A New Era in Space Transportation. Proceedings of the XXVIIth International Astronautical Congress, Anaheim, 10–16 October 1976

Content: 
Front Matter, Page iii
Copyright, Page iv
PREFACE, Page viii, L.G. NAPOLITANO
A NEW ERA OF SPACE TRANSPORTATION, Pages 3-5, James C. Fletcher
A NEW ERA OF SPACE TRANSPORTATION-FUTURE PROGRAMS, Pages 7-14, John F. Yardley
NEW ERA OF SPACE TRANSPORTATION - FUTURE PROGRAMMES, Pages 15-18, Roy Gibson
OPTIMIZATION OF SPACE TRAJECTORIES, Pages 21-31, C. Marchal
JOINT INFLIGHT BIOMEDICAL EXPERIMENTS PERFORMED DURING THE ASTP SPACEFLIGHT, Pages 33-40, Gerald R. Taylor, Margaret E. Brower, Kathryn Kropp, Thomas D. Rogers
PROBLEMS OF CREATING CLOSED BIOLOGICAL LIFE SUPPORT SYSTEMS, Pages 41-42, I.I. Gitelson, I.A. Terskov, B.G. Kovrov, G.M. Lisovsky, F.Ya. Sidko
THE MAGNETOSPHERE, Pages 43-49, C.T. Russell
THE PARTICIPATION OF THE EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY IN ATMOSPHERIC AND MAGNETOSPHERIC RESEARCH, Pages 51-61, D. Edgar Page
DYNAMICS AND THERMAL STRUCTURE OF PLANETARY ATMOSPHERES, Pages 63-69, R.E. Dickinson
MATERIALS AND PROCESSES FOR SHUTTLE ENGINE, EXTERNAL TANK, AND SOLID ROCKET BOOSTER, Pages 71-88, R.J. Schwighamer
EXPANDABLE STRUCTURES FOR SPACECRAFT, Pages 89-97, Karl O. Brauer
PROPULSION BY LASER ENERGY TRANSMISSION: (Considerations to Selected Problems), Pages 99-108, R.E. Lo
LASER PROPULSION, Pages 109-116, C. Selph, W. Horning
SPACE SHUTTLE MAIN PROPULSION SYSTEM, Pages 119-129, Charles C. Wood
SUPERVISED EXPERIMENTAL AND MODEL ROCKETRY; THE 8th SAFETY IN YOUTH ROCKET EXPERIMENTS (SYRE) SESSION, Pages 131-152, G.S. James
MODERN TRANSPONDER TECHNOLOGY FOR BASELINE DESIGNS OF DATA PROCESSING AND SWITCHING COMMUNICATION SATELLITES, Pages 153-180, C. Louis Cuccia
AN EXPOSITION OF ADVANCED LARGE AREA SPACECRAFT SOLAR ARRAY TECHNOLOGY, Pages 181-188, Larry G. Chidester
URANIUM ZIRCONIUM HYDRIDE REACTOR SPACE POWER SYSTEMS, Pages 189-194, James H. Van Osdol, Wallace B. Thomson, Owen S. Merrill
MODULAR SOLAR ENERGY SYSTEMS FOR FUTURE SPACE LABORATORIES, Pages 195-203, J. Rath, E.F. Schmidt
PHOTOVOLTAIC AND THERMAL ENERGY CONVERSION FOR SOLAR POWER SATELLITE, Pages 205-214, G.F. von Tiesenhausen
SATELLITE POWER SYSTEMS FOR LARGE-SCALE POWER GENERATION, Pages 215-225, Gordon R. Woodcock
SPACE AND ENERGY, Pages 227-238, Ivan Bekey
LONG DURATION BALLOON PLATFORM, Pages 239-243, A. Shipley, I.S. Smith
SOME ASPECTS OF MULTIMISSION SPACECRAFT CARRIER MODERNIZATION, Pages 245-251, V.N. Novikov, D.N. Tscheverov
ECNOMIC BENEFITS OF IMPROVED METEOROLOGICAL FORECASTS THE CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY, Pages 253-263, R.K. Bhattacharyya, J.S. Greenberg
ATMOSPHERIC MODELS FOR SPACE SHUTTLE DESIGN, Pages 265-273, Clyde D. Martin
SPACELAB NEW TOOL FOR RESEARCH AND INVESTIGATIONS IN SPACE, Pages 275-283, Roy Gibson, Douglas R. Lord
TECHNOLOGICAL AND OPERATIONAL FEATURES OF THE ARAKS EXPERIMENT, Pages 285-292, Gilles Charles
THE INFORMATION SYSTEM OF PLANETARY VEHICLES AND MOTION SAFETY PROBLEMS, Pages 293-299, B.N. Petrov, Ye.V. Avotinsh, V.G. Grigoryev, A.L. Kemurdzhian, L.N. Lupichev, L.T. Panova, L.N. Polenov, P.S. Semenov
MULTISPECTRAL AND STEREO IMAGING ON MARS, Pages 303-321, Elliott C. Levinthal, Friedrich O. Huck
APOLLO-SOYUZ EXPERIMENTS SUMMARY, Pages 323-335, R.T. Giuli
PLANNING FOR THE FUTURE INTELSAT SYSTEM, Pages 337-344, Harry L. Van Trees
ECS SATELLITE AND DERIVATIVES, Pages 345-351, P.J. Conchie
THE JAPANESE BROADCAST SATELLITE AND COMMUNICATIONS SATELLITE EXPERIMENTS, Pages 353-361, Ken-ichi Tsukamoto, Osamu Ogawa, Masayoshi Murotani, Yoh Ichikawa, Keigo Komuro, Hironobu Okamoto, Shoji Sonoda
COOPERATION BETWEEN U.S. AND EUROPE IN TELECOMMUNICATIONS SATELLITE PROGRAMMES FOR MOBILE APPLICATIONS, Pages 363-370, W. Luksch, E.J. Martin
THE COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY SATELLITE FLIGHT PERFORMANCE, Pages 371-380, Harold R. Raine
ELECTRIC POWER SYSTEMS FOR FUTURE COMMUNICATIONS SATELLITES, Pages 381-391, F.H. Esch, W.J. Billerbeck, D.J. Curtin
ANALYSIS OF THE SYMPHONIE EARTH SENSORS IN-FLIGHT OPERATION NEW EARTH SENSORS, Pages 393-401, F. Desvignes, F.X. Doittau, A. Juvigny, P. Vermande
A SURVEY OF U.S. METEOROLOGICAL SATELLITE PROGRAMS, Pages 403-413, A. Schnapf
FUTURE ORBITAL ACTIVE IMAGING MICROWAVE EXPERIMENTS, Pages 415-417, J.W. Rouse Jr.
MULTIBAND SPACE IMAGERY—A CONTRIBUTION TO THE STUDY OF OCEANIC DYNAMICS, Pages 419-423, V.I. Kravtsova
THE RULES OF CLASSIFICATION OF WATER SURFACE CONDITIONS IN REMOTE SOUNDING FROM SPACE, Pages 425-427, Yu.E. Sidorov, S.V. Solonin
MATERIALS PROCESSING IN SPACE: A SCIENTIFIC OVERVIEW, Pages 429-438, R.A. Lefever
METHODS UTILIZED IN EVALUATING THE PROFITABILITY OF COMMERCIAL SPACE PROCESSING, Pages 439-444, H.L. Bloom, P.T. Schmitt
CONTRIBUTION OF THE SPACELAB DATA MANAGEMENT SYSTEM TO LOWER COST SPACE RESEARCH, Pages 445-451, J.J. Burger, E.R. Tanner