NEW TRENDS IN ASTRODYNAMICS AND APPLICATIONS III

New Trends in Astrodynamics and Applications III

Edward Belbruno, Princeton University, Department of Astrophysical Sciences, Princeton, New Jersey, USA

Conference Location and Date: Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey, 16-18 August 2006

Published February 2007; ISBN 978-0-7354-0389-5 One Volume, Print; 344 pages; 6 3/8 X 9 1/4 inches; Hardcover; $144.00

Readership: Aerospace engineers working in mission and trajectory design; mathematicians in the field of chaos theory, dynamical systems and applications; mathematicians and physicists in the field of celestial mechanics; engineers working in the field of advanced propulsion, guidance and control; researchers, professors, specialists in the space field in academia and at NASA and at other government centers and laboratories; people involved in space policy and exploration at NASA and other space centers.

The purpose of this conference is to present current research in the field of astrodynamics with a special emphasis on the use of the methods of chaos theory and dynamical systems to find low energy trajectories. Applications to current and future space missions are given and also to dynamical astronomy. The paper by Edward Belbruno describes a new way to orbit the Moon that offers enormous fuel savings over the more traditional lunar orbits, as well as offering a new methodology for an Earth-Moon transportation and a lunar communication system suitable to service a lunar base. Other topics include interstellar mission concepts, relativity, advanced propulsion, guidance and control, celestial mechanics, near Earth objects, and space policy. These proceedings are an invaluable source for mathematicians, aerospace engineers, astronomers, and those interested in the future of space exploration.

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