The Exploration of SpaceTemple Press, 1951 - 198 pagini |
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... remain wholly inside the atmosphere . It could then make a landing as a glider , slowly shedding its speed by air resistance . This operation ( called " entry by braking ellipses " ) is shown in Figure 11. It is of enormous importance ...
... remain wholly inside the atmosphere . It could then make a landing as a glider , slowly shedding its speed by air resistance . This operation ( called " entry by braking ellipses " ) is shown in Figure 11. It is of enormous importance ...
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... remain perpetually in a stable , circular orbit , without requiring any power , and making a complete rotation round the Earth in a little over ninety minutes . At greater heights , the orbital speed needed is less and so the period of ...
... remain perpetually in a stable , circular orbit , without requiring any power , and making a complete rotation round the Earth in a little over ninety minutes . At greater heights , the orbital speed needed is less and so the period of ...
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Arthur Charles Clarke. the region immediately around the Poles would remain invisible from such a satellite in the ... remain rigid to a few millionths of an inch , no matter how the enormously heavy instrument was tilted and revolved ...
Arthur Charles Clarke. the region immediately around the Poles would remain invisible from such a satellite in the ... remain rigid to a few millionths of an inch , no matter how the enormously heavy instrument was tilted and revolved ...
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FRONTISPIECE Automatic Rocket Surveying Mars PLATE I HighAltitude ManCarrying Rocket | 3 |
Spaceships Refuelling In Free Orbit | 4 |
The Earth and its Neighbours | 9 |
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