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SPRINGER PRAXIS BOOKS DREAM MISSIONS - MICHEL...

This book takes the reader on a journey through the history of extremely ambitious  large and
complex space missions that never happened. What were the dreams and expectations of the
visionaries behind these plans  and why were they not successful in bringing their projects to
reality thus far? As spaceflight development progressed  new technologies and ideas led to
pushing the boundaries of engineering and technology though still grounded in real scientific
possibilities. Examples are space colonies  nuclear-propelled interplanetary spacecraft  space
telescopes consisting of multiple satellites and canon launch systems. Each project described
in this book says something about the dreams and expectations of their time  and their demise
was often linked to an important change in the cultural  political and social state of the
world.For each mission or spacecraft concept  the following will be covered: - Description of
the design.- Overview of the history of the concept and the people involved.- Why it was never
developed and flown- What if the mission was actually carried out - consequences  further
developments  etc.

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