epub | 8.01 MB | English | Michel van Pelt | 2017 | Springer International Publishing, Cham | Page: 268

Book Description :

Ever since the dawn of the space age, people have imagined what   could be achieved as the boundaries of engineering,technology   and human endeavor have been pushed further and further. They had   dreams of gigantic launch systems, nuclear-propelled interplanetary   spacecraft, and the ultimate - space colonized byhumans. Why did   they not (yet) succeed in bringing their projects to reality?   

   Dream Missions    takes the reader on a journey through the history of   extremely large, ambitious, and complex space missionsthat never   came to fruition. Each project described in this book says something   about the visions and expectations of their time, and how their demise   was often linked to important changes in the cultural, political and   social state of the world.   

Various ambitious mission and spacecraft concepts arepresented, for each covering:
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[*]            Overview of its history and design;
[*]             The philosophybehind the concept;
[*]     Why it was never developed andflown; and, intriguingly
[*]     Is there still a chance the mission will actually be carried out, with technology progressing, requirements and constraints changing, and alternative sources of funding becoming available? 
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