Xth International Astronautical Congress London 1959 / X. Internationaler Astronautischer Kongress / Xe Congrès International d’Astronautique

Front Matter....Pages I-XV
Determination of Air Density and the Earth’s Gravitational Field from the Orbits of Artificial Satellites....Pages 1-20
A Practical Investigation of Spaceship Control Problems....Pages 21-32
Magnetohydrodynamics and its Application to Propulsion and Re-Entry....Pages 33-42
Accuracy Limits in Electronic Tracking of Space Vehicles....Pages 43-53
The Biological Satellite....Pages 54-68
Les aériens à grand gain....Pages 69-81
Some Remarks on the Optimum Operation of a Nuclear Rocket....Pages 82-89
Les limites de la survie en cabine étanche au cours des voyages interplanétaires....Pages 90-104
Rocket Postal Service Part II: Intercontinental Connection....Pages 105-112
Results of Experiments on the Biological Effects of Cosmic Radiation on Seeds of Hordeum (Gold Barley) Bonus 01518/B 19 (Gustafsson), with Special Consideration of Heavy Primaries Effects....Pages 113-116
Sur le danger météoritique en astronautique....Pages 117-120
Some New Methods of Satellite Orbit Calculations and Stability Problems....Pages 121-130
Problems of Magnetic Propulsion of Plasma....Pages 131-137
Predictión of Man’s Performance in Space Using Flight Simulators and Balloon-Borne Systems....Pages 138-142
Interplanetary Homing....Pages 143-154
The Application of Solid Propellants to Space Flight Vehicles....Pages 155-170
The “Green” Areas of Mars and Color Vision....Pages 171-180
Minimum Energy Requirements for Space Travels....Pages 181-201
On the Technical Realisation of Subgravity and Weightlessness....Pages 202-210
The Motion of an Orbiting Vehicle Subjected to Continuous Radial Thrust, Including a Study of Planetary Encounters....Pages 211-224
Secular Variation in the Inclination of the Orbit of Earth Satellite (1957 β) and Air Drag/Säkulare Variation der Bahnneigung des Erdsatelliten 1957 β infolge des Luftwiderstandes/Influence de la traînée sur les variations séculaires de l’inclinaison de l’orbite du satellite 1957 β....Pages 225-227
Sur deux types de propulseurs électriques....Pages 228-244
Measurement of Jupiter Re-entry Radiation....Pages 245-253
On the Corridor and Associated Trajectory Accuracy for Entry of Manned Spacecraft into Planetary Atmospheres....Pages 254-267
Lunar Exploration by Photography from a Space Vehicle....Pages 268-278
Voyage aux étoiles Etude de la fusée d’après le principe de relativité....Pages 279-310
A Rocket for Manned Lunar Exploration....Pages 311-326
Differential Expressions for Low-Eccentricity Geocentric Orbits....Pages 327-340
Line-of-Sight Criteria for Interplanetary Navigation....Pages 341-351
Etude théorique et expérimentale des mélanges propergoliques....Pages 352-369
Funzioni del rapporto di massa in campo relativistico. Formulazione generale per qualunque velocità di trasferimento e di getto....Pages 370-375
Gravitational-Magnetic Origin of Sunspots and Related Phenomena....Pages 376-382
Global Aspects of the Exploration of Space....Pages 383-389
Present Status of the Earth’s Radiation Belt....Pages 390-393
Observations on Small Primates in Space Flight....Pages 394-401
Ionospheric Scintillations of Satellite Signals....Pages 402-408
Ion Rocket Efficiency Studies....Pages 409-425
Design Study of an Earth Satellite Evolving from a Four-Step Solid Propellent Rocket Vehicle....Pages 426-434
Tracking Objects within the Solar System Using Only Doppler Measurements....Pages 435-444
Nuclear Rocket Missions and Associated Power Plants....Pages 445-457
On Fast Corpuscles of the Upper Atmosphere....Pages 458-462
Recent Developments and Designs of the Ion Rocket Engine....Pages 463-482
Experiments in Space Cabin Simulators....Pages 483-494
The Sterilization of Space Vehicles to Prevent Extraterrestrial Biological Contamination....Pages 495-504
Effects of a Meteoroid Impact on Steel and Aluminum in Space....Pages 505-514
La sostentazione getto-orbitale nei trasporti ultraveloci....Pages 515-525
Re-entry Paths for Manned Satellites....Pages 526-536
Launching Conditions and the Geometry of Orbits in a Central Gravity Field....Pages 537-559
Design Compromises in Space Power Systems....Pages 560-575
Compressible Flat Plate Boundary Layer of an Electrically Conducting Fluid in the Presence of Magnetic Fields....Pages 576-603
Unsteady Compressible Magnetic Laminar Boundary Layers in Hypersonic Flow....Pages 604-624
Etude d’un échangeur de chaleur par convection et rayonnement pour un autopropulseur fissiothermique....Pages 625-638
Personnel Selection and Training for Space Flight....Pages 639-649
Impulsive Midcourse Correction of an Interplanetary Transfer....Pages 650-670
Multi-Directional G-Protection during Experimental Sled Runs....Pages 671-682
Laboratory Experimental Studies in Re-entry Aerothermodynamics....Pages 683-704
Interplanetary Navigation....Pages 705-714
The Human Eye in Space (Physiologic Aspect)....Pages 715-722
On the Apparent Motion of an Earth’s Artificial Satellite....Pages 723-727
The Drag Brake Manned Satellite System....Pages 728-747
Space Power....Pages 748-755
Some Results of the Measurement of the Mass Spectrum of Positive Ions by the 3 rd Artificial Earth Satellite....Pages 756-767
The Meteoritic Environment from Direct Measurements....Pages 768-771
Relativity Advances of the Perigee of Artificial Earth Satellites....Pages 772-777
The Reactions of Terrestrial Microorganisms to Simulated Martian Conditions....Pages 778-785
The Corpuscular Rays from the Sun....Pages 786-789
A Study of Hypersonic Ablation / Untersuchung der Hyperschall-Ablation / Etude de l’ablation en régime hypersonique....Pages 790-827
On the Directing of Intense Photonic Beams by Means of Electron Gas Mirrors....Pages 828-834
The Three-Body Problem Earth-Moon-Spaceship / Das Dreikörperproblem Erde-Mond-Weltraumschiff / Le problème des trois corps Terre-Lune-Astronef....Pages 835-836
On the Flight Path of a Hypervelocity Glider Boosted by Rockets / Über die Flugbahn eines raketengetriebenen Hyperschallgleiters / La trajectoire d’un planeur hypersonique à fusées d’appoint....Pages 837-840
On the Numerical Computation of Free Trajectories of a Lunar Space Vehicle....Pages 841-842
Application of Magnetohydrodynamics to Astronautics....Pages 843-844
Observation Satellites: Problems, Possibilities and Prospects....Pages 845-847
Libration of an Artificial Earth Satellite....Pages 848-849
Determination of Atmospheric Density at an Altitude of 430 km by the Sodium Vapour Diffusion Method....Pages 850-851
Theorie der relativistischen n-Stufenrakete....Pages 852-864
The Fluctuation of the Accelerations of Satellites and the Changing of the Upper Atmospheric Conditions....Pages 865-870
Telecomunicazioni spaziali e caratteristiche dei loro canali....Pages 871-910
Fuel Requirements for Inter- Orbital Transfer of a Rocket....Pages 911-932
Methods of Analysing Observations on Satellites....Pages 933-946
Back Matter....Pages 947-947