Space Stations: Systems and Utilization - Hardcover

Messerschmid, Ernst; Bertrand, Reinhold

 
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"With its first elements scheduled for launch in 1998, the International Space Station (ISS) will afford scientists, engineers, and entrepreneurs an unprecedented platform on which to perform complex, long-duration, and replicable experiments in the unique environment of space." NASA press release

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The design of space stations like the recently launched ISS is a highly complex and interdisciplinary task. This book describes component technologies, system integration, and the potential usage of space stations in general and of the ISS in particular. It so adresses students and engineers in space technology. Ernst Messerschmid holds the chair of space systems at the University of Stuttgart and was one of the first German astronauts.

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