Download or read book Transactions of the Symposium on Ballistic Missile and Space Technology (7th) Held at the United States Air Force Academy, Colorado, on 13-16 August 1962. Volume I. Space Vehicles and System Design Hypersonics and Re-entry Techniques Propulsion Structures and Materials Mathematical Reliability Techniques written by AEROSPACE CORP EL SEGUNDO CA. and published by . This book was released on 1962 with total page 530 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Identifiers: Abort, Lunar surface vehicles, Attitude control systems, Flat plate models. Contents: Locomotion analysis of lunar surface vehicles; Penetration studies of simulated lunar dust; Sterilization of electronic components of spacecrafts; Injection conditions for earth-moon trajectories; Reuseability and disposal of nuclear systems in space; Self- luminous hypersonic wake radiation measurement and flow visualization; Ballistic missile decoy optimization - programming; Flat plate surface hypersonic heat transfer; Dielectrophoretic propellant orientation in zero gravity; Heat transfer and ablation in aftclosures of solid motors; Nuclear propulsion for orbit-based spacecraft; Oxidation protection of refractory metals in aerospace; A non-parametric technique for reliability comparisons; Failure prediction for nonmaintainable electronic components; and Reliability as a thermostructural design criterion.