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SPACE TRAVEL 101:
FUNDAMENTALS OF SPACE TRAVEL

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Spacecraft Essentials

Launch & Re-entry

Missions

Sources

Life Support

Sources & Further Study
1.	"Howstuffworks 'How Space Shuttles Work'" - HowStuffWorks Inc. - Jan 2004 http://travel.howstuffworks.com/space-shuttle5.htm
2.	"NASA - Spacecraft Classification" - National Aeronautics and Space Administration - Jan 2004 http://www.qrg.northwestern.edu/projects/vss/docs/thermal/1-why-control-heat.html
3.	"Mars Express: The Mission - Temperature Control Systems" - NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory - Jan 2004 http://marsprogram.jpl.nasa.gov/express/mission/sc_temperature.html
4.	"What happens to heat once it is released into space?" - Northwestern University - Jan 2004 http://www.qrg.northwestern.edu/projects/vss/docs/thermal/3-what-happens-to-heat-once-its-released.html

Launch & Re-entry

Sources & Further Study
1.	"Selection & Training of Astronauts" - National Aeronautics and Space Administration - Jan 2004 http://liftoff.msfc.nasa.gov/academy/astronauts/training.html
2.	"Astronaut Training" - Botha, Kris - Jan 2004 http://www.geocities.com/CapeCanaveral/6098/training.htm
3.	"Basics of Space Flight Section III. Space Flight Operations" - NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory - Jan 2004 http://www2.jpl.nasa.gov/basics/bsf14-1.html
4.	"Howstuffworks 'How Space Shuttles Work'" - HowStuffWorks Inc. - Jan 2004 http://science.howstuffworks.com/space-shuttle.htm
5.	"Aeronautics of the Space Shuttle" - National Aeronautics and Space Administration - Jan 2004 http://www.nasa.gov/audience/forstudents/9-12/features/F_Aeronautics_of_Space_Shuttle.html

Energy

Sources & Further Study

1.	"What are batteries?" - Northwestern University - Jan 2004 http://www.qrg.northwestern.edu/projects/vss/docs/Power/1-what-are-batteries.html
2.	"Howstuffworks "How Batteries Work'" - HowStuffWorks Inc. - Jan 2004 http://electronics.howstuffworks.com/battery1.htm
3.	"What are solar panels?" - Northwestern University - Jan 2004 http://www.qrg.northwestern.edu/projects/vss/docs/Power/1-what-are-solar-panels.html
4.	"Spacecraft Systems" - Culp, Randy - Jan 2004 http://my.execpc.com/~culp/space/spacecraft.html
5.	"RadioIsotope Thermoelectric Generators" - Nemick, Nikolas and Mohanty, Prad - Jan 2004 http://me.eng.sunysb.edu/~mec290/rtgs/
6.	"What are radioisotope thermoelectric generators?" - Northwestern University - Jan 2004 http://www.qrg.northwestern.edu/projects/vss/docs/Power/1-what-are-rtgs.html
7.	"Office of Nuclear Energy, Science & Technology" - U.S. Department of Energy - Jan 2004 http://www.ne.doe.gov/pdf/mmrtg.pdf
8.	"Fuel Cells: How Fuel Cells Work" - U.S. Department of Energy - Jan 2004 http://www.eere.energy.gov/hydrogenandfuelcells/fuelcells/how.html
9.	"Howstuffworks 'How Fuel Cells Work'" - HowStuffWorks Inc. - Jan 2004 http://auto.howstuffworks.com/fuel-cell1.htm
10.	"What are fuel cells?" - Northwestern University - Jan 2004 http://www.qrg.northwestern.edu/projects/vss/docs/Power/1-what-are-fuel-cells.html

Propulsion

Sources & Further Study
1.	"Specific Impulse" - National Aeronautics and Space Administration - Jan 2004 http://www.grc.nasa.gov/WWW/K-12/airplane/specimp.html
2.	"Spacecraft propulsion" - Wikipedia - Jan 2004 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spacecraft_propulsion
3.	"CANOPUS 98-07" - Wheaton, Bill - Jan 2004 http://www.aqua.co.za/assa_jhb/Canopus/c987jpl.htm
4.	"Variable-Specific-Impulse Magnetoplasma Rocket" - Chang-Diaz, Franklin R. - Jan 2004 http://www.nasatech.com/Briefs/Sep01/MSC23041.html
5.	"HSF - Advanced Space Propulsion Laboratory" - Dismukes, Kim - Jan 2004 http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/shuttle/support/researching/aspl/vasimr.html
6.	"Antimatter" - Intech Communications - Jan 2004 http://intech4us.com/html/antimatter.html

Manned

Sources & Further Study

1.	"Soyuz TM-32" - Encyclopedia Astronautica - Feb 2004 http://www.astronautix.com/flights/soyztm32.htm
2.	"Dennis Tito - Wikipedia" - Wikipedia - Feb 2004 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dennis_Tito
3.	"Astronomy and Space - Valentina Tereshkova" - About.com - Feb 2004 http://space.about.com/library/weekly/aa070502a.htm
4.	"Apollo Soyuz Test Project" - NASA Life Sciences Data Archive - Feb 2004 http://lsda.jsc.nasa.gov/apollo/astp.stm
5.	"Apollo-Soyuz - Wikipedia" - Wikipedia - Feb 2004 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo-Soyuz
6.	"STS-51-L - Wikipedia" - Wikipedia - Feb 2004 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/STS-51-L
7.	"51-L" - NASA Kennedy Space Center - Feb 2004 http://science.ksc.nasa.gov/shuttle/missions/51-l/mission-51-l.html
8.	"The Cold War & Space Race" - Shock & Vibration Tutorials - Feb 2004 http://www.vibrationdata.com/space/Apollo13.htm
9.	"NSSDC Master Catalog: Spacecraft" - National Space Science Data Center - Feb 2004 http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/database/MasterCatalog?sc=1970-029A
10.	"Apollo 11 - Wikipedia" - Wikipedia - Feb 2004 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo_11
11.	"John F. Kennedy Space Center - Apollo 11" - NASA Kennedy Space Center - Feb 2004 http://www-pao.ksc.nasa.gov/history/apollo/apollo-11/apollo-11.htm
12.	"Apollo 11 - 30th Anniversary" - NASA National Space Science Data Center - Feb 2004 http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/planetary/lunar/apollo_11_30th.html
13.	"Project Apollo: Astronaut Biographies" - NASA Headquarters - Feb 2004 http://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/pao/History/ap11ann/astrobios.htm#Collins
14.	"BBC NEWS \| World \| Asia-Pacific \| China hails its first man in space" - BBC News - Feb 2004 http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/3193548.stm
15.	"Shenzhou 5 - Wikipedia" - Wikipedia - Feb 2004 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shenzhou_5
16.	"Voskhod 1" - Encyclopedia Astronautica - Feb 2004 http://www.astronautix.com/flights/voskhod1.htm

Unmanned

Sources & Further Study

1.	"Mariner 10" - Encyclopedia Astronautica - Feb 2004 http://www.astronautix.com/craft/marner10.htm
2.	"Deep Space 1 - Wikipedia" - Wikipedia - Feb 2004 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deep_Space_1
3.	"Deep Space 1" - NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory http://nmp.jpl.nasa.gov/ds1/
4.	"Magellan probe - Wikipedia" - Wikipedia - Feb 2004 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magellan_probe
5.	"TPS: Exploring Mars: The Mars Exploration Rovers" - The Planetary Society - Feb 2004 http://planetary.org/mars/mer.html
6.	"Mars Pathfinder Project Information" - NASA National Space Science Data Center - Feb 2004 http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/planetary/mesur.html
7.	"Mars Pathfinder - Wikipedia" - Wikipedia - Feb 2004 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mars_Pathfinder
8.	"SPACE QUOTES" - NASA National Aeronautics and Space Administration - Feb 2004 http://www.jsc.nasa.gov/er/seh/quotes.html
9.	"FIRST AMONG EQUALS : THE ORIGINS OF THE SELECTION PROCESS" - NASA Headquarters - Feb 2004 http://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/pao/History/SP-4215/ch1-2.html
10.	"Sputnik is Launched: 1957" - North Park University - Feb 2004 http://campus.northpark.edu/history/WebChron/Technology/Sputnik.html
11.	"BBC NEWS \| Science/Nature \| First dog in space died within hours" - BBC News - Feb 2004 http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/sci/tech/2367681.stm
12.	"Sputnik 2 - Wikipedia" - Wikipedia - Feb 2004 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sputnik_2
13.	"SSE: Missions: By Target: Jupiter: Past: Voyager 1" - National Aeronautics and Space Administration - Feb 2004 http://sse.jpl.nasa.gov/missions/profile.cfm?Sort=Target&Target= Jupiter&MCode=Voyager_1
14.	"Voyager 1 - Wikipedia" - Wikipedia - Feb 2004 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voyager_1
15.	"Voyager 2 - Wikipedia" - Wikipedia - Feb 2004 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voyager_2
16.	"SSE: Missions: By Target: Jupiter: Past: Voyager 2" - National Aeronautics and Space Administration - Feb 2004 http://sse.jpl.nasa.gov/missions/profile.cfm?Sort=Target&Target =Jupiter&MCode=Voyager_2
17.	"Voyager" - Solarviews.com - Feb 2004 http://www.solarviews.com/eng/voyager.htm

Dangers

Sources & Further Study

1.	"Radiation Damage Discussion" - LeioMyoSarcoma - Jan 2004 http://www.leiomyosarcoma.org.uk/raddiscuss.htm
2.	"What is space radiation?" - National Aeronautics and Space Administration - Jan 2004 http://srag-nt.jsc.nasa.gov/AboutSRAG/What/What.htm
3.	"Space Radiation Storm" - National Aeronautics and Space Administration - Jan 2004 http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2000/ast14jul_2m.htm
4.	"Understanding Space Radiaiton" - National Aeronautics and Space Administration - Jan 2004 http://www.jsc.nasa.gov/news/factsheets/radiation.pdf
5.	"Spatial Disorientation" - Federal Aviation Administration - Jan 2004 http://infomedia.mmac.faa.gov/spatialdprint.html
6.	"THE MERCK MANUAL, Sec. 20, Ch. 282, Motion Sickness" - MERCK - Jan 2004 http://www.merck.com/mrkshared/mmanual/section20/chapter282/282a.jsp
7.	"Effects of Long-Duration Space Travel" - Greenewald Jr., John - Jan 2004 http://www.blackvault.com/news2/effects_of_long_duration_space.html
8.	"Postgraduate Medicine: Motion sickness" - The McGraw-Hill Companies - Jan 2004 http://www.postgradmed.com/issues/1999/10_01_99/gahlinger.htm
9.	"Medicine" - Connors, Mary - Jan 2004 http://www.nas.nasa.gov/About/Education/SpaceSettlement/ Contest/Results/96/winner/cuatro.html
10.	"Space travel is healthy!" - University of Wisconsin, Board of Regents - Jan 2004 http://whyfiles.org/124space_station/5.html
11.	"Cutting The Clatter In Space" - Space Daily - Jan 2004 http://www.spacedaily.com/news/iss-99o.html
12.	"Review Article: Hearing loss in space" - Buckey, Jay - Jan 2004 http://www.asma.org/Publication/abstract/v72n12/v72n12p1121.html
13.	"The Danger of Space Junk" - Olson, Steve - Jan 2004 http://www.theatlantic.com/issues/98jul/junk.htm
14.	"Space Debris Update" - University Corporation for Atmospheric Research - Jan 2004 http://www.windows.ucar.edu/headline_universe/ space_debris_update.backup_MetaRefresh
15.	"The big blast-off" - The Daily Telegraph - Jan 2004 http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2004/01/27/1075088017658.html?from=top5

Spacecraft

Sources & Further Study
1.	"NASA - Spacecraft Classification" - Northwestern University - Jan 2004 http://www.qrg.northwestern.edu/projects/vss/docs/thermal/1-why-control-heat.html
2.	"Mars Express: The Mission - Temperature Control Systems" - National Aeronautics and Space Administration - Jan 2004 http://marsprogram.jpl.nasa.gov/express/mission/sc_temperature.html
3.	"What happens to heat once it is released into space?" - Northwestern University - Jan 2004 http://www.qrg.northwestern.edu/projects/vss/docs/thermal/ 3-what-happens-to-heat-once-its-released.html