Spacecraft Technology

Mark Williamson BSc, MInstP, MIET, FBIS is an independent Space Technology Consultant advising the space industry and the space insurance community. A Chartered Physicist and Chartered Engineer, he has more than 25 years' experience in satellite communications engineering, technical management and space consultancy.As a technical author, he has written more than 350 articles on space technology and several dozen papers on subjects as diverse as space law, space education and space history. He has also served as the editor of three international space industry magazines.His other books include The Cambridge Dictionary of Space Technology and a student text, The Communications Satellite.

• Chapter 1: A prologue to the Space AgeChapter 2: Highway to space - the development of the space launch vehicleChapter 3: Looking at space - the development of the space science satelliteChapter 4: Looking at Earth - the development of the Earth observation satelliteChapter 5: Keeping in touch - the development of the communications satelliteChapter 6: Probing the Moon - the development of the lunar science spacecraftChapter 7: Man in space - the development of the manned capsuleChapter 8: First and only moonship - the development of the Apollo Command and Service ModuleChapter 9: Lunar lander - the development of the Apollo Lunar ModuleChapter 10: Electric moon car - the development of the Apollo Lunar Roving VehicleChapter 11: An epilogue to the space race

'Spacecraft Technology: The Early Years should be on the reading list for decision makers and technology entrepreneurs alike, if only to remind the current generation how the great innovations that we take for granted ultimately came to be.'