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Woodward, James F |
Making Starships and Stargates |
I05744 |
2013 |
eBook |
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| 232 |
Evans, Ben |
Partnership in Space |
I05743 |
2014 |
eBook |
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| 233 |
Seedhouse, Erik |
Interplanetary Outpost |
I05741 |
2012 |
eBook |
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| 234 |
Khorram, Siamak |
Remote Sensing |
I05725 |
2012 |
eBook |
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| 235 |
Dator, James A |
Social Foundations of Human Space Exploration |
I05700 |
2012 |
eBook |
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| 236 |
Matloff, Greg |
Harvesting Space for a Greener Earth |
I05685 |
2014 |
eBook |
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| 237 |
Kleiman, Jacob |
Protection of Materials and Structures From the Space Environment |
I05675 |
2013 |
eBook |
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| 238 |
Seedhouse, Erik |
Astronauts For Hire |
I05666 |
2012 |
eBook |
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| 239 |
Perozzi, Ettore |
Space Manifold Dynamics |
I05660 |
2010 |
eBook |
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Norris, Pat |
Watching Earth from Space |
I05657 |
2010 |
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| Title | Making Starships and Stargates : The Science of Interstellar Transport and Absurdly Benign Wormholes |
| Author(s) | Woodward, James F |
| Publication | New York, NY, Springer New York, 2013. |
| Description | XXVI, 279 p. 92 illus., 85 illus. in color : online resource |
| Abstract Note | What is needed to get around the galaxy quickly has been known in science fiction since at least the 1960s TV's Star Trek made famous "warp drive" and a bunch of attendant, less well-known "technologies." Some of the episodes even featured "stargates," portals to the distant past or future. Until the 1980s, all this was regarded in the serious scientific community as speculative, if entertaining, silliness. That situation changed when Kip Thorne, instigated by Carl Sagan, reverse engineered the general relativistic requirements for any technology purporting to enable such rapid spacetime transport. The key requirement that Thorne identified was the creation of a Jupiter mass of "exotic" matter - that is, matter with negative rest mass. Thorne's work put discussion of rapid spacetime transport on the public agenda of serious science. It also set the benchmark for what has to be done to achieve truly advanced propulsion. Being able to create the stupendous exotic mass of stuff needed to make stargates and warp drives is the holy grail of advanced propulsion. A less ambitious, but nonetheless revolutionary, goal is finding a way to accelerate a spaceship without having to lug along a gargantuan reservoir of fuel. And this may be possible. There has been progress on both the theoretical and experimental fronts since early 1990s. Making Stars and Stargates has three parts. The first discusses the theories of relativity needed to understand the possible propulsion techniques. The second addresses experimental investigations into the feasibility of the predicted effects; that is, do the effects exist, and can they be applied to propulsion? The third part of the book - the most speculative - examines the questions: What physics is needed if we are to make wormholes and warp drives? Is such physics plausible? And how might we go about actually building such devices? |
| ISBN,Price | 9781461456230 |
| Keyword(s) | 1. Aerospace engineering
2. Aerospace Technology and Astronautics
3. ASTRONAUTICS
4. ASTRONOMY
5. Classical and Quantum Gravitation, Relativity Theory
6. EBOOK
7. EBOOK - SPRINGER
8. GRAVITATION
9. Popular Science in Astronomy
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| Title | Partnership in Space : The Mid to Late Nineties |
| Author(s) | Evans, Ben |
| Publication | New York, NY, Springer New York, 2014. |
| Description | XI, 497 p. 75 illus. in color : online resource |
| Abstract Note | This latest entry in the History of Human Space Exploration miniseries by Ben Evans continues with an in-depth look at the mid to late Nineties. Picking up where Tragedy and Triumph in Orbit: The Eighties and Early Nineties left off, the story commemorating the evolution of manned space exploration unfolds here in yet more detail. More than fifty years after Yuri Gagarin???s pioneering journey into space, Evans extends his comprehensive overview of how that momentous journey continued through the decades that followed. ?? Partnership in Space, the fifth book in the series, explores the final years in which the United States and the Soviet Union ??? which became the Commonwealth of Independent States in 1992 ??? pursued human space endeavors independently of each other. ?? The narrative follows the path taken by two old foes towards an unlikely and often controversial partnership. As the Shuttle program recovered from the loss of Challenger and pursued ever loftier goals, including the ambitious repair of the Hubble Space Telescope, Mir suffered from economic collapse and political neglect. Yet both Mir and the Shuttle formed a fertile ground upon which the seeds of what would become today's International Space Station were sown. ?? Both nations acutely needed the support of the other to achieve their goals. As political relations thawed between the two superpowers, a new relationship was forged. This cooperation saw Russians flying aboard the Shuttle and Americans flying aboard Mir and became a partnership that endures to this day.?? |
| ISBN,Price | 9781461432784 |
| Keyword(s) | 1. Aerospace engineering
2. Aerospace Technology and Astronautics
3. ASTRONAUTICS
4. ASTRONOMY
5. EBOOK
6. EBOOK - SPRINGER
7. Popular Science in Astronomy
8. SPACE SCIENCES
9. Space Sciences (including Extraterrestrial Physics, Space Exploration and Astronautics)
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| Title | Interplanetary Outpost : The Human and Technological Challenges of Exploring the Outer Planets |
| Author(s) | Seedhouse, Erik |
| Publication | New York, NY, Springer New York, 2012. |
| Description | XXVIII, 253 p. 84 illus., 75 illus. in color : online resource |
| Abstract Note | Water has been discovered on the Saturnian moon, Enceladus, and on Jupiter's moons, Europa, Ganymede, and Callisto. Where there is water, could there be life? Could this tantalizing possibility result in a manned mission to the outer planets? But how will such a mission be designed, what propulsion system will be used, and what hazards will the crewmembers face? Interplanetary Outpost describes step by step how the mission architecture will evolve, how crews will be selected and trained, and what the mission will entail from launch to landing. It addresses the effects that exteneded duration, radiation, communication, and isolation will have on the human body, and how not only performance but behavior might be affected |
| ISBN,Price | 9781441997487 |
| Keyword(s) | 1. Aerospace engineering
2. Aerospace Technology and Astronautics
3. ASTRONAUTICS
4. ASTRONOMY
5. EBOOK
6. EBOOK - SPRINGER
7. Medical and Radiation Physics
8. Medical physics
9. PLANETOLOGY
10. Popular Science in Astronomy
11. RADIATION
12. SPACE SCIENCES
13. Space Sciences (including Extraterrestrial Physics, Space Exploration and Astronautics)
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| Title | Remote Sensing |
| Author(s) | Khorram, Siamak;Koch, Frank H;van der Wiele, Cynthia F;Nelson, Stacy A.C |
| Publication | New York, NY, Springer New York, 2012. |
| Description | VII, 134 p. 76 illus., 31 illus. in color : online resource |
| Abstract Note | Remote Sensing??provides information on how remote sensing relates to the natural resources inventory, management, and monitoring, as well as environmental concerns. It explains the role of this new technology in current global challenges. "Remote Sensing" will discuss remotely sensed data application payloads and platforms, along with the methodologies involving image processing techniques as applied to remotely sensed data. This title provides information on image classification techniques and image registration, data integration, and data fusion techniques. How this technology applies to natural resources and environmental concerns will also be discussed |
| ISBN,Price | 9781461431039 |
| Keyword(s) | 1. Aerospace engineering
2. Aerospace Technology and Astronautics
3. ASTRONAUTICS
4. EBOOK
5. EBOOK - SPRINGER
6. REMOTE SENSING
7. Remote Sensing/Photogrammetry
8. SPACE SCIENCES
9. Space Sciences (including Extraterrestrial Physics, Space Exploration and Astronautics)
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| Title | Harvesting Space for a Greener Earth |
| Author(s) | Matloff, Greg;Bangs, C;Johnson, Les |
| Publication | New York, NY, Springer New York, 2014. |
| Description | XV, 277 p. 120 illus., 88 illus. in color : online resource |
| Abstract Note | What was our planet like in years past? How has our civilization affected Earth and its ecology? Harvesting Space for a Greener Planet, the Second Edition of Paradise Regained: The Regreening of the Earth, begins by discussing these questions, and then generates a scenario for the restoration of Earth. It introduces new and innovative ideas on how we could use the Solar System and its resources for terrestrial benefit. The environmental challenges that face us today cannot be resolved by conservation and current technologies alone. Harvesting Space highlights the risk of humankind???s future extinction from environmental degradation. Population growth, global climate change, and maintaining sustainability of habitats for wildlife are all considered, among other issues. Rather than losing heart, we need to realize that the solutions to these problems lie in being good stewards of the planet and in the development of space. Not only will the solutions offered here avert a crisis, they will also provide the basis for continued technological and societal progress. Tapping the resources of near-Earth asteroids will lead to methods of diverting those asteroids that threaten Earth. Space-based terrestrial power generation systems will work synergistically with Earth-based conservation. This book needs to be read urgently and widely, if we are to save ourselves from environmental disaster, reduce the risk of catastrophic cosmic impacts, and build a prosperous and sustainable future for all the creatures of Earth |
| ISBN,Price | 9781461494263 |
| Keyword(s) | 1. Aerospace engineering
2. Aerospace Technology and Astronautics
3. ASTRONAUTICS
4. ASTRONOMY
5. EBOOK
6. EBOOK - SPRINGER
7. ENERGY
8. Energy, general
9. Popular Science in Astronomy
10. SPACE SCIENCES
11. Space Sciences (including Extraterrestrial Physics, Space Exploration and Astronautics)
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| Title | Protection of Materials and Structures From the Space Environment |
| Author(s) | Kleiman, Jacob;Tagawa, Masahito;Kimoto, Yugo |
| Publication | Berlin, Heidelberg, Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2013. |
| Description | XVIII, 618 p : online resource |
| Abstract Note | The goals of the 10th International Space Conference on ???Protection of Materials and Structures from Space Environment??? ICPMSE-10J, since its inception in 1992, have been to facilitate exchanges between members of the various engineering and science disciplines involved in the development of space materials, including aspects of LEO, GEO and Deep Space environments, ground-based qualification, and in-flight experiments and lessons learned from operational vehicles that are closely interrelated to disciplines of the atmospheric sciences, solar-terrestrial interactions and space life sciences. The knowledge of environmental conditions on and around the Moon, Mars, Venus and the low Earth orbit as well as other possible candidates for landing such as asteroids have become an important issue, and protecting both hardware and human life from the effects of space environments has taken on a new meaning in light of the increased interest in space travel and colonization of other planets. ??And while many material experiments have been carried out on the ground and in open space in the last 50 years (LDEF, MEEP, SARE, MISSE, AOP, DSPSE, ESEM, EURECA, HST, MDIM, MIS, MPID, MPAC and SEED), many questions regarding the environmental impact of space on materials remain either poorly understood or unanswered. The coming generations of scientists will have to continue this work and tackle new challenges, continuing to build the level of confidence humans will need to continue the colonization of space. It is hoped that the proceedings of the ICPMSE-10J presented in this book will constitute a small contribution to doing so |
| ISBN,Price | 9783642302299 |
| Keyword(s) | 1. Aerospace engineering
2. Aerospace Technology and Astronautics
3. ASTRONAUTICS
4. EBOOK
5. EBOOK - SPRINGER
6. Manufactures
7. Manufacturing, Machines, Tools, Processes
8. MATERIALS SCIENCE
9. Materials Science, general
10. SPACE SCIENCES
11. Space Sciences (including Extraterrestrial Physics, Space Exploration and Astronautics)
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| Title | Astronauts For Hire : The Emergence of a Commercial Astronaut Corps |
| Author(s) | Seedhouse, Erik |
| Publication | New York, NY, Springer New York, 2012. |
| Description | XXV, 243 p. 104 illus., 101 illus. in color : online resource |
| Abstract Note | The spaceflight industry is being revolutionized. It is no longer the sole preserve of professional astronauts working on government-funded manned spaceflight programs. As private companies are being encouraged to build and operate launch vehicles,??and even spacecraft that can be hired on a contract basis, a new breed of astronauts is coming into being. Astronauts for Hire describes how this commercial astronaut corps will be selected and trained. It provides a unique insight into the kinds of missions and tasks that the astronauts will be involved in, from suborbital science missions to commercial trips to low Earth orbit. The book also describes the new fleet of commercial spaceships being developed - reusable rocket-propelled vehicles that will offer quick, routine, and affordable access to the edge of space. The author also explores the possibility of private enterprise establishing interplanetary spaceports, lunar bases, and outposts on the surface of Mars |
| ISBN,Price | 9781461405207 |
| Keyword(s) | 1. Aerospace engineering
2. Aerospace Technology and Astronautics
3. ASTRONAUTICS
4. ASTRONOMY
5. EBOOK
6. EBOOK - SPRINGER
7. INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT
8. Innovation/Technology Management
9. MANAGEMENT
10. Popular Science in Astronomy
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| Title | Space Manifold Dynamics : Novel Spaceways for Science and Exploration |
| Author(s) | Perozzi, Ettore;Ferraz-Mello, Sylvio |
| Publication | New York, NY, Springer New York, 2010. |
| Description | XVI, 258 p. 133 illus., 72 illus. in color : online resource |
| Abstract Note | This book presents an overview of the outcomes resulting from applying the dynamical systems approach to space mission design, a topic referred to as "Space Manifold Dynamics" (SMD). It is a natural follow-on to the international workshop "Novel Spaceways for Scientific and Exploration Missions," which was held in October 2007 at the Telespazio Fucino Space Centre (Italy) under the auspices of the Space OPS Academy. The benefits and drawbacks of using the Lagrangian points and the associated trajectories for present and future space missions are discussed. The related methods and algorithms are also described in detail. Each topic is presented in articles that were written as far as possible to be self consistent; the use of introductory sections and of extended explanations is included in order to address the different communities potentially interested in SMD: space science, the aerospace industry, manned and unmanned exploration, celestial mechanics, and flight dynamics |
| ISBN,Price | 9781441903488 |
| Keyword(s) | 1. Aerospace engineering
2. Aerospace Technology and Astronautics
3. ASTRONAUTICS
4. ASTRONOMY
5. Astronomy, Astrophysics and Cosmology
6. ASTROPHYSICS
7. EBOOK
8. EBOOK - SPRINGER
9. PLANETOLOGY
10. SPACE SCIENCES
11. Space Sciences (including Extraterrestrial Physics, Space Exploration and Astronautics)
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| Title | Watching Earth from Space : How Surveillance Helps Us -- and Harms Us |
| Author(s) | Norris, Pat |
| Publication | New York, NY, 1. Imprint: Praxis
2. Praxis, 2010. |
| Description | XX, 284 p : online resource |
| Abstract Note | Are satellites a threat to individual privacy? - How bad is climate change and global warming? - Why can we not find Osama bin Laden? - Does the world have enough fresh water? Watching Earth from Space gives you the answers to these and many other burning questions of the day. This is the story of how our planet is being monitored by hundreds of space-borne instruments for both military and peaceful reasons. It highlights the technical challenges of those instruments and describes the agencies that gather useful information from them. But as well as all the essential monitoring performed by satellites - such as mapping natural or man-made disasters, agricultural performances, weather, and climate change to name a few - there is a growing swell of public opinion that they are being used by governments to erode personal privacy and freedom. This book looks at the possible conflict between public good and market forces, and the future development of new systems to deal with new needs |
| ISBN,Price | 9781441969385 |
| Keyword(s) | 1. Aerospace engineering
2. Aerospace Technology and Astronautics
3. ASTRONAUTICS
4. EBOOK
5. EBOOK - SPRINGER
6. ENVIRONMENT
7. Measurement Science and Instrumentation
8. Measurement??????
9. NATURE
10. PHYSICAL MEASUREMENTS
11. Popular Science in Nature and Environment
12. REMOTE SENSING
13. Remote Sensing/Photogrammetry
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