SPACE POWER SYSTEMS by Snyder, N. W. (ed) reviewed by Frederick I. Ordway III

From The Space Library

SPACE POWER SYSTEMS

by Snyder, N. W. (ed)

New York, 1961: Academic Press, 632 pages, $6.00

Volume 4 of the series "Progress in Astronautics and Rocketry" (M. Summerfield, ed), the book is divided into sections on solar power systems, nuclear power systems, chemical power systems, and power requirements. Among the contributions are: "Solar Cell Power System for Advent," "Ranger Spacecraft Power System," "Power Supply for the Tiros I Meteorological Satellite," "Development of the Power Supply for the Transit Satellite," "Solar Thermionic Electric Power System," "Sunflower Power Conversion System," "The Snap II Concept," "Status of the Snap II Reactor," "Snap Thermoelectric Systems," "Nuclear Reactor Thermionic Space Power Systems," "Dynamic Versus Direct Conversion," "Boiling vs. Non-Boiling Liquid Metal Cooled Reactors in Rankine Cycle Space Power Plants," "Optimized Snap III Power Generator Design for Spacecraft," "Chemical-Mechanical Space Power Systems," "Cryogenic Tankage for Chemical Space Power Systems," and "Flight Vehicle Power Forecasts:"

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