The book presents an imaginative view of what space could well become in the next several decades if new technologies are developed and bold new innovative applications are undertaken. It discusses the following concepts: a future environment for space activities very different from the predominant conditions of the past and present; a dozen critical technologies with the potential for making orders-of-magnitude reductions in spacecraft and launch vehicle weight and cost and orders-of-magnitude increases in their performance; and a large number of space applications that use these technologies to address both established as well as unconventional missions and functions that have revolutionary potential.
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"Bekey has put together some of the ideas, possibilities, and principles that, as he sees it, will guide future American space projects. Some of the ideas are well known while others are mind-bogglingly original. All of them, however, are solidly grounded in decades of engineering experience.... Few technological visionaries have combined Bekey's solid technical background and his broad view of both the civilian and military aspects of the future. His impressive understanding of materials, communication systems, earth and space science, launch vehicles, and microwave applications is probably unmatched by any other space expert."
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The space age-just a little more than 50 years old-has witnessed some astonishing achievements during its relatively short duration. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
optical figure sensor, ground imager, cooperating swarms, focal assembly, advanced space system concepts, orbital jammer, solar power spacecraft, many space functions, second stage corrector, vertically stacked cells, near term concept, astronomical space telescope, photon bucket, tether rotating, relay spacecraft, adaptive membrane, electromagnetic tether, space industrial revolution, membrane antenna, tether materials, tether weight, gossamer membranes, piezoelectric membrane, explosive rings, solar power conversion Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Principles of Operation, Characteristics of the Illustrated System, Concepts Using Optical Wavelengths, Characteristics of the Illustrated Concept, United States, International Space Station, Space Apertures, Space Shuttle, Earth-to-Orbit Transportation, Ivan Bekey, James Webb Space Telescope, The Nature of Advanced Concepts, The Space Industrial Revolution, Year Fig, Air Force, Bekey Designs, Diameter Total Weight Resolution, Filled Aperture Optical Systems, Hubble Space Telescope, Tethers Unlimited, Ultraresolution Ring Aperture Tethered Ground Imager New!
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optical figure sensor, ground imager, cooperating swarms, focal assembly, advanced space system concepts, orbital jammer, solar power spacecraft, many space functions, second stage corrector, vertically stacked cells, near term concept, astronomical space telescope, photon bucket, tether rotating, relay spacecraft, adaptive membrane, electromagnetic tether, space industrial revolution, membrane antenna, tether materials, tether weight, gossamer membranes, piezoelectric membrane, explosive rings, solar power conversion Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Principles of Operation, Characteristics of the Illustrated System, Concepts Using Optical Wavelengths, Characteristics of the Illustrated Concept, United States, International Space Station, Space Apertures, Space Shuttle, Earth-to-Orbit Transportation, Ivan Bekey, James Webb Space Telescope, The Nature of Advanced Concepts, The Space Industrial Revolution, Year Fig, Air Force, Bekey Designs, Diameter Total Weight Resolution, Filled Aperture Optical Systems, Hubble Space Telescope, Tethers Unlimited, Ultraresolution Ring Aperture Tethered Ground Imager New!
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