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REFERENCES ON SPECIFIC AREAS

    PUBLISHERS OF SPACE/ASTRONOMY MATERIAL

    Astronomical Society of the Pacific
    1290 24th Avenue
    San Francisco, CA 94122

	More expensive but better organized slide sets.

    Cambridge University Press
    32 East 57th Street
    New York, NY 10022

    Crawford-Peters Aeronautica
    P.O. Box 152528
    San Diego, CA 92115
    (619) 287-3933

	An excellent source of all kinds of space publications. They publish
	a number of catalogs, including:
	    Aviation and Space, 1945-1962
	    Aviation and Space, 1962-1990
	    Space and Related Titles

    European Southern Observatory
    Information and Photographic Service
    Dr R.M. West
    Karl Scharzschild Strasse 2
    D-8046 Garching bei Munchen
    FRG

	Slide sets, posters, photographs, conference proceedings.

    Finley Holiday Film Corporation
    12607 East Philadelphia Street
    Whittier, California 90601
    (213)945-3325
    (800)FILMS-07

	Wide selection of Apollo, Shuttle, Viking, and Voyager slides at ~50
	cents/slide. Call for a catalog.

    Hansen Planetarium Publications
    1845 South 300 West, # A
    Salt Lake City, Utah 84115-1804
    (801)-483-5400 / (800)-321-2369
    (801)-483-5484 (fax)

	Said to hold sales on old slide sets. Look in Sky & Telescope
	for contact info.

    Kluwer Academic Publishers
    (617)-871-6600

    Lunar and Planetary Institute
    also Univ. Space Research Assn. (USRA) Division of Educational Programs
    also USRA Division of Space Life Sciences
    Center for Advanced Space Studies
    3600 Bay Area Boulevard
    Houston TX 77058-1113
    (713)-486-2182

	LPI has a quarterly magazine, "The Lunar and Planetary Information
	Bulletin," edited by thompson@lpi.jsc.nasa.gov (P. Thompson). Also
	technical, geology-oriented slide sets, with supporting booklets.

    John Wiley & Sons
    605 Third Avenue
    New York, NY 10158-0012

    Microcosm
    Suite #230
    2601 Airport Drive
    Torrance, CA 90505
    (310)-539-9444

    Newell Color Lab
    221 N. Westmoreland Avenue
    Los Angeles, CA 90004-4892
    (213)-380-2980
    (213)-739-6984 (FAX)

	Offers an extensive collection of Voyager, Viking, Magellan, Galileo
	and Hubble Space Telescope images in print (b/w and color) format,
	35mm slides, transparencies and Kodak Photo CDs.

    Sky Publishing Corporation
    PO Box 9111
    Belmont, MA 02178-9111

	Offers "Sky Catalogue 2000.0" on PC floppy with information
	(including parallax) for 45000 stars.

    Roger Wheate
    Geography Dept.
    University of Calgary, Alberta
    Canada T2N 1N4
    (403)-220-4892
    (403)-282-7298 (FAX)
    wheate@uncamult.bitnet

	Offers a 40-slide set called "Mapping the Planets" illustrating
	recent work in planetary cartography, comes with a booklet and
	information on getting your own copies of the maps. $50 Canadian,
	shipping included.

    Superintendent of Documents
    US Government Printing Office
    Washington, DC 20402

    Univelt, Inc.
    P. O. Box 28130
    San Diego, Ca. 92128

	Publishers for the American Astronomical Society.

    US Naval Observatory
	202-653-1079 (USNO Bulletin Board via modem)
	202-653-1507 General

    Willmann-Bell
    P.O. Box 35025
    Richmond, Virginia 23235 USA
    (804)-320-7016 9-5 EST M-F


    CAREERS IN THE SPACE INDUSTRY

    In 1990 the Princeton Planetary Society published the first edition of
    "Space Jobs: The Guide to Careers in Space-Related Fields." The
    publication was enormously successful: we distributed 2000 copies to
    space enthusiasts across the country and even sent a few to people in
    Great Britain, Australia, and Ecuador. Due to the tremendous response to
    the first edition, PPS has published an expanded, up-to-date second
    edition of the guide.

    The 40-page publication boasts 69 listings for summer and full-time job
    opportunities as well as graduate school programs. The second edition of
    "Space Jobs" features strategies for entering the space field and
    describes positions at consulting and engineering firms, NASA, and
    non-profit organizations. The expanded special section on graduate
    schools highlights a myriad of programs ranging from space manufacturing
    to space policy. Additional sections include tips on becoming an
    astronaut and listings of NASA Space Grant Fellowships and Consortia, as
    well as NASA Centers for the Commercial Development of Space.

    To order send check or money order made payable to Princeton Planetary
    Society for $4 per copy, plus $1 per copy for shipping and handling
    (non-US customers send an International Money Order payable in US
    dollars) to:

    Princeton Planetary Society
    315 West College
    Princeton University
    Princeton, NJ  08544


    SL-9 COMET/JUPITER IMPACT

    Dan Bruton (astro@tamu.edu) maintains a lengthy FAQ covering the
    spectacular impact of fragments of Comet P/Shoemaker-Levy 9 with Jupiter
    in July, 1994. It can be obtained at

	ftp://ftp.tamu.edu/pub/comet/cometfaq.txt

    The JPL Shoemaker-Levy home page has a large collection of images and
    the latest news on the impact; it's at

	http://newproducts.jpl.nasa.gov/sl9/


    DC-X SINGLE-STAGE TO ORBIT (SSTO) PROGRAM

    BMDO SSRT (Single Stage Rocket Technology) project has funded a
    suborbital technology demonstrator called DC-X that flew successfully
    three times in August and September 1993.

    The SSRT program has been moved from BMDO to NASA. Plans are to upgrade
    the DC-X vehicle and continue flight tests, followed by a building more
    capable test vehicles (designated X-33 and X-34). With luck this would
    culminate in a SSTO demonstrator in 5-6 years. DC-X and the SSTO concept
    have attracted a great deal of interest on the net, and discussion
    continues.

    An collection of pictures and files relating to DC-X is at

	ftp://ftp.cc.utexas.edu/pub/delta-clipper/
	http://gargravarr.cc.utexas.edu/delta-clipper/title.html

    A SSRT news mailing list, which echoes additions to this archive site,
    can be subscribed to by sending email to
    "listserv@zimbazi.cc.utexas.edu" with a first line containing "subscribe
    ssrt-news".

    Contact Chris W. Johnson (chrisj@bongo.cc.utexas.edu).


    HOW TO NAME A STAR AFTER A PERSON

    Official names are decided by committees of the International
    Astronomical Union, and are not for sale. There are purely commercial
    organizations which will, for a fee, send you pretty certificates and
    star maps describing where to find "your" star. These organizations have
    absolutely no standing in the astronomical community and the names they
    assign are not used by anyone else. It's also likely that you won't be
    able to see "your" star without binoculars or a telescope. See the back
    pages of Astronomy or other amateur astronomy publications for contact
    info; one such organization may be found at:

	International Star Registry
	34523 Wilson Road
	Ingleside, IL 60041

    This is not an endorsement of ISR.


    LLNL "GREAT EXPLORATION"

    The LLNL "Great Exploration", a plan for an on-the-cheap space station,
    Lunar base, and Mars mission using inflatable space structures, excited
    a lot of interest on the net and still comes up from time to time. Some
    references cited during net discussion were:

	Avation Week Jan 22, 1990 for an article on the overall Great
	Exploration

	NASA Assessment of the LLNL Space Exploration Proposal and LLNL
	Responses by Dr. Lowell Wood LLNL Doc. No. SS 90-9. Their address
	is: PO Box 808 Livermore, CA 94550 (the NASA authors are unknown).

	Briefing slides of a presentation to the NRC last December may be
	available. Write LLNL and ask.

	Conceptual Design Study for Modular Inflatable Space Structures, a
	final report for purchase order B098747 by ILC Dover INC. I don't
	know how to get this except from LLNL or ILC Dover. I don't have an
	address for ILC.


    LUNAR PROSPECTOR

    Lunar Exploration Inc. (LEI) is a non-profit corporation working on a
    privately funded lunar polar orbiter. Lunar Prospector is designed to
    perform a geochemical survey and search for frozen volatiles at the
    poles. A set of reference files describing the project is in

	    ftp://explorer.arc.nasa.gov/pub/SPACE/LEI/


    LUNAR SCIENCE AND ACTIVITIES

    Grant H Heiken, David T Vaniman, and Bevan M French (editors), "Lunar
    Sourcebook, A User's Guide to the Moon", Cambridge University Press
    1991, ISBN 0-521-33444-6; hardcover; expensive. A one-volume
    encyclopedia of essentially everything known about the Moon, reviewing
    current knowledge in considerable depth, with copious references. Heavy
    emphasis on geology, but a lot more besides, including considerable
    discussion of past lunar missions and practical issues relevant to
    future mission design. *The* reference book for the Moon; all others are
    obsolete.

    Wendell Mendell (ed), "Lunar Bases and Space Activities of the 21st
    Century", $15. "Every serious student of lunar bases *must* have this
    book" - Bill Higgins. Available from:

	Lunar and Planetary Institute
	3303 NASA Road One
	Houston, TX 77058-4399
	If you want to order books, call (713)486-2172.

    Thomas A. Mutch, "Geology of the Moon: A Stratigraphic View", Princeton
    University Press, 1970. Information about the Lunar Orbiter missions,
    including maps of the coverage of the lunar nearside and farside by
    various Orbiters.


    MARS DIRECT / LUNAR DIRECT

    Robert Zubrin and collaborators have developed several proposals for
    near-term, low cost manned missions to Mars and the Moon. These
    proposals center around the use of "indigenous propellants" to reduce
    the mass which must be launched from Earth - for example, sending a
    robotic "mining" vehicle to Mars before the astronauts arrive, which
    would extract methane from the atmosphere for use on the return trip.
    Some references are:

	Zubrin, R. and Baker, D., "Mars Direct: A Simple, Robust, and Cost
	Effective Architecture for the Space Exploration Initiative, AIAA
	paper 91-0326, 29th Aerospace Science Meeting, Reno, Nevada, Jan.
	7-10, 1991.

	Zubrin, R. and Baker, D., "Humans to Mars in 1999", Aerospace
	America, Aug. 1990, p. 30-32, 41.

	Walberg, G., "Ho Shall We Go to Mars? A Review of Mission
	Scenarios", Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets, Vol. 30, No. 2,
	Mar.-Apr. 1993, p.129-139.


    ORBITING EARTH SATELLITE HISTORIES

    A list of Earth orbiting satellites (that are still in orbit) is in

	ftp://ftp.cs.unc.edu/pub/users/leech/FAQ/Satellites.gz


    SPACECRAFT MODELS

    References to plans, kits, building, and other information can be found
    in the Rec.Models.Rockets FAQ in the rec.models.rockets newsgroup.

    Greg Bollendonk (gregb@gemini.den.mmc.com) has provided a list of
    spacecraft models, current prices, mail order sources, and periodicals
    and literature in the field. This is available at

	ftp://ftp.cs.unc.edu/pub/users/leech/FAQ/ModelCatalog.gz

    Sven Knudson has lots more information about scale models and model
    rockets at

	http://www.dtm-corp.com/~sven/models/models.html
	http://www.dtm-corp.com/~sven/rockets/rockets.html


    ROCKET PROPULSION

	George P. Sutton, "Rocket Propulsion Elements", 5th edn,
	Wiley-Interscience 1986, ISBN 0-471-80027-9. Pricey textbook. The
	best (nearly the only) modern introduction to the technical side of
	rocketry. A good place to start if you want to know the details. Not
	for the math-shy. Straight chemical rockets, essentially nothing on
	more advanced propulsion (although earlier editions reportedly had
	some coverage).


	Dieter K. Huzel and David H. Huang, "Modern Engineering for Design
	of Liquid Propellant Rocket Engines", revised, updated, and enlarged
	by many others. Volume 147 in Progress in Astronautics and
	Aeronautics, AIAA 1992, ISBN 1-56347-013-6.

	Order through "Tasco", which sells books for the AIAA. They are
	reachable at 1-800-682-2422, 9 to 5 eastern time. Cost is $109.95.

	The updated version is well worth having. In spite of its title, it
	isn't strictly limited to engines but also deals with issues closely
	coupled to engine design, such as tank pressurization,
	engine-vehicle interfaces etc. It appears that the update is largely
	the work of the older generation of engineers at Rocketdyne, with
	the idea that "It is immensely important that the skills,
	experience, and know-how of this earlier generation be preserved and
	passed on to a younger generation - clearly, completely, and
	effectively" (W.F. Ezell, V.P. Engineering, Rocketdyne, in the
	book's preface). [review by Bruce Dunn]


    SPACECRAFT DESIGN

	Brij N. Agrawal, "Design of Geosynchronous Spacecraft",
	Prentice-Hall, ISBN 0-13-200114-4.

	James R. Wertz ed, "Spacecraft Attitude Determination and
	Control", Kluwer, ISBN 90-277-1204-2.

	P.R.K. Chetty, "Satellite Technology and its Applications",
	McGraw-Hill, ISBN 0-8306-9688-1.

	"Spacecraft Systems Engineering", Peter Fortescue and John Stark
	(editors), John Wiley & Sons, ISBN 0-471-93451-8.

	    Henry Spencer: "I think I would rate this as better than
	    Wertz&Larson in a lot of ways. It doesn't go into the same depth
	    on some topics, especially the ones that are more mission
	    planning than hardware design. On the other hand, it goes into
	    noticeably more depth on many things, and it is generally more
	    interesting reading. For serious spacecraft engineering I'd want
	    both, but this is the one I'd recommend for someone who just
	    wanted to buy one book for a good technical overview."

	Wiley J. Larson and James R. Wertz (editors), "Space Mission
	Analysis and Design, 2nd edition", Kluwer Academic Publishers
	(Dordrecht/Boston), and Microcosm (Torrance, CA) 1992, ISBN
	1-881883-01-9 (paperback) or 0-7923-1998-2 (hardback)

	    This looks at system-level design of a spacecraft, rather than
	    detailed design. 23 chapters, 4 appendices, about 865 pages. It
	    leads the reader through the mission design and system-level
	    design of a fictitious earth-observation satellite, to
	    illustrate the principles that it tries to convey. Editors
	    indicate that the tables have been reviewed at length and any
	    errors corrected in this edition; further corrections may be
	    sent to Jim Wertz (jwertz@netcom.com).

	    Hardback may be ordered from Kluwer (see publisher addresses
	    above), paperback from Microcosm ($39.50)


    ESOTERIC PROPULSION SCHEMES (SOLAR SAILS, LASERS, FUSION...)

    Dani Eder (eder@hsvaic.hv.boeing.com) maintains a "Canonical List of
    Space Transport Methods" describing dozens of concepts and providing
    some in-depth references to the technical literature. This is available
    from

	ftp://ftp.cs.unc.edu/pub/users/leech/FAQ/eder_transport_list.gz

    A smaller set of references on some of these concepts follows.

    ANTIMATTER

	"Antiproton Annihilation Propulsion", Robert Forward
	    AFRPL TR-85-034 from the Air Force Rocket Propulsion Laboratory
	    (AFRPL/XRX, Stop 24, Edwards Air Force Base, CA 93523-5000).
	    NTIS AD-A160 734/0	   PC A10/MF A01
	    PC => Paper copy, A10 => $US57.90 -- or maybe Price Code?
	    MF => MicroFiche, A01 => $US13.90

	    Technical study on making, holding, and using antimatter for
	    near-term (30-50 years) propulsion systems. Excellent
	    bibliography. Forward is the best-known proponent
	    of antimatter.

	    This also may be available as UDR-TR-85-55 from the contractor,
	    the University of Dayton Research Institute, and DTIC AD-A160
	    from the Defense Technical Information Center, Defense Logistics
	    Agency, Cameron Station, Alexandria, VA 22304-6145. And it's
	    also available from the NTIS, with yet another number.

	"Advanced Space Propulsion Study, Antiproton and Beamed Power
	    Propulsion", Robert Forward

	    AFAL TR-87-070 from the Air Force Astronautics Laboratory, DTIC
	    #AD-A189 218.
	    NTIS AD-A189 218/1	  PC A10/MF A01

	    Summarizes the previous paper, goes into detail on beamed power
	    systems including " 1) pellet, microwave, and laser beamed power
	    systems for intersteller transport; 2) a design for a
	    near-relativistic laser-pushed lightsail using near-term laser
	    technology; 3) a survey of laser thermal propulsion, tether
	    transportation systems, antiproton annihilation propulsion,
	    exotic applications of solar sails, and laser-pushed
	    interstellar lightsails; 4) the status of antiproton
	    annihilation propulsion as of 1986; and 5) the prospects for
	    obtaining antimatter ions heavier than antiprotons." Again,
	    there is an extensive bibliography.

	    "Application of Antimatter - Electric Power to Interstellar
	    Propulsion", G. D. Nordley, JBIS Interstellar Studies issue of
	    6/90.

    BUSSARD RAMJETS AND RELATED METHODS

	R. W. Bussard, "Galactic Matter and Interstellar Flight",
	Astronautica Acta 6 (1960): 179 - 194.

	G. L. Matloff and A. J. Fennelly, "Interstellar Applications and
	Limitations of Several Electrostatic/Electromagnetic Ion Collection
	Techniques", JBIS 30 (1977):213-222

	N. H. Langston, "The Erosion of Interstellar Drag Screens", JBIS 26
	(1973): 481-484

	C. Powell, "Flight Dynamics of the Ram-Augmented Interstellar
	Rocket", JBIS 28 (1975):553-562

	A. R. Martin, "The Effects of Drag on Relativistic Spacefight", JBIS
	25 (1972):643-652

	D.P. Whitmire, "Relativistic Spaceflight and the Catalytic Nuclear
	Ramjet", Acta Astronautica 2 (1975): 497 - 509.

	D.P. Whitmire and A.A. Jackson, "Laser Powered Interstellar Ramjet",
	JBIS 30 (1977):223 - 226.

    FUSION

	"A Laser Fusion Rocket for Interplanetary Propulsion", Roderick Hyde,
	LLNL report UCRL-88857. (Contact the Technical Information Dept. at
	Livermore)

	    Fusion Pellet design: Fuel selection. Energy loss mechanisms.
	    Pellet compression metrics. Thrust Chamber: Magnetic nozzle.
	    Shielding. Tritium breeding. Thermal modeling. Fusion Driver
	    (lasers, particle beams, etc): Heat rejection. Vehicle Summary:
	    Mass estimates. Vehicle Performance: Interstellar travel
	    required exhaust velocities at the limit of fusion's capability.
	    Interplanetary missions are limited by power/weight ratio.
	    Trajectory modeling. Typical mission profiles. References,
	    including the 1978 report in JBIS, "Project Daedalus", and
	    several on ICF and driver technology.

	"Fusion as Electric Propulsion", Robert W. Bussard, Journal of
	Propulsion and Power, Vol. 6, No. 5, Sept.-Oct. 1990

	    Fusion rocket engines are analyzed as electric propulsion
	    systems, with propulsion thrust-power-input-power ratio (the
	    thrust-power "gain" G(t)) much greater than unity. Gain values
	    of conventional (solar, fission) electric propulsion systems are
	    always quite small (e.g., G(t)<0.8). With these, "high-thrust"
	    interplanetary flight is not possible, because system
	    acceleration (a(t)) capabilities are always less than the local
	    gravitational acceleration. In contrast, gain values 50-100
	    times higher are found for some fusion concepts, which offer
	    "high-thrust" flight capability. One performance example shows a
	    53.3 day (34.4 powered; 18.9 coast), one-way transit time with
	    19% payload for a single-stage Earth/Mars vehicle. Another shows
	    the potential for high acceleration (a(t)=0.55g(o)) flight in
	    Earth/moon space.

	"The QED Engine System: Direct Electric Fusion-Powered Systems for
	Aerospace Flight Propulsion" by Robert W. Bussard, EMC2-1190-03,
	available from Energy/Matter Conversion Corp., 9100 A. Center
	Street, Manassas, VA 22110.

	    [This is an introduction to the application of Bussard's version
	    of the Farnsworth/Hirsch electrostatic confinement fusion
	    technology to propulsion. 1500






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