INTRODUCTION TO SPACE DYNAMICS by Thompson, W. T. reviewed by Frederick I. Ordway III

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INTRODUCTION TO SPACE DYNAMICS

by Thompson, W. T.

New York, 1961: John Wiley and Sons, Inc., 317 pages, $11.50

A variational approach is given to fundamental principles of dynamics, showing how these principles can be applied to space problems. Techniques for dynamical analyses are developed in such areas as coordinates for space motion, orbits in a central force field, and rocket performance and trajectory optimization. Individual chapters deal with kinematics, transformation of coordinates, gyrodynamics, dynamics of gyro instruments, space vehicle motion, performance and optimization, and generalized theories of mechanics.

Extracted from the 1962 Publication Annotated Bibliography of Space Science and Technology with an Astronomical Supplement - A History of Astronautical Book Literature 1931 - 1961. by Frederick I. Ordway III