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1、ThispageintentionallyleftblankPLANETARYLANDERSANDENTRYPROBESThisbookprovidesaconcisebutbroadoverviewoftheengineering,scienceandflighthistoryofplanetarylandersandatmosphericentryprobes–vehiclesdesignedtoexploretheatmospheresandsurfacesofotherworlds.Itcoversengineeringaspectsspecifictosuchvehicles,sucha

2、slandingsystems,parachutes,planetaryprotectionandentryshields,whicharenotusuallytreatedintraditionalspacecraftengineeringtexts.Examplesaredrawnfromoverthirtydifferentlanderandentryprobedesignsthathavebeenusedforlunarandplanetarymissionssincetheearly1960s.Theauthorsprovidedetailedillustrationsofmanyv

3、ehicledesignsfromspaceprogrammesworldwide,andgivebasicinformationontheirmissionsandpayloads,irrespectiveofthemission’ssuccessorfailure.Severalmissionsarediscussedinmoredetail,inordertodemonstratethebroadrangeofthechallengesinvolvedandthesolutionsimplemented.PlanetaryLandersandEntryProbeswillformanim

4、portantreferenceforprofessionals,academicresearchersandgraduatestudentsinvolvedinplanetaryscience,aerospaceengineeringandspacemissiondevelopment.AndrewBallisaPostdoctoralResearchFellowatthePlanetaryandSpaceSciencesResearchInstituteatTheOpenUniversity,MiltonKeynes,UK.HeisaFellowoftheRoyalAstronomical

5、SocietyandtheBritishInterplanetarySociety.HehastwelveyearsofexperienceonEuropeanplanetarymissionsincludingRosettaandHuygens.JamesGarryisaPostdoctoralResearchFellowintheSchoolofEngineeringSciencesattheUniversityofSouthampton,UK,andaFellowoftheRoyalAstronomicalSociety.HehasworkedonESAplanetarymissions

6、forovertenyearsandhasillustratedseveralspace-relatedbooks.RalphLorenzisaScientistattheJohnsHopkinsUniversityAppliedPhysicsLaboratory,USA.HeisafellowoftheRoyalAstronomicalSocietyandtheBritishInterplanetarySociety.HehasfifteenyearsofexperienceinNASAandESAspaceflightprojectsandhasauthoredseveralspacebook

7、s.ViktorKerzhanovichisaPrincipalMemberofTechnicalStaffoftheMobilityandRoboticSystemsSectionoftheAutonomousSystemsDivision,NASAJetPropulsionLaboratory,USA.HewasaparticipantinallSovietplanetaryVenusandM