SPACE TECHNOLOGY AND APPLICATIONS INTERNATIONAL FORUM - 2000: Conference on International Space Station Utilization; Conference on Thermophysics in Microgravity; Conference on Enabling Technology and Required Scientific Developments for Interstellar Missions; Conference on C ommercial/Civil Next Generation Space Transportation; 17th Symposium on Space Nuclear Power and Propulsion

STAIF 2000

Mohamed S. El-Genk, Institute for Space and Nuclear Power Studies, Dept. of Chemical and Nuclear Engineering, Albuquerque, NM, USA

Conference Location and Date: Albuquerque, NM, 30 January - 3 February 2000

Subseries: Astronomy and Astrophysics

Published ; ISBN 156396919X, One Volume Print, CD-ROM included; 1670 pages; 8.5 x 11 inches, single column; Hardcover;

Readership: Program managers, practicing engineers, academicians, and graduate students in the fields of: space technology, space science and experimentation, power systems development, and fluid physics and thermophysics in microgravity

The proceedings documents the opportunities for space science onboard the international space station (ISS), currently under construction by an international consortium. These proceedings include the latest on the construction of and payload operations on the ISS; human physiology in space; fundamental physics; engineering research and technology development; thermal control technologies for future spacecraft; propulsion technology for interstellar precursor missions; breakthrough propulsion physics; next generation commercial/civil space transportation and reusable launch systems technology; spaceport development; potential manned and unmanned space missions; and advances in energy conversion technologies. STAIF-2000 is cosponsored by NASA Headquarters and Field Centers, DOE, and the Boeing Company, in cooperation with major professional societies. Government aerospace industry and universities exhibit and present papers.

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