Apollo 7 (October 11-22, 1968)
141(1)
7.4 The most daring mission: Apollo 8 (December 21-27, 1968)
141(2)
7.5 The LM flies: Apollo 9 (March 3-13, 1969)
143(1)
7.6 The LM's first journey to the Moon: Apollo 10 (May 18-26, 1969)
144(2)
7.7 The landing: Apollo 11 (July 16-24, 1969)
146(2)
7.8 Precision landing and all-weather testing: Apollo 12 (November 14-24, 1969)
148(4)
7.9 The almost tragedy: Apollo 13 (April 11-17, 1970)
152(3)
7.10 Apollo 14 (January 31-February 9, 1971)
155(2)
7.11 Apollo 15 (July 26-August 7, 1971)
157(2)
7.12 Apollo 16 (April 16-27, 1972)
159(1)
7.13 Apollo 17 (April 16-27, 1972)
159(3)
7.14 Apollo-Soyuz (Apollo: July 15-24, 1975; Soyuz: July 15-24, 1975)
162(1)
Endnotes
163(2)
8. The space shuttle 165(28)
8.1 Rocket planes
165(1)
8.2 The STS components
166(7)
8.2.1 The orbiter
167(5)
8.2.1.1 The remote manipulator arm
170(1)
8.2.1.2 Thermal protection
171(1)
8.2.2 The external tank
172(1)
8.2.3 The solid rocket boosters (SRBs)
172(1)
8.3 Computer systems
173(1)
8.4 Assembling the space shuttle
173(3)
8.5 Installing the payloads
176(1)
8.6 Launching a shuttle
176(3)
8.7 Challenger
179(4)
8.7.1 Physical causes of the disaster
180(3)
8.7.2 Investigation conclusions
183(1)
8.8 Columbia
183(6)
8.8.1 The mission
184(1)
8.8.2 Launch
184(1)
8.8.3 Foam strike
184(1)
8.8.4 Debris loss
185(1)
8.8.5 Re-entry
186(1)
8.8.6 The investigation board
187(1)
8.8.7 Foam loss during launch
188(1)
8.9 Space transportation system (STS) evaluation
189(1)
Endnotes
190(3)
Intermission 5 The International Space Station (ISS) 193(4)
9 From the Moon to Mars 197(22)
9.1 Fifty years of NASA (1969-2019)
197(6)
9.1.1 The post-Apollo years
197(2)
9.1.2 Space shuttles and SEI
199(1)
9.1.3 Faster-better-cheaper
200(1)
9.1.4 The vision
201(1)
9.1.5 Moon to Mars
202(1)
9.2 Orion
203(3)
9.2.1 The service module
203(1)
9.2.2 The crew module
203(3)
9.2.3 The launch escape system
206(1)
9.3 The space launch system
206(3)
9.3.1 Criticisms of SLS and changing NASA opinions
207(2)
9.4 Lunar orbital platform - Gateway
209(2)
9.4.1 Halo orbits
210(1)
9.4.2 Criticism of lunar gateway
211(1)
9.5 On to Mars
211(6)
9.5.1 Mars Direct proposal
211(2)
9.5.1.1 The Mars Direct profile
212(1)
9.5.2 NASA's reaction
213(2)
9.5.3 SpaceX
215(2)
Endnotes
217(2)
Appendix 1 219(2)
Appendix 2 221(4)
Index 225
Jonathan Allday teaches physics at Woodhouse Grove School where he is also Director of Digital Strategy.

After taking his first degree in physics at Cambridge, he moved to Liverpool University where he gained a PhD in particle physics in 1989. While carrying out his research, he joined with a group of academics and teachers working on an optional syllabus to be incorporated into A-level Physics. This new option was designed to bring students up to date on advances in particle physics and cosmology. An examining board accepted the syllabus in 1993 and now similar components appear on most advanced courses and some aimed at GCSE level.

Shortly after this, Jonathan started work on Quarks, Leptons and the Big Bang, published by CRC Press and now in its 3rd edition, which was intended as a rigorous but accessible introduction to these topics. Since then he has also written Apollo in Perspective; Quantum Reality; and Space-time: An Introduction to Einstein's Theory of Gravity also published by CRC, as well as co-authoring various textbooks for 16+ level, most prominently Advanced Physics from the well-respected OUP series of Advanced Science books. He is also active writing articles for Physics Review which is a journal intended for 16+ physicists.

Outside of teaching physics, Jonathan has a keen interest in cricket and Formula 1, although no ability in either sport. He and his wife Carolyn live in Yorkshire and spend a reasonable amount of time wandering the country following their three children in their sporting endeavours. While his eldest son somehow found his way into Accountancy via Psychology, his middle son is reading Physics at Bristol and his youngest is completing A levels and hoping to read philosophy.

Space has always been one of his main interests, which he dates to watching the Apollo missions happening live.
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