From: gherbert@gw.retro.com   
      
   Henry Spencer  wrote:   
   >S. Lajoie  wrote:   
   >>I am interested in what materials to use for space vehicles, radiation and   
   >>thermal effects on space vehicles, design for the space environment, manned   
   >>and unmanned space vehicle requirements, and so on.   
   >   
   >Fortescue&Stark's "Spacecraft Systems Engineering" is a good place to start.   
   >Follow that up with Wertz&Larson "Space Mission Analysis and Design",   
   >Larson&Pranke "Human Spaceflight Mission Analysis and Design", and   
   >Wertz&Larson "Reducing Space Mission Cost".   
      
   I would do "Reducing Space Mission Cost" second, to get the point across   
   before the morass of details obscures the point about smaller and cheaper   
   being possible.   
      
   Also, if you're serious about manned missions... read Shayler's   
   "Disasters and Accidents in Manned Spaceflight".  Lessons to be   
   remembered, not relearned...   
      
      
   -george william herbert   
   gherbert@retro.com   
      
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