SPAIN AND THE EUROPEAN SPACE EFFORT, Editions BEAUCHESNE

SPAIN AND THE EUROPEAN SPACE EFFORT

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SPAIN AND THE EUROPEAN SPACE EFFORT
José Maria DORADO GUTIERREZ
EAN/ISBN : 9782701015316
112.00 €
This book contains nine historicalmonographs that present important aspects of the Spanish participation in ESRO and ESA programmes. It is the result of a cooperative effort between ESA and the CDTI, the office in charge of the ESA programmes in Spain.
The authors are persons with direct experience of the matters they describe and have obtained industry wide support to obtain the information used. The support of staff at INTA and ESA's Villafranca station must also be acknowledged.
A list of Spain's major achievements in space and a series of tables presenting the details of Spanish investments and participation in all major ESA projects are also included as well as photographs of hardware delivered to ESA.

Pedro PINTO TARDON has a doctorate in aeronautical engineering from the Polytechnic University of Madrid (UPM). In 1965 he joined Spain's National Institute of Aerospace Technology (INTA), where some years later he became director of the electronics division. In 1986 he joined the radar division of CESELSA, where he became technical deputy director of the group. In 1989 he started working for HISPASAT, from where he eventually retired as technical director.
José RIVACOBA holds degrees in civil (energy) engineering (Moscow 1955 and Madrid 1970) and a doctorate in civil engineering (Cantabria 1978). He has thaught at the Universities of Madrid, Barcelona and Cantabria and was awarded the Medal of Professional Merit by the Civil Engineers Association of Spain (1988).
José Manuel SANCHEZ RON, a former ESRO fellow (London, 1975-1977), holds a doctorate in physics (University of London) and is Professor of History of Science at Autonomous University of Madrid. He is a member of Spain's Royal Academy (Madrid) and of the Academia Scientiarum et Artium Europeae (Salzburg), aswell as correspondingmember of the Spanish Royal Academy of Sciences (Madrid) and of the Académie Internationale d'Histoire des Sciences (Paris).
Miguel Angel SABADELL holds a doctorate in theoretical physics (astrophysics) from the University of Saragossa (UZ) and has been a UZ professor, advisor to the Minister for Science, Technology & Universities of the Aragon autonomous government and head of science communication at the Centro de Astrobiologïa (INTA-CSIC), an organisation having links with NASA's Astrobiology Institute.



SOMMAIRE

Preface
José Maria Dorado Gutiérrez

Foreword
lvaro Azcorraga

Chapter 1 : THE YEARS OF THE FIRST SPACE PLAN
SPAIN'S EFFORTS TO CREATE CAPABILITIES IN THE FIELD OF SPACE BETWEEN 1965 AND 1975
José Maria Dorado Gutiérrez and Pedro Sanz-Aranguez

Chapter 2 : A RELIABLE FACILITY
LAUNCH TOWER FOR SKYLARK ROCKET VEHICLES AT ESRANGE (SWEDEN)
José Rivacoba and José Maria Dorado Gutiérrez

Chapter 3 : A SPACE OBSERVATORY
THE ESA GROUND STATION IN VILLAFRANCA DEL CASTILLO
José Maria Dorado Gutiérrez and Miguel Angel Sabadell

Chapter 4 : THE ORIGINS OF SPAIN'S PARTICIPATION IN ESRO
José Manuel Sanchez-Ron

Chapter 5 : HISTORY OF SPAIN'S PARTICIPATION IN ESA'S SCIENCE PROGRAMME
Miguel Angel Sabadell

Chapter 6 : THE HISTORY OF THE ARIANE LAUNCHER IN SPAIN
Miguel Angel Llorca Palomera et alii

Chapter 7 : SPANISH ANTENNAS ON BOARD ESA SATELLITES
Miguel Angel Llorca and Pedro Pinto

Chapter 8 : SPANISH DEPLOYABLE ELEMENTS AND MECHANISMS ON BOARD ESA SATELLITES AND SPACE PLATFORMS
Fernando Artigas

Chapter 9 : INFLUENCE OF THE EUROPEAN SPACE PROGRAMME ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE SPANISH SPACE INDUSTRY
José Maria Dorado Gutiérrez

Space Activity in Spain. Major Achievements

Index of names



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TH n°133 LA THÉOLOGIE SACRAMENTAIRE BYZANTINE

CHARLES DE BOVELLES, PHILOSOPHE ET PÉDAGOGUE

Le baptême, sacrement de la foi

JEAN GUILLOU. BRÈVE BIOGRAPHIE INTIME

LES IMAGES DE DÉVOTION EN EUROPE XVIe XXIe SIÈCLE Une précieuse histoire

MAÎTRE ECKHART ET LES "BÉGUINES"

LA “SOLUTION” DU PASSAGE À L’ACTE Le double crime des soeurs Papin

DU MONDE AU DESERT, L’ASPIRATION A LA SOLITUDE AU XVIIe SIECLE

ÉTUDES DE PSYCHOLOGIE LINGUISTIQUE.

MAÎTRE ECKHART, LECTEUR DES PÈRES GRECS



VIENT DE SORTIR AUX ÉDITIONS FEUILLES
L’ENSEIGNEMENT ÉCONOMIQUE ET SOCIAL DE L'ÉGLISE

REGARDS SUR LE PLAIN-CHANT. La liturgie et sa musique


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Des modes & des maux. Faits et actes marquants

La Révolution française et l'émancipation des juifs. Réimpression de textes de 1787 à 1806

Tirage limité Jardin et cottages

EN PRÉPARATION AUX ÉDITIONS FEUILLES
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