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Space Vehicle Mechanisms: Elements of Successful Design

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This book does a very good job of presenting a wide range of mechanisms used in space-flight applications. It provides a good description to understand the basic operating principles of the various mechanisms with enough detail to figure out which type of a particular mechanism may be best suited to a particular application. I believe this book also does a good job of not getting too bogged down into abstract and esoteric details. If one wanted to find the aforementioned details, each section has with it a very good list of references; furthermore, each section was written by experts in the field of each type of mechanism presented rather then by a single author who tries to portray some knowledge in all or many areas.

This is the only reference for those designing space vehicle mechanisms. Each chapter is written by the expert(s) of that field and provide a great overview of things to consider when buying, designing, or writing specifications.