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Acknowledgments

I wish to thank all of the authors whose collective insights and experiences have made this grand tour of the world of spacecraft thermal control possible; Dr. David J. Evans of The Aerospace Institute and Dr. Donna J. Born of The Aerospace Press for their vision and dedication to publishing works of technical merit as a service to the technical community; our production editor, Jon Jackoway, and artists, John Hoyem and Tom Hamilton, whose talent and creativity add a level of sophistication and elegance that make this work a pleasure to read; and my wife, Catalina,...