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SPACE TECHNOLOGY AND APPLICATIONS INTERNATIONAL FORUM-STAIF 2008: 12th Conference on Thermophysics Applications in Microgravity; 1st Symposium on Space Resource Utilization; 25th Symposium on Space Nuclear Power and Propulsion; 6th Conference on Human/Robotic Technology and the Vision for Space Exploration; 6th Symposium on Space Colonization; 5th Symposium on New Frontiers and Future Concept

Space Technology and Applications International Forum-STAIF 2008

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


AIP Conference Proceedings 969


Conference Location and Date: Albuquerque, New Mexico, 10-14 February 2008

Subseries: None

Published February 2008; ISBN 978-0-7354-0486-1 One Volume, Print; 1200 pages; 8.5 X 11 inches, single column; Hardcover; $299.00
CD-ROM VERSION (sold separately): ISBN 978-0-7354-0487-8; $145.00

Readership: Program managers, practicing engineers, academicians, graduate students, system designers, and researchers interested in the fields of space technology and space science.

The proceedings of STAIF-2008 feature a broad spectrum of topics on: space nuclear power and thermal propulsion, science and technology; space exploration; space colonization; advanced propulsion concepts; advanced radioisotope power systems; thermophysics in microgravity; energy conversion technologies; nuclear fuel and high temperature materials; high power electric propulsion, heat pipes and capillary pumped loops and advanced radiators; nuclear reactor safety; simulation and modeling; space exploration, Lunar and Mars outposts; and advanced propulsion physics. These topics span the range from basic research to the most recent technology advances and hardware development and testing.

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