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Flight test vehicles. --- Navigation. --- Guidance (motion) --- Aeronautical engineering. --- Flight tests. --- Spacecraft launching. --- Safety.

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This Symposium provided an international forum for exchange of ideas and creation of knowledge in recent advances on Multi-Functional Material Structures and Systems. Novel theories, mathematical models, analyses, and application of computational and experimental methods are topics treated. In particular, this work reflects the state of the art in mathematical modeling, computational methods, new experimental methods, new and advanced engineering applications in emerging technologies advanced sensors, structural health monitoring, MEMS, and advanced control systems.

Materials science -- Congresses. --- Materials science --- Mechanical Engineering --- Chemical & Materials Engineering --- Engineering & Applied Sciences --- Aeronautics Engineering & Astronautics --- Materials Science --- Engineering. --- Construction --- Aerospace engineering. --- Astronautics. --- Aerospace Technology and Astronautics. --- Industrial arts --- Technology --- Space sciences --- Aeronautics --- Astrodynamics --- Space flight --- Space vehicles --- Aeronautical engineering --- Astronautics --- Engineering

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This work introduces the important emerging space powers of the world. Brian Harvey describes the origins of the Japanese space program, from rocket designs based on WW II German U-boats to tiny solid fuel 'pencil' rockets, which led to the launch of the first Japanese satellite in 1970. The next two chapters relate how Japan expanded its space program, developing small satellites into astronomical observatories and sending missions to the Moon, Mars, comet Halley, and asteroids. Chapter 4 describes how India's Vikram Sarabhai developed a sounding rocket program in the 1960s. The following chapter describes the expansion of the Indian space program. Chapter 6 relates how the Indian space program is looking ahead to the success of the moon probe Chandrayan, due to launch in 2008, and its first manned launching in 2014. Chapters 7, 8, and 9 demonstrate how, in Iran, communications and remote sensing drive space technology. Chapter 10 outlines Brazil's road to space, begun in the mid-1960's with the launch of the Sonda sounding rockets. The following two chapters describe Brazil's satellites and space launch systems and plans for the future. Chapters 13 and 14 study Israel's space industry. The next chapters look at the burgeoning space programs of North and South Korea. The book ends by contrasting and comparing all the space programs and speculating how they may evolve in the future. An appendix lists all launches and launch attempts to date of the emerging space powers.

Astronautics and state. --- Astronautics --Asia. --- Astronautics --Middle East. --- Astronautics --South America. --- Astronautics --- Astronautics and state --- Mechanical Engineering --- Engineering & Applied Sciences --- Aeronautics Engineering & Astronautics --- Engineering. --- History. --- Astronomy. --- Aerospace engineering. --- Astronautics. --- Aerospace Technology and Astronautics. --- Popular Science in Astronomy. --- History of Science. --- Space sciences --- Aeronautics --- Astrodynamics --- Space flight --- Space vehicles --- Annals --- Auxiliary sciences of history --- Aeronautical engineering --- Engineering

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The world’s most populous nation views space as an asset, not only from a technological and commercial perspective but also from a political one. The repercussions of this ideology already extend far beyond Washington. China vs. the United States explores future Chinese aspirations in space and the implications of a looming space race. Dr. Seedhouse provides background information on the fifteen-year history of the China National Space Administration and its long list of accomplishments. Sino-U.S. technological and commercial interests in space are discussed, including their interest in encouraging a potential space race. The national security objectives of the U.S. and China are also examined.

Astronautics -- Political aspects. --- Astronautics and state -- China. --- China -- Strategic aspects. --- Space race --- Astronautics --- Mechanical Engineering --- Engineering & Applied Sciences --- Aeronautics Engineering & Astronautics --- Engineering. --- Space sciences. --- Astronomy. --- Aerospace engineering. --- Astronautics. --- Aerospace Technology and Astronautics. --- Popular Science in Astronomy. --- Extraterrestrial Physics, Space Sciences. --- Space sciences --- Aeronautics --- Astrodynamics --- Space flight --- Space vehicles --- Astrophysics. --- Space Sciences (including Extraterrestrial Physics, Space Exploration and Astronautics). --- Astronomical physics --- Astronomy --- Cosmic physics --- Physics --- Science and space --- Space research --- Cosmology --- Science --- Aeronautical engineering --- Engineering

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This book is intended to cover remote sensing as a process applied to solar system exploration, with emphasis on understanding and utilizing the entire electromagnetic spectrum. The goal is to create a common ground for those individuals and groups involved in every aspect of remote sensing, representing a wide range of science, engineering, and management disciplines. Despite their varying viewpoints and jargons, these scientist, engineers, and mission administrators nevertheless share the common goal of bringing remote sensing instruments, missions, and programs to fruition. The fostering of great understanding and appreciation of essential aspects of remote sensing brought to the table from each discipline will generate improved communication and working relationships to facilitate successful future exploration. Introductory chapters describe preliminary planning and support systems as well as general principles of remote sensing and electromagnetic energy interactions. The body of the book covers energy generation, instrumentation, measurements, and their interpretation for major divisions of the electromagnetic spectrum, including the visible and circumvisible, ray, and long wave regions. Processing and fusion of remote sensing data in its many forms, as well as emerging technologies for data processing and delivery, are discussed in the final chapters.

Remote sensing -- Methodology. --- Remote sensing. --- Technology. --- Astronautics. --- Geographic information systems. --- Geography. --- Geographical information systems --- GIS (Information systems) --- Remote-sensing imagery --- Remote sensing systems --- Remote terrain sensing --- Sensing, Remote --- Terrain sensing, Remote --- Earth sciences. --- Geographical information systems. --- Astrophysics. --- Aerospace engineering. --- Remote Sensing/Photogrammetry. --- Aerospace Technology and Astronautics. --- Astrophysics and Astroparticles. --- Geographical Information Systems/Cartography. --- Earth Sciences, general. --- Cosmography --- Earth sciences --- World history --- Space sciences --- Aeronautics --- Astrodynamics --- Space flight --- Space vehicles --- Aerial photogrammetry --- Aerospace telemetry --- Detectors --- Space optics --- Information storage and retrieval systems --- Geography --- Aeronautical engineering --- Astronautics --- Engineering --- Geosciences --- Environmental sciences --- Physical sciences --- Astronomical physics --- Astronomy --- Cosmic physics --- Physics --- Remote sensing --- Methodology.