Optimization and performance analysis of waverider configured interplanetary space vehicles

This thesis describes a number of issues associated with waverider configured spacecraft designed for interplanetary missions. The first such issue is the determination of the magnitude of the energies and velocities required for conventional gravity-assist (GA) spaceflight maneuvers contrasted with...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Flynn, John M.
Other Authors: Conrad F. Newberry
Language:en_US
Published: Monterey, California. Naval Postgraduate School 2013
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10945/32074