The Problem of Space Travel: The Rocket Motor Table Of Contents

Foreword Preface Introduction The Power of Gravity The Practical Gravitational Boundary of the Earth The Free Orbit Maneuvering in the Gravitational Fields of Outer Space The Armor Barrier of the Earth's Atmosphere The Highest Altitudes Reach to Date The Cannon Shot into Outer Space The Reactive Force The Reaction Vehicle The Rocket Previous Researchers Addressing the Problem of Space Flight The Travel Velocity and the Efficiency of Rocket Vehicles The Ascent General Comments about the Structure of the Space Rocket Proposals to Date Comments Regarding Previous Design Recommendations The Return to Earth Hohmann's Landing Maneuver Landing in a Force Circular Orbit Landing in Braking Ellipses Oberth's Landing Maneuver The Result to Date Two Other Important Questions The Space Rocket in an Inclined Trajectory The Space Rocket as an Airplane The Space Station in Empty Space The Nature of Gravity and How it Can be Influenced The Effect of Weightlessness on the Human Organism The Physical Behavior of Objects when Gravity is Missing Without Air Perpetual Silence Prevails in Empty Space Sunshine During Nighttime Darkness Unlimited Visibility Without Heat Designing the Space Station The Solar Power Plant Supplying Light Supplying Air and Heat Supplying Water Long Distance Communications Means of Controlling the Space Station Partitioning the Space Station into 3 Entities The Habitat Wheel The Observatory and the Machine Room Providing for Long-Distance Communications and Safety Partitioning the Space Station into 2 Entities The Space Suit The Trip to the Space Station Special Physical Experiments Telescopes of Enormous Size Observing and Researching the Earth's Surface Exploring the Stars A Giant Floating Mirror The Most Dreadful Weapon To Distant Celestial Bodies The Technology of Space Travel Launching from the Earth's Surface The Space Station as a Base for Travel into Deep Space The Attainability of the Neighboring Planets Distant Worlds Will It Ever be Possible to Reach Fixed Stars? The Expected Course of Development of Space Travel Final Remarks

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