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can experience huge variations in temperature in very brief periods. Extreme constraints on mass cause astronautical engineers to face the constant need to save mass in the design in order to maximize the actual
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Although many regard astronautics itself as a rather specialized subject, engineers and scientists working in this area must be knowledgeable in many distinct fields.
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As with aeronautics, the restrictions of mass, temperatures, and external forces require that applications in space survive extreme conditions: high-grade
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and André-Louis Hirsch, was given from 1929 to 1939 in recognition of the study of interplanetary travel and astronautics.
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also made essential contributions in the 18th and 19th centuries. In spite of this, astronautics did not become a
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The early history of astronautics is theoretical: the fundamental mathematics of space travel was established by
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and other environmental issues constitute an increasingly important field of study for spacecraft designers.
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that centers on combining all the necessary subsystems for a particular
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until the mid-20th century. On the other hand, the question of
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Theory and practice of navigation beyond the Earth's atmosphere
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puzzled the literary imaginations of such figures as
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Understanding Space: An Introduction to Astronautics
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published the first book on the new research field.
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Hubble Space Telescope
STS-109
spacecraft
Earth's atmosphere
outer space
Spaceflight
space science
French
J.-H. Rosny
Goncourt academy
aeronautics
aerospace
Robert Esnault-Pelterie
Ary Sternfeld
Prix REP-Hirsch
French Astronomical Society
vacuum
radiation
interplanetary space
magnetic belts
low Earth orbit
Space launch vehicles
satellites
payload
orbit
Isaac Newton
Philosophiæ Naturalis Principia Mathematica
Leonhard Euler
Joseph Louis Lagrange

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