Space Travel:

Mathematics Uncovers an Interplanetary Superhighway

References and Links

Video Presentation

• Watch Shane Ross give a presentation on the interplanetary transport network using RealVideo. (Broadband, Cable/DSL, 56k Modem)

Magazine Articles

• The Interplanetary Transport Network - American Scientist
• Ride the Celestial Subway - New Scientist
• Navigating Celestial Currents - Science News
• Next Exit 0.5 Million Kilometers - Engineering and Science

Technical Reference & Books of Interest

• Capture dynamics and chaotic motions in celestial mechanics: with applications to the construction of low energy transfers. - Edward Belbruno 2004
• Dynamical systems, the three-body problem and space mission design. - Wang Sang Koon, Martin W. Lo, Jerrold E. Marsden and Shane D. Ross, 2007
• Dynamics and Mission Design Near Libration Points, G. Gomez, A. Jorba, J. Llibre, R. Martinez, J. Masdemont, C. Simo, Vol. 1-4, World Scientific, 2001, River Edge, NJ.
  
• Fly Me to the Moon: An Insider's Guide to the New Science of Space Travel - Edward Belbruno, 2007 Read a review by Shane Ross [PDF]
• New methods in celestial mechanics and mission design. - Shane D. Ross and Jerrold E. Marsden, Bulletin of the American Mathematical Society, 43:43-73, 2006
• Low energy transit orbits in the restricted three-body problem. - Charles C. Conley, SIAM J. Appl. Math. 16:732-746, 1968.

Other Related Links

• Math and the Cosmos MAM 2005
• Math in the Media - AMS website
• Manifolds in the Genesis mission - MAA website
• Wikipedia entry
• Destination L1

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