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ENCYCLOPEDIA OF

SP A CE SCIENCE

AND

TECHNOLOGY

VOLUME 1

ENCYCLOPEDIA OF SPACE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Editor

Hans Mark

The University of Texas at Austin

John S. Lewis

University of Arizona at Tucson

Thomas S. Moorman

Booz Allen & Hamilton

Norman F. Ness

University of Delaware

Robert E. Smylie

National Aeronautics Space

Administration

Richard H. Truly

National Renewable Energy Laboratory

Albert D. Wheelon

Hughes Aircraft Co.

Peter G. Wilhelm

U.S. Naval Research Laboratory

Laurence R. Young

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Alexander Zakharov

Russian Academy of Sciences

Associate Editors

Milton A. Silveira

Principal Engineer, Aerospace Corp.

University of Vermont

Michael Yarymovych

President International Academy of

Astronautics

Editorial Board

Vyacheslav M. Balebanov

Russian Academy of Sciences

William F. Ballhaus, Jr.

The Aerospace Corporation

Robert H. Bishop

University of Texas at Austin

Aaron Cohen

Texas A & M University

Wallace T. Fowler

University of Texas at Austin

F. Andrew Gaffney

Vanderbilt University Medical Center

Owen K. Garriott

University of Alabama

Tom Gehrels

University of Arizona at Tucson

Gerry Grifﬁn

GDG Consulting

Milton Halem

NASA-Goddard Space Flight Center

Managing Editor

Maureen Salkin

Editorial Staff

Vice President, STM Books: Janet Bailey

Executive Editor:

Jacqueline I. Kroschwitz

Director, Book Production and Manufacturing:

Camille P. Carter

Managing Editor: Shirley Thomas

Illustrations Manager: Dean Gonzalez

Assistant Managing Editor:

Kristen Parrish

Editorial Assistant: Surlan Murrell

ENCYCLOPEDIA OF

SPACE SCIENCE

AND

TECHNOLOGY

VOLUME 1

Hans Mark

Editor

Milton Silveira

Associate Editor

Michael I. Yarymovych

Associate Editor

Maureen Salkin

Managing Editor

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in Publication Data:

Encyclopedia of Space Science & Technology / Hans Mark [editor].

p. cm.

Includes index.

ISBN 0-471-32408-6 (set: acid-free paper)

1. Space Science–Encyclopedias. I. Title: Encyclopedia of Space Science and Technology.

II. Mark, Hans, 1929-

QB497.E53 2003

500.5 0 03—dc21

2002028867

Printed in the United States of America.

10987654321

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