Stratonauts

Author : Manfred "Dutch" von Ehrenfired
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 236 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2013-12-13
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9783319029016

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Stratonauts by Manfred "Dutch" von Ehrenfired Pdf

Just what does it take to be a stratonaut, soaring to higher and higher altitudes of Earth's atmosphere? Brave men and women have reached extreme heights in balloons, aircraft and rocket ships over the past two centuries, from the first untethered balloon flight to the first flights in the newly defined stratosphere, through to the present flights that continue to set new records. This book defines the altitudes related to the stratosphere, how it changes with latitude and the effects on ascending aviators. Also described is how over time technology enabled aircraft and balloons to achieve higher altitudes. The book shows the clear influence of the military on designs that initially focused on speed and maneuverability, but only later on reaching new altitudes. The early flights into the troposphere and eventually the mid to upper reaches of the stratosphere are chronicled, with great emphasis on flight operations. This includes decompression, bailouts, inertia coupling, ejections, catastrophic disintegration, crashes and deaths. Although the book highlights major altitude attempts and records, it also focuses on the life-threatening problems confronting the would-be stratonaut and the causes of many of their deaths. In doing so, it tries to define just what it takes to be a stratonaut.

Author : Raymond Radner
Publisher : iUniverse
Page : 234 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2007-10-23
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780595870349

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Kill The Blackbird by Raymond Radner Pdf

In the midst of listening to Elvis Presley's rock and roll and the soulful tunes of Ray Charles, Americans in 1962 must deal with the grim possibility of nuclear war. Fear hovers across the land, especially when President John F. Kennedy advises the nation to build bomb shelters and stockpile food. Known only to a few is the highly experimental American surveillance aircraft, the Blackbird. In order to protect the country, despite the uncertainty of the Blackbird's capabilities and the dangerous location of its destination, the American Security Council commits U.S. spy pilot Paul Hammond to fly the Blackbird and crack Russia's Iron Curtain. But the Soviets have a secret defense, one they're willing to use even if it means a nuclear clash with the Unites States. It's up to Hammond to penetrate their defenses and save the world from nuclear holocaust. Caught in between is Rachel Cummins a Washington insider who is actually Oksana Pavlodar-a Russian spy.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 514 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 1963
Category : Navigation (Aeronautics)
ISBN : MINN:31951P01174741W

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The Navigator by Anonim Pdf

Author : Manfred von Ehrenfried
Publisher : Springer
Page : 236 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2013-12-17
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 3319029029

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Stratonauts by Manfred von Ehrenfried Pdf

Just what does it take to be a stratonaut, soaring to higher and higher altitudes of Earth's atmosphere? Brave men and women have reached extreme heights in balloons, aircraft and rocket ships over the past two centuries, from the first untethered balloon flight to the first flights in the newly defined stratosphere, through to the present flights that continue to set new records. This book defines the altitudes related to the stratosphere, how it changes with latitude and the effects on ascending aviators. Also described is how over time technology enabled aircraft and balloons to achieve higher altitudes. The book shows the clear influence of the military on designs that initially focused on speed and maneuverability, but only later on reaching new altitudes. The early flights into the troposphere and eventually the mid to upper reaches of the stratosphere are chronicled, with great emphasis on flight operations. This includes decompression, bailouts, inertia coupling, ejections, catastrophic disintegration, crashes and deaths. Although the book highlights major altitude attempts and records, it also focuses on the life-threatening problems confronting the would-be stratonaut and the causes of many of their deaths. In doing so, it tries to define just what it takes to be a stratonaut.

Author : Michael G. Smith
Publisher : U of Nebraska Press
Page : 446 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2014-12-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9780803286566

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Rockets and Revolution by Michael G. Smith Pdf

Rockets and Revolution offers a multifaceted study of the race toward space in the first half of the twentieth century, examining how the Russian, European, and American pioneers competed against one another in the early years to acquire the fundamentals of rocket science, engineer simple rockets, and ultimately prepare the path for human spaceflight. Between 1903 and 1953, Russia matured in radical and dramatic ways as the tensions and expectations of the Russian revolution drew it both westward and spaceward. European and American industrial capacities became the models to imitate and to surpass. The burden was always on Soviet Russia to catch up—enough to achieve a number of remarkable “firsts” in these years, from the first national rocket society to the first comprehensive surveys of spaceflight. Russia rose to the challenges of its Western rivals time and again, transcending the arenas of science and technology and adapting rocket science to popular culture, science fiction, political ideology, and military programs. While that race seemed well on its way to achieving the goal of space travel and exploring life on other planets, during the second half of the twentieth century these scientific advances turned back on humankind with the development of the intercontinental ballistic missile and the coming of the Cold War.

Author : Kevin Brockmeier
Publisher : Vintage
Page : 226 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2007-12-18
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780307429728

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Things that Fall from the Sky by Kevin Brockmeier Pdf

Weaving together loss and anxiety with fantastic elements and literary sleight-of-hand, Kevin Brockmeier’s richly imagined Things That Fall from the Sky views the nagging realities of the world through a hopeful lens. In the deftly told “These Hands,” a man named Lewis recounts his time babysitting a young girl and his inconsolable sense of loss after she is wrenched away. In “Apples,” a boy comes to terms with the complex world of adults, his first pangs of love, and the bizarre death of his Bible coach. “The Jesus Stories” examines a people trying to accelerate the Second Coming by telling the story of Christ in every possible way. And in the O. Henry Award winning “The Ceiling,” a man’s marriage begins to disintegrate after the sky starts slowly descending. Achingly beautiful and deceptively simple, Things That Fall from the Sky defies gravity as one of the most original story collections seen in recent years.

Author : Emily Levesque
Publisher : Sourcebooks, Inc.
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2020-08-04
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781492681083

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The Last Stargazers by Emily Levesque Pdf

The story of the people who see beyond the stars—an astronomy book for adults still spellbound by the night sky. Humans from the earliest civilizations through today have craned their necks each night, using the stars to orient themselves in the large, strange world around them. Stargazing is a pursuit that continues to fascinate us: from Copernicus to Carl Sagan, astronomers throughout history have spent their lives trying to answer the biggest questions in the universe. Now, award-winning astronomer Emily Levesque shares the stories of modern-day stargazers in this new nonfiction release, the people willing to adventure across high mountaintops and to some of the most remote corners of the planet, all in the name of science. From the lonely quiet of midnight stargazing to tall tales of wild bears loose in the observatory, The Last Stargazers is a love letter to astronomy and an affirmation of the crucial role that humans can and must play in the future of scientific discovery. In this sweeping work of narrative science, Levesque shows how astronomers in this scrappy and evolving field are going beyond the machines to infuse creativity and passion into the stars and space and inspires us all to peer skyward in pursuit of the universe's secrets.

Author : Hannah Kosstrin
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 281 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2017
Category : Music
ISBN : 9780199396931

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Honest Bodies by Hannah Kosstrin Pdf

Honest Bodies: Revolutionary Modernism in the Dances of Anna Sokolow illustrates the ways in which Sokolow's choreography circulated American modernism among Jewish and communist channels of the international Left from the 1930s-1960s in the United States, Mexico, and Israel. Drawing upon extensive archival materials, interviews, and theories from dance, Jewish, and gender studies, this book illuminates Sokolow's statements for workers' rights, anti-racism, and the human condition through her choreography for social change alongside her dancing and teaching for Martha Graham. Tracing a catalog of dances with her companies Dance Unit, La Paloma Azul, Lyric Theatre, and Anna Sokolow Dance Company, along with presenters and companies the Negro Cultural Committee, New York State Committee for the Communist Party, Federal Theatre Project, Nuevo Grupo Mexicano de Cl sicas y Modernas, and Inbal Dance Theater, this book highlights Sokolow's work in conjunction with developments in ethnic definitions, diaspora, and nationalism in the US, Mexico, and Israel.

Author : Sim Moy
Publisher : Austin Macauley Publishers
Page : 274 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2019-01-31
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781528945134

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Sky High by Sim Moy Pdf

Shrinking back into the thick Central America Jungle in an effort to obscure himself from the incoming gunfire, Christian Simpkins desperately tried to recall the details of his job description at the Foreign Office. His errand to Belize was to simply liaise with a man acting as a mediator in discussions with neighbouring Guatemala, as there was a bit of a to-do regarding some recent border skirmishes. The events that soon unfolded, encompassed huge wealth to grinding poverty and orderly civility to outright anarchy. Traffickers, smugglers and bandits vied with overly enthusiastic security services. Jungle greens were the dress of the day, and among this chaos stood one nervous young man in a white linen suit, looking up to the sky above. A grand design was up there, and therein lay hope. A conceptual novel woven around a novel concept. A sequel to Simpkins previous' adventures in the Sahara.

Author : United States. Central Intelligence Agency
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 228 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 1962
Category : World politics
ISBN : OSU:32435063984199

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Daily Report, Foreign Radio Broadcasts by United States. Central Intelligence Agency Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 530 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 1960
Category : Aeronautics
ISBN : STANFORD:36105013152744

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United Aircraft Quarterly Bee-hive by Anonim Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 456 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 1993
Category : Biology
ISBN : CHI:43238419

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Space Biology and Medicine by Anonim Pdf

Nicogossian, Arnauld E., Investigator, NASA Center: HQS.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1142 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 1962-05
Category : Pakistani periodicals
ISBN : UTEXAS:059172131511325

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Illustrated Weekly of Pakistan by Anonim Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 316 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 1963
Category : Jews
ISBN : IND:30000123013793

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Jews and the Jewish People by Anonim Pdf

Author : Manfred "Dutch" von Ehrenfried
Publisher : Springer
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2019-04-05
Category : Science
ISBN : 9783030054083

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From Cave Man to Cave Martian by Manfred "Dutch" von Ehrenfried Pdf

This book explores the practicality of using the existing subsurface geology on the Moon and Mars for protection against radiation, thermal extremes, micrometeorites and dust storms rather than building surface habitats at great expense at least for those first few missions. It encourages NASA to plan a precursor mission using this concept and employ a “Short Stay” Opposition Class mission to Mars as the first mission rather than the “Long Stay” concept requiring a mission that is too long, too dangerous and too costly for man’s first missions to Mars. Included in these pages is a short history on the uses of caves by early humans over great periods of time. It then describes the ongoing efforts to research caves, pits, tunnels, lava tubes, skylights and the associated technologies that pertain to potential lunar and Mars exploration and habitation. It describes evidence for existing caves and lava tubes on both the Moon and Mars. The work of noted scientists, technologists and roboticists are referenced and described. This ongoing work is moreextensive than one would think and is directly applicable to longer term habitation and exploration of the Moon and Mars. Emphasis is also given to the operational aspects of working and living in lunar and Martian caves and lava tubes.