The Logic of Microspace

ISBN-13: 9789401058520 / Angielski / Miękka / 2012 / 447 str.

R. Fleeter

Opis

Copyright is shared with Microcosm.

Spis treści

1: Microspacecraft.- 1. Why Are We Here?.- 2. Propulsion — Or, How to Get There?.- 3. Orbit Mechanics — Or, What Keeps These Things Up, Anyway?.- 4. Orbit Mechanics II: The Movie.- 5. You Send Me: Orbit Mechanics III 47.- 6. Magnetic Attractions.- 7. Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Radio, Part I: Shatter the Myth of the Digital Miracle?.- 8. Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Radio, Part II: Faster than a Speeding Bullet.- 9. Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Radio, Part III: What’s Up, Doc?.- 10. Thermal Dynamics: Tough Talk About Temperature. A short, virtually painless, and occasionally philosophical look at spacecraft thermostatics and thermodynamics.- 11. You got an Attitude, Buddy? A Primer on Small Satellite Stability and Control.- 12. Memory Systems of Spacecraft—or— Memory — What Is It Good For?.- 13. Mechanisms: The Nuts and Bolts of Small Satellites.- 14. Batteries Not Included.- 15. Bring’Em Up Clean.- 16. Choosing A Launch Site.- 17. Satellite Constellations.- II: Missions and Management Reliability Section 1: Missions.- 1. The Smallest Show on Earth or, Tom Thumb in the Big Top.- 2. Telepresence: Paul Bunyan Takes a Hike.- 3. Being Disruptive — or — Lessons from the Ever-Expanding Backpack.- 4. More of Less is More: The Logic of Microspace.- 5. The One-Bit Sound Bite.- 6. Nothing Is Cost-Optimized.- 7. What Came First, Chickens or Eggs—Really? Some Recipes.- II: Missions and Reliability Section 2: Reliability.- 1. The Mantra of Reliability.- 2. Fun with Parts.- 3. The Logic of Auto Parts.- 4. Darwin Predated Satellites but Engineering Obsoletes Evolution.- 5. Baby Boomer Risk Reduction: Revisiting the Clean Room.- 6. Engineering Religion.- 7. Where to Look for Historical Underpinnings, Term Definitions, and Revolutionary Zeal.- II: Missions and Reliability Section 3: Critical Design Review.- 1. Critical Design Review: A Meditation.- 2. The Dilbert Wars: The Front Lines of Program Management.- 3. Killing the Wooly Mammoth.- 4. What Mood Is Your Program in?.- 5. Developing a Program Plan.- 6. The Future: A Lot of Unknowables, a Few Inevitables.- 7. Space History and a Possible Future.- III: A Wrinkle in Microspace.

O autorze

Rick Fleeter is founder and President of the small spacecraft company, AeroAstro. He has built more than 20 successful small satellites.