Fly me to the moon:an insider's guide to the new science of space travel (Record no. 25314)

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020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
International Standard Book Number 9780691128221
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Terms of availability Textbook
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Language code of text/sound track or separate title eng
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Classification number B92 P7 TB
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Personal name Belbruno, Edward
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Title Fly me to the moon:an insider's guide to the new science of space travel
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Place of publication, distribution, etc. Princeton,
Name of publisher, distributor, etc. Princeton University Press:
Date of publication, distribution, etc. 2007.
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Extent xix, 148p.
Other physical details : ill.
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General note Bibliography 141-146p.; Index 147-148p.
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Summary, etc. When a leaf falls on a windy day, it drifts and tumbles, tossed every which way on the breeze. This is chaos in action. In Fly Me to the Moon, Edward Belbruno shows how to harness the same principle for low-fuel space travel--or, as he puts it, "surfing the gravitational field."<br/><br/><br/>Belbruno devised one of the most exciting concepts now being used in space flight, that of swinging through the cosmos on the subtle fluctuations of the planets' gravitational pulls. His idea was met with skepticism until 1991, when he used it to get a stray Japanese satellite back on course to the Moon. The successful rescue represented the first application of chaos to space travel and ushered in an emerging new field.<br/><br/><br/>Part memoir, part scientific adventure story, Fly Me to the Moon gives a gripping insider's account of that mission and of Belbruno's personal struggles with the science establishment. Along the way, Belbruno introduces readers to recent breathtaking advances in American space exploration. He discusses ways to capture and redirect asteroids; presents new research on the origin of the Moon; weighs in on discoveries like 2003 UB313 (now named Eris), a dwarf planet detected in the far outer reaches of our solar system--and much more.<br/><br/><br/>Grounded in Belbruno's own rigorous theoretical research but written for a general audience, Fly Me to the Moon is for anybody who has ever felt moved by the spirit of discovery.
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Topical term or geographic name entry element Astronomy
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Topical term or geographic name entry element Astronomy-popular works
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Topical term or geographic name entry element Celestial mechanics
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Topical term or geographic name entry element Mathematics
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Classification part B92 P7 TB
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    Colon Classification (CC)     Central Science Library Central Science Library 2022-09-12 89, 08/09/2008, Dhanraj Book House   B92 P7 TB SL1381940 2022-09-12 2022-09-12 Textbook