Here
are highly recommended space resources
for
the scientific study of space vehicle design.
References
Basics
of Space Flight Learners' Workbook
by NASA/Caltech JPL is a great
tutorial on the fundamentals of robotic interplanetary
space mission planning.
Understanding
Space, An Introduction to Astronautics,
Second Edition, Jerry Jon Sellers, US DoD and NASA
Space Technology Series, The McGraw-Hill Companies,
2000 (ISBN 0072424680). Outstanding introduction
to space systems, plenty of illustrations and examples.
Space
Mission Analysis and Design
(SMAD), Third Edition, edited by Wiley J. Larson
and James R. Wertz, US DoD and NASA Space Technology
Series, Microcosm, Inc., 1999 (ISBN 1881883108).
One of the most popular references for space professionals.
Fundamentals
of Space Systems,
edited
by Vincent L. Pisacane and Robert C. Moore, The
Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Lab, Oxford
University Press, 1994 (ISBN 0195074971). Mathematical
explanations of space systems fundamentals.
Introduction
to Space Flight,
by Francis J. Hale, North Carolina State University,
Prentice Hall, 1994 (ISBN 0134819128). A good book
with lots of examples for beginning space systems
engineers that concentrates on astrodynamics.
