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Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 168 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 1985
Category : Astronautics
ISBN : UIUC:30112008642560
"Essays ... presented at a conference on the history of space activity held at Yale University on February 6 and 7, 1981"--Introduction.
Author : Alex Roland
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 168 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 1985
Category : Astronautics
ISBN : NASA:31769000641368
Author : Robert Zubrin
Publisher : TarcherPerigee
Page : 340 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2000-08-07
Category : Political Science
ISBN : UOM:39015059955917
"Robert Zubrin is a true engineering genius like the heroic engineers of the past." --Frederick Turner, American Enterprise Using nuts-and-bolts engineering and a unique grasp of human history, Robert Zubrin takes us to the not-very-distant future, when our global society will branch out into the universe. From the current-day prospect of lunar bases and Mars settlements to the outer reaches of other galaxies, Zubrin delivers the most important and forward-looking work on space and the true possibilities of human exploration since Carl Sagan's Cosmos. Sagan himself said of Zubrin's humans-to-Mars plan, "Bob Zubrin really, nearly alone, changed our thinking on this issue." With Entering Space, he takes us further, into the prospect of human expansion to the outer planets of our own solar system--and beyond.
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 552 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 1985
Category : Aeronautics
ISBN : UIUC:30112075701232
Author : National Aeronautics Administration,Alex Roland
Publisher : CreateSpace
Page : 166 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2013-11-01
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1493647091
The essays on the early years of spaceflight that follow were originally presented at a conference on the history of space activity, held at Yale University February, 1981. The conference grew out of a course offered at Yale University in the fall of 1980 entitled "NASA and the Post-Sputnik Era." Jointly sponsored by Calhoun and Jonathan Edwards colleges in response to student interest, the course was quickly oversubscribed. Therefore, the first purpose of this conference was to provide a larger forum in which Yale students could observe-and participate in-informed discussions about United States space activity to date. The conference attracted a far wider and more diverse audience than expected. People from all over the country came to New Haven in a month when that city is not at its best, and participated actively in the conference and all activities related to it. These proceedings would no doubt be richer and more representative of the conference had it been possible to capture and transcribe much of the discussions about the formal papers. Papers included here are basically in the same form as originally presented, with only minor editorial revision.
Author : Albert A. Harrison
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2002-11-10
Category : Nature
ISBN : 0520236777
Publisher Fact Sheet An exploration of the human side of spaceflight: what living & working in space will really be like in the decades to come.
Author : Collins Lok
Publisher : Collins Lok
Page : 76 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2024-06-26
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 8210379456XXX
The protagonist woke up to find that he was in a light novel situation: transported to another world. Except this other world is a highly advanced, spacefaring civilization. He has finally arrived at the ultimate spacefarer goal of the Imperium: become a mothership owner. On top of that, he has also discovered Earth, his home planet. What will he decide to do? Go home? Don't go home?
Author : Christopher Wanjek
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 401 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2020
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780674984486
What will it take to make humanity a spacefaring species? The usual: good reasons and good planning. Christopher Wanjek explores the practical motivations for striking out into the far reaches of the solar system and the realities of the challenge. And he introduces us to the scientists and entrepreneurs who are already tackling that challenge.
Author : James A. Vedda
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
Page : 213 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2012-06-21
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781477130933
What is a spacefaring society, and how do we get there from here? In addressing these questions, this book examines how partisanship and parochialism have hindered American space dreams in recent years, and demonstrates that the lessons we should have learned from U.S. history can put us on a more productive path. Instead of being stuck in Stage One space development (space as a training ground), we can move more quickly to Stage Two (Earth-Moon space as an industrial park) and eventually to Stage Three (human activity across the solar system). The keys to achieving this are routine proximity operations throughout Earth-Moon space, sustainable space infrastructure, and a new level of collaboration between the public and private sectors not adventure trips to distant solar system destinations. In Becoming Spacefarers: Rescuing Americas Space Program, James A. Vedda, one of the most innovative space policy analysts working today, offers a no-nonsense account of the current doldrums of spacefl ight in the United States and how the nation might deal with it. He makes clear that we are in a crisis, that business as usual will not enable us to overcome it, and that it is not suffi cient to rest on past successes or to accept the present partisanship and parochialism. In addition to diagnosing the problems, Vedda also offers useful and in some cases provocative prescriptions for how Americans might untie the Gordian knot of current approaches to spacefl ight.
Author : James R. Hansen
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 588 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : Astronautics
ISBN : STANFORD:36105113772243
Author : Steven J. Dick,National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Publisher : U. S. National Aeronautics & Space Administration
Page : 784 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2010-07-07
Category : Law
ISBN : IND:30000125978191
On 29 July 1958, President Dwight D. Eisenhower signed the National Aeronautics and Space Act, creating the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), which became operational on 1 October of that year. Over the next 50 years, NASA achieved a set of spectacular feats, ranging from advancing the well-established field of aeronautics to pioneering the new fields of Earth and space science and human spaceflight. In the midst of the geopolitical context of the Cold War, 12 Americans walked on the Moon, arriving in peace “for all mankind.” Humans saw their home planet from a new perspective, with unforgettable Apollo images of Earthrise and the “Blue Marble,” as well as the “pale blue dot” from the edge of the solar system. A flotilla of spacecraft has studied Earth, while other spacecraft have probed the depths of the solar system and the universe beyond. In the 1980s, the evolution of aeronautics gave us the first winged human spacecraft, the Space Shuttle, and the International Space Station stands as a symbol of human cooperation in space as well as a possible way station to the stars. With the Apollo fire and two Space Shuttle accidents, NASA has also seen the depths of tragedy. In this volume, a wide array of scholars turn a critical eye toward NASA’s first 50 years, probing an institution widely seen as the premier agency for exploration in the world, carrying on a long tradition of exploration by the United States and the human species in general. Fifty years after its founding, NASA finds itself at a crossroads that historical perspectives can only help to illuminate.
Author : William D. Compton
Publisher : DIANE Publishing
Page : 428 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 1996-12
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9780788136337
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 724 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 1986
Category : Science
ISBN : CORNELL:31924005035708
Author : William David Compton
Publisher : U.S. Government Printing Office
Page : 434 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 1989
Category : Science
ISBN : UIUC:30112077982970
When the crew of Apollo 11 splashed down in the Pacific Ocean on July 24, 1969, Americans hailed the successful completion of the most complex technological undertaking of the 20th century: landing humans on the moon and returning them safely to earth. This document records the engineering and scientific accomplishments of the people who made lunar exploration possible. It shows how scientists and engineers worked out their differences and conducted a program that was a major contribution to science as well as a stunning engineering accomplishment.
Author : Rosa Lynn B. Pinkus
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 408 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 1997-05-13
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0521437504
Using the space shuttle programme as the framework, this book examines ethical decision making in engineering.
