Understanding space: An introduction to astronautics

by Jerry Jon Sellers

An introduction to Astronautics. Why Space?, Exploring Space, The Space Environment, Understanding Orbits, Describing Orbits, Maneuvering in Space, Interplanetary Travel, Predicting Orbits, Getting to Orbit, Returning From Space, Payload and Spacecraft Design, Space Vehicle Control Systems, Spacecraft Subsystems, Space Transportation systems, Space Operations, The Business of Space.

Genres: Space, Science, Nonfiction, Reference, Textbooks, Technical

591 pages, Paperback

First published December 1, 1993

Reviews

[K. Thayer "Boo" Hardy]

Take it from a 30-year veteran of Air & Space... This is a great reference book for space on your bookshelf allocated for Space Situational Awareness (SSA) and Space Traffic Management (STM)—especially if you vocation involves space-related business intelligence (BI) on the shop floor:

NOTICE: THIS IS A "BIG IDEA" NOT FOR THE FAINT HEARTED. Training scenario in process developing strategy for online command and control (C2) persona on RallyPoint—The Largest Online Military Community in these United States of America (USA).

INSTRUCTIONS: REPEAT x3 THE FOLLOWING QUOTE ON THE "GIANT VOICE" EMERGENCY NOTIFICATION SYSTEM: "This is "DevOps Control" with an OPERATION Our Father Exercise Message, Standby."

MESSAGE: In OJTing (On-the-Job Training) "Leadership Hooah", "Rangers Lead the Way"!" With the right command post exercise (CPX) training, exercise and evaluation outlines (TEEOs), your online personas can "Develop the Situation" that lays the groundwork for championing 'leadership hooah" in copyrighting and ownership of CMII-MC-DevOps intellectual property (IP) owing to the mantra, "Space Strong" is "Army Initiative".

DTG 261515Z JUN 18 SMEAC-EAM Plan-Do-Check-Act (PDCA) Common Operating Picture (COP) for OPERATION Our Father—Desktop Command Post Exercise (CPX) on RallyPoint—The Largest Online Military Network in these United States of America (USA)
[~397003:Susan Foster] [~818:COL Jason Smallfield, PMP, CFM, CM] [~83021:MSgt James Sanchez] [~1255762:SSG Diane R.]

1. SITUATION: The American Space Renaissance Act's (ASRA) is leveraging Space as a Tool for National Socio-Economic Goals (SaaTNSG) in Space Transportation Management (STM) as Elon Musk's Space Exploration SpaceX attempts to land it's First DoD contract, therewith moving SpaceX, Inc. inches closer to going public.

1.1. Retrieved from https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidenti...

1.2. Retrieved from http://www.spacesafetymagazine.com/sp...

1.3. Retrieved from https://news.thomasnet.com/featured/s...? or
https://goo.gl/bF2wLB or

2. MISSION: Exercise Desktop CPX OPERATION Our Father to supply Space Situational Awareness (SSA) of a Common Operating Picture (COP) capability in the Space Traffic Management (STM) for timely visualizing and understanding the situation, and to maintain the relative initiative.

3. EXECUTION: Support Veteran-Owned Small Business (SDVOSB) and Veteran-Owned Small Business (VOSB) set-asides with implementing checklists in compliance with para "5.3.3.2.5. Time standardization", Air & Space Force Instruction 10-207, [Civilian Business] Command Post (CP) clocks will be hacked at least once daily with the U.S. Naval Observatory Master Clock (Commercial (Comm) 202-762-1401/Defense Switch Network (DSN) 312-762-1401) to within one second. Log time-hack results in the CP daily events log http://www.citadel.edu/root/images/co.... Special Instructions (SPINs): RallyPoint CPX participants, please notify this office upon completion with votes.

4. ADMINISTRATION:
4.1. Timeanddate.com (n.d.). Personal World Clock. Retrieved June 24, 2018, from https://www.timeanddate.com/worldcloc...
4.2. Global Space Traffic Management Operations: https://goo.gl/bZWTU5
4.3. Wikipedia.org. (n.d.). Unified Combatant Commands. Retrieved June 24, 2018 fromhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unified...

5. COMMAND & CONTROL: https://www.rallypoint.com/profiles/7...
5.1. Checklists. Use of checklist by civilian command post controllers is mandatory and outline the minimum requirement for generating SMEAC-EAMs. 5.2. Checklists will be brief, concise, and lead controllers through an orderly and prioritized sequence from initiation to completion.
5.2. CP managers must review checklists semiannually or immediately after a procedural change is made to the checklist.
5.3. Semiannual reviews will be documented on staff journal and maintained with the checklists.

List of Reference(s):
1) Af.mil. (2013, Jan. 31). Air & Space Force Instruction 10-207. COMMAND POSTS. Retrieved from http://static.e-publishing.af.mil/pro... | Ch 5, CONSOLE OPERATIONS REQUIREMENTS AND PROCEDURES; Para 5-3, CHECKLIST; Para Console Operation, Para, ).

2) Af.mil. (2016, Jul. 12). AFSC 1C3X1 COMMAND AND CONTROL OPERATIONS SPECIALTY. Retrieved from http://static.e-publishing.af.mil/pro...

3) Al-Shammari, M. (2013, Jan. 27). Project Management 1: The Quad Chart. Retrieved from https://www.slideshare.net/minwir/pro...

4) Department of the Army. (2000). SH 21-76. United States Army. Ranger Handbook. Retrieved from http://www.shu.edu/rotc/upload/Ranger...

5) Department of the Army. (2014, May 5). FM 6-0, COMMANDER AND STAFF ORGANIZATION AND OPERATIONS. Retrieved from http://www.milsci.ucsb.edu/sites/secu...

6) Department of the Army. (2017, Mar. 1). Army Techniques Publication (ATP) 6-0.5. Command Post Organization and Operations. Retrieved from https://armypubs.army.mil/epubs/DR_pu...

7) DTG 230100Z JUN 18 NCA-CP-SMEAC-EAM: STM-Checklist Operations and Training for New Military Spouses and Civilians in Support of SPD-3 and RallyPoint Desktop CPX OPERATION Our Father https://www.rallypoint.com/status-upd...

8) Hardy, K, (2018, Jun. 18). Quad Chart: The Executive Leadership Dashboard. Retrieved from https://www.rallypoint.com/status-upd...

9) Hardy, K. (2018, Jun. 25). Etymological Word of the Week: "Army Initiative". Retrieved from https://www.rallypoint.com/status-upd...

10) Ipxhq.com. (2016, Sep. 17). CMII-100, CMII-100I CMII/IPE Standard Configuration Management and http://www.ipxhq.com/wp-content/uploa...


11. Lindquist, R. (n.d.). The Many Sides of a Gemba Walk. Retrieved June 25, 2018, from https://www.isixsigma.com/methodology...

12) Pmi.org. (n.d.). https://www.pmi.org/learning/library/...

13) Weltman, B. (2018, Jun. 12). 5 Best Risk Management Strategies. Retrieved June 25, 2018, from https://www.sba.gov/blogs/5-best-risk...

[Jacob Killelea · Rating 5 out of 5]

Sellers, in cooperation with the US Government, presents an accessible introduction into the world outside our world. Understanding Space is a fantastic primer on all the parts of the successful space mission, and should be considered foundational reading in any space based curriculum.

[Tyler · Rating 5 out of 5]

Excellent book for engineers and scientists that want to know the basics of spacecraft design.

[Kristine · Rating 4 out of 5]

A good overview of all things spaceflight

[DianeKerouac · Rating 4 out of 5]

标记中文版。除了某些推导和介绍可以更简洁明确以外都很好。

[Brynn Land · Rating 3 out of 5]

Standard textbook, but hard to understand sometimes

[Alli · Rating 5 out of 5]

Used this text for my orbital mechanics class for my Master's. The back says it's geared towards high school seniors and undergrads, but it actually is a good book for a graduate program, I learned a lot from it.

[Michael Bond · Rating 5 out of 5]

Despite the title, this is an engineer's primer to space and spacecraft design. In that, it excels!

[Karen Grothe]

This was a textbook for my Spacecraft Design class.

[James · Rating 3 out of 5]

Let's actually read the entire textbook for class, shall we?

[Douglas Mendes · Rating 5 out of 5]

Simple, fast, but great introduction!

[W · Rating 4 out of 5]

Excellent textbook