This book presents an overview of the outcomes resulting from applying the dynamical systems approach to space mission design, a topic referred to as "Space Manifold Dynamics" (SMD). It is a natural follow-on to the international workshop "Novel Spaceways for Scientific and Exploration Missions," which was held in October 2007 at the Telespazio Fucino Space Centre (Italy) under the auspices of the Space OPS Academy. The benefits and drawbacks of using the Lagrangian points and the associated trajectories for present and future space missions are discussed. The related methods and algorithms are also described in detail. Each topic is presented in articles that were written as far as possible to be self consistent; the use of introductory sections and of extended explanations is included in order to address the different communities potentially interested in SMD: space science, the aerospace industry, manned and unmanned exploration, celestial mechanics, and flight dynamics.
Author(s): Miguel Belló, Gerard Gómez, Josep J. Masdemont (auth.), Ettore Perozzi, Sylvio Ferraz-Mello (eds.)
Series: Space Technology Proceedings
Edition: 1
Publisher: Springer-Verlag New York
Year: 2010
Language: English
Pages: 258
Tags: Extraterrestrial Physics, Space Sciences; Aerospace Technology and Astronautics; Planetology
Front Matter....Pages i-xiii
Invariant Manifolds, Lagrangian Trajectories and Space Mission Design....Pages 1-96
Chaos and Diffusion in Dynamical Systems Through Stable-Unstable Manifolds....Pages 97-112
Regular and Chaotic Dynamics of Periodic and Quasi-Periodic Motions....Pages 113-132
Survey of Recent Results on Weak Stability Boundaries and Applications....Pages 133-147
On the Accessibility of the Moon....Pages 149-159
Optimal Low-Thrust Trajectories to the Interior Earth-Moon Lagrange Point....Pages 161-184
On the Use of the Earth-Moon Lagrangian Point L 1 for Supporting the Manned Lunar Exploration....Pages 185-201
Manifolds and Radiation Protection....Pages 203-207
Three-Body Invariant Manifold Transition with Electric Propulsion....Pages 209-227
From Sputnik to the Moon: Astrophysics and Cosmology from Space....Pages 229-243
Space Exploration: How Science and Economy may Work Together....Pages 245-253
Back Matter....Pages 1-4
