SPST301 - Introduction to Space Flight
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Students in this course assess the major aspects of space flight. The course covers space flight from early rocketry through the development of satellite navigation, meteorology, and telecommunications, up to human space flight. Course topics also include: rocket propulsion, basic orbital mechanics, the space environment, living and working in space, and an overview of non-U.S. space programs. (Prerequisite: IR477).
Prerequisites
Corequisites
N/A
Schedule of Classes
| 09/26/11 - 02/26/12 |
03/05/12 - 04/29/12 |
Winter 2012 Session D - 8 Week session |
| 11/28/11 - 04/29/12 |
05/07/12 - 07/01/12 |
Spring 2012 Session I - 8 Week session |
| 01/30/12 - 06/24/12 |
07/02/12 - 08/26/12 |
Summer 2012 Session B - 8 Week session |
Course Materials
| Book Title: |
Understanding Space, 3rd Ed
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| ISBN: |
0073407755 or 0077230302
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| Publication Info: |
McGraw-Hill, 2005
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| Author: |
Sellers
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| Unit Cost: |
$77.50
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| Book Title: |
Robots in Space
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| ISBN: |
0801887089
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| Publication Info: |
The Johns Hopkins University Press; 2008
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| Author: |
Launius, Roger D. and Howard E. McCurdy
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| Unit Cost: |
$34.25
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