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Xth International Astronautical Congress London 1959 / X. Internationaler Astronautischer Kongress / Xe Congrès International d’Astronautique

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  • © 1960

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Editors:
  1. Friedrich Hecht

    1. Wien, Österreich

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Table of contents (80 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-XV
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  2. Determination of Air Density and the Earth’s Gravitational Field from the Orbits of Artificial Satellites

    • D. G. King-Hele
    Pages 1-20

  3. A Practical Investigation of Spaceship Control Problems

    • C. A. Cross
    Pages 21-32

  4. Magnetohydrodynamics and its Application to Propulsion and Re-Entry

    • Rudolf X. Meyer
    Pages 33-42

  5. Accuracy Limits in Electronic Tracking of Space Vehicles

    • Paul F. von Handel, Fritz Hoehndorf
    Pages 43-53

  6. The Biological Satellite

    • R. P. Haviland
    Pages 54-68

  7. Les aériens à grand gain

    • G. Callede
    Pages 69-81

  8. Some Remarks on the Optimum Operation of a Nuclear Rocket

    • G. Leitmann
    Pages 82-89

  9. Les limites de la survie en cabine étanche au cours des voyages interplanétaires

    • F. Violette, H. Boiteau, S. Bernard
    Pages 90-104

  10. Rocket Postal Service Part II: Intercontinental Connection

    • Glauco Partel, Antonio Angeloni
    Pages 105-112

  11. Results of Experiments on the Biological Effects of Cosmic Radiation on Seeds of Hordeum (Gold Barley) Bonus 01518/B 19 (Gustafsson), with Special Consideration of Heavy Primaries Effects

    • J. Eugster, David G. Simons
    Pages 113-116

  12. Sur le danger météoritique en astronautique

    • N. Boneff
    Pages 117-120

  13. Some New Methods of Satellite Orbit Calculations and Stability Problems

    • Herbert Knothe
    Pages 121-130

  14. Problems of Magnetic Propulsion of Plasma

    • Ralph W. Waniek
    Pages 131-137

  15. Predictión of Man’s Performance in Space Using Flight Simulators and Balloon-Borne Systems

    • J. Gordon Vaeth
    Pages 138-142

  16. Interplanetary Homing

    • E. V. Stearns
    Pages 143-154

  17. The Application of Solid Propellants to Space Flight Vehicles

    • H. L. Thackwell Jr.
    Pages 155-170

  18. The “Green” Areas of Mars and Color Vision

    • Ingeborg Schmidt
    Pages 171-180

  19. Minimum Energy Requirements for Space Travels

    • Harry O. Ruppe
    Pages 181-201

  20. On the Technical Realisation of Subgravity and Weightlessness

    • O. Wołczek
    Pages 202-210
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Editors and Affiliations

  • Wien, Österreich

    Friedrich Hecht

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  • Book Title: Xth International Astronautical Congress London 1959 / X. Internationaler Astronautischer Kongress / Xe Congrès International d’Astronautique

  • Editors: Friedrich Hecht

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-39914-9

  • Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Wien 1960

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-662-38961-4Published: 01 January 1960

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-662-39914-9Published: 21 December 2013

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XVII, 947

  • Number of Illustrations: 184 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Astronomy, Astrophysics and Cosmology

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