Space Vehicle Design, Second Edition (AIAA Education)

Griffin, Michael D; French, James R; M Griffin and J French

ISBN 10: 1563475391 / ISBN 13: 9781563475399

Edité par AIAA (American Institute of Aeronautics & Astronautics) (edition 2nd Enlarged ed.), 2004

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À propos des auteurs: Michael D. Griffin is the U.S. Department of Defense Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering. He has served as the King-McDonald Eminent Scholar and professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at the University of Alabama in Huntsville, as the Administrator of NASA, and as the Space Department Head at the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory. He has participated in numerous space missions in the course of a career in government, industry, and the national laboratories. He is a member of the National Academy of Engineering and the International Academy of Astronautics, an Honorary Fellow and former president of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, a Fellow of the American Astronautical Society, and a Senior Member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers. He is the recipient of numerous honors and awards, including the NASA Exceptional Achievement Medal, the AIAA Space Systems Medal and Goddard Astronautics Award, the National Space Club’s Goddard Trophy, the Rotary National Award for Space Achievement, the Missile Defense Agency’s Ronald Reagan Award, and the Department of DoD Distinguished Public Service Medal, the highest award which can be conferred on a non-government employee. He is a registered professional engineer and holds seven degrees in the fields of physics, aerospace engineering, electrical engineering, civil engineering, and business administration.

James R. French, after receiving a BSME from MIT in 1958, worked at the Rocketdyne Division of Rockwell International on the development and testing of the H-1, F-1, and J-2 engines for the Apollo/Saturn launch vehicles, and at TRW on the Apollo Lunar Module descent engine. While with the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory from 1967 to 1986, he participated in the Mariner, Viking, Voyager, and SP-100 programs and many advanced-mission studies. During 1986 and 1987 he was VP-Engineering of the American Rocket Company. Since 1987 he has been in private practice as a consultant in space systems engineering.

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Titre : Space Vehicle Design, Second Edition (AIAA ...
Éditeur : AIAA (American Institute of Aeronautics & Astronautics) (edition 2nd Enlarged ed.)
Date d'édition : 2004
Reliure : Hardcover
Etat : Good
Edition : 2nd Enlarged ed.