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This book collects selected papers from the 28th Conference of Spacecraft TT&C Technology in China held on November 8-10, 2016. The book features state-of-the-art studies on spacecraft TT&C in China with the theme of "Openness, Integration and...

These proceedings present selected research papers from CSNC2017, held during 23th-25th May in Shanghai, China. The theme of CSNC2017 is Positioning, Connecting All. These papers discuss the technologies and applications of the Global Navigation...

This book is the first textbook specially on multicopter systems in the world. It provides a comprehensive overview of multicopter systems, rather than focusing on a single method or technique. The fifteen chapters are divided into five parts, covering...

Overview of Classical Orbits.- The Concept and Application of Special Orbits.- The Theory and Design Method of Hovering Orbits.- The Theory and Design Method of Spiral Cruising Orbits.- The Theory and Design Method of Multi-Target Rendezvous Orbits Based...

The book presents the best articles presented by researchers, academicians and industrial experts in the International Conference on "Innovative Design and Development Practices in Aerospace and Automotive Engineering (I-DAD 2016)". The book discusses...

TheseProceedings present selected research papers from CSNC2016, held during18th-20th May in Changsha, China. The theme of CSNC2016 is Smart Sensing, SmartPerception. These papers discuss the technologies and applications of theGlobal Navigation...

The Soviet Union shocks the world by placing a satellite in orbit and accomplishing many impressive feats high above Earth. The United States must prevent its Cold War rivals from controlling space, so President John F. Kennedy gives a transcendent...

In Echoes in the Mind, Anthony Gilbert Rodriguez delves into the hidden world of voice-to-skull (V2K) technology, a phenomenon that has sparked both fascination and fear. Drawing on scientific research, personal accounts, and technological developments,...

Project I.B.I.S merges ancient wisdom with modern technological advancements to explore the profound implications of sound, light, and electromagnetism. By revisiting historical artifacts and their potential scientific foundations, this project aspires...

"The NASA Space Shuttles" is a comprehensive chronological account of NASA's 135 Space Shuttle missions, from the groundbreaking launch of Columbia in 1981 to the final flight of Atlantis in 2011. This meticulously researched book details the Shuttle's...

This is Clara Bennett's second book, following "Roswell Revealed: The Untold Story Of America's Most Famous UFO Incident."This book delves into humanity's long-standing quest to understand the cosmos, tracing this journey from ancient civilizations to...

CIA Project OXCART, Project Gusto produced the program code-named Oxcart to develop the stealthy A-12 Archangel as a new U-2 follow-on aircraft. Under CIA Project Oxcart, the stealthy A-12 Archangel was flight-tested at Area 51, Nevada, under a shroud of...

Embark on an extraordinary journey through the creation, life, and legacy of the International Space Station (ISS)-a marvel of engineering and a symbol of peaceful international collaboration. This book provides an in-depth look at the challenges,...

In MiGs over Nevada, the exploitation of foreign aircraft at Aera 51 by the CIA Special Projects Team and the US Air Force, Navy, and various intelligence agencies reversed the 9:1 aerial losses in Vietnam, establishing the US aerial superiority that...

Dans ce tome 2, le Dr Rosalie Bertell s'intéresse tout particulièrement aux crises environnementales générées par les guerres, ainsi qu'à la sécurité écologique et aux nouvelles armes...

À partir des guerres du Golfe et en ex-Yougoslavie, le Dr Rosalie Bertell montre que les militaires ont aujourd'hui un tel pouvoir sur la société civile qu’ils peuvent utiliser la Terre comme arme de guerre.Tout aussi grave...

Written by the author of the Maneuver Warfare Handbook and an active-duty USMC officer with experience in Iraq, 4th Generation Warfare Handbook is the doctrine for a new generation of war. Over the last 40 years, the world has gradually entered into a...

Due to the increasingly complex mineralogy, and lower grade of many current ore reserves, technology has, over the past decade, had to evolve rapidly to treat these materials economically in an industry which has undergone...

The present book is the result of work carried out over a period of about ten years by the author and his co-workers in order to describe more accurately the slow irreversible deformation in time of the rocks surrounding...

The emergence of synthetic ceramics as a prominent class of materials with a unique combination of properties has been an important part of the materials-science scene over the past 20 years. These 'high-technology' ceramics...

Shallow Gas determination, prior to drilling, is carried out using 'Engineering Seismic' survey methods. Seismic acquisition data quality is fundamental in achieving this objective as both the data processing methods and...

Technological advances in semiconductor growth has opened a broad horizon for semiconductor physics and applications during the past 20 years. High quality two-. dimensional systems are achieved with nearly atomic precision by...

The Workshop on Physics and Application of Non-crystalline Semiconductors in Optoelectronics was held from 15 to 17 October 1996 in Chisinau. republic of Moldova and was devoted to the problems of non-crystalline semiconducting...

Bernard R. Gifford and Linda C. Wing Standardized testing has become a ubiquitous feature of American life. As a major source of information for reducing uncertainty in the alJocation of merit­ based educational, training, and...

Air power has been an element of military power for just over a century. However, its ability to project power as part of a nation's quest for security and protection has now been acknowledged as second to no other element of national power. This book is...

This book focuses on various aspects of maritime security of India.

This book focuses on the relevance of space as a new domain towards enhancing war fighting capabilities. The book delves at length about the Chinese Space Programme and their military exploits. The book also highlights the necessity and urgency of Indian...

Landmarks are preferred image features for a variety of computer vision tasks such as image mensuration, registration, camera calibration, motion analysis, 3D scene reconstruction, and object recognition. Main advantages of...

How do small states approach their security problems? What types of strategic instruments exist for small states, and when and why are certain strategies chosen rather than others? The security of `weak' states is ...

This book is the first comprehensive volume on nonlinear dynamics and chaos in optical systems. A few books have been published recently, but they summarize applied mathematical methodologies toward understanding of...

Adaptive optics allows the theoretical limit of angular resolution to be achieved from a large telescope, despite the presence of turbulence. Thus an eight meter class telescope, such as one of the four in the Very Large...

This volume on Advanced Electronic Technologies and Systems based on Low­ Dimensional Quantum Devices closes a three years series of NATO -AS!' s. The first year was focused on the fundamental properties and applications. The...

A non-linear wave is one of the fundamental objects of nature. They are inherent to aerodynamics and hydrodynamics, solid state physics and plasma physics, optics and field theory, chemistry reaction kinetics and population...

The ECOMAC project (Eco-management Accounting as a Tool of Environmental Man­ agement) has provided a framework for linking environmental management with man­ agement accounting. It was funded in Theme 4, 'Human Dimensions of...

This book contains most, but regrettably not all, the papers that were presented at The Advanced Research Workshop, held July 1-5, 1997, at Smolenice Castle, Slovak Republic. The problem of angular divergence is of great...

This book is addressed to designers of photodetectors and photodetecting systems, designers of focal plane arrays, charge-coupled devices, specialists in IR technologies, designers of optoelectronic detecting, guiding and...