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Mark Williamson is an independent Space Technology Consultant advising the space industry and the space insurance community

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Kanonisk navn
Williamson, Mark
Fødselsdato
1957-05-12
Køn
male
Nationalitet
UK
Uddannelse
University of London (Queen Mary College)
Erhverv
space technology consultant
physicist
engineer
technical author
editor
Organisationer
Institution of Electrical Engineers
Space Consultants International
British Aerospace
Plessey Radar
Priser og hædersbevisninger
Aerospace Journalist of the Year - Best Air Show Submission (2005)
Aerospace Journalist of the Year - Best Space Submission (2008, 2010)
Kort biografi
Mark Williamson BSc, MInstP, MIET, FBIS is an independent Space Technology Consultant advising the space industry and the space insurance community. A Chartered Physicist and Chartered Engineer, he has more than 25 years’ experience in satellite communications engineering, technical management and space consultancy. As a technical author, he has written more than 350 articles on space technology and several dozen papers on subjects as diverse as space law, space education and space history.
He has also served as the editor of three international space industry magazines.
His other books include The Cambridge Dictionary of Space
Technology and a student text, The Communications Satellite. [from back cover of Spacecraft Technology, 2008 edition]

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I read all but the last three chapters (on the Apollo LM, LRV, and something else). I can't be bothered finishing. It was OK but rather dull in places. As a history of technology the book Digital Apollo by David Mindell is much better, even if the latter is narrower in focus. This book skips about between different topics and never seems to treat everything consistently -- except for the weight and size of the early satellites!

Technology itself is also not always explained well enough. For example, he talked quite a bit about attitude control (in particular a distinction between spin stabilisation and 3-axis stabilisation) -- but I didn't understand enough of his (short) explanation and therefore a lot of what followed was more or less meaningless to me.… (mere)
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