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A breath of fresh Atlas V air. There has never been a Atlas V Guide like this.
It contains 195 answers, much more than you can imagine; comprehensive answers and extensive details and references, with insights that have never before been offered in print. Get the information you need–fast! This all-embracing guide offers a thorough view of key knowledge and detailed insight. This Guide introduces what you want to know about Atlas V.
A quick look inside of some of the subjects covered: Private spaceflight – Private orbital spaceflight, space stations, Helicos Biosciences, IHI Corporation – Space products, Ares I-X – Avionics, Ames Research Center – Missions, Dream Chaser – Development progress, Teuthonista – Linguistic Atlases, Space station – Future developments, Atlas V – History, Bigelow Aerospace – Module construction and deployment timeline, Atlas V – Atlas V HLV, Hipparchus – Bibliography, Mars Science Laboratory – History, Flight Simulator X – Aircraft, Ames Aeronautical Laboratory – Missions, Secondary payload – Market, Blue Origin – Collaborations with NASA, Delta IV rocket – History, Delta IV rocket – 2012 upper stage anomaly, Space tourism – Proposed orbital ventures, Staged combustion cycle (rocket) – History, EELV Secondary Payload Adapter – Technical characteristics, List of rockets used by NASA – Launchers, Atlas V – Atlas Phase 2, Staged combustion cycle (rocket) – Usage, Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle – Atlas V, Air Force Space Command – Launch vehicles, Private equity in the 1980s – Beginning of the LBO boom, ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter – Attempted collaboration with NASA, Vision for Space Exploration – Lunar Architecture, International Launch Services – Atlas launches, Hydrogen technologies – Hydrogen powered rockets, RL-10, Atlas II, Vandenberg Air Force Base – Space exploration, and much more…