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  • Human Missions to Mars

    Enabling Technologies for Exploring the Red Planet

    af Donald Rapp ...
    Serier serie Engineering (R0)
    In this book, Donald Rapp looks at human missions to Mars from a technological perspective. He divides the mission into a number of stages: Earth’s surface to low-Earth orbit (LEO); departing from LEO toward Mars; Mars orbit insertion and entry, descent and landing; ascent from Mars; trans-Earth injection from Mars orbit and Earth return.A mission to send humans to explore the surface of Mars has ... Læs mere

    1.494,50 kr.

  • Use of Extraterrestrial Resources for Human Space Missions to Moon or Mars

    af Donald Rapp ...
    Serier serie Engineering (R0)
    This book presents a detailed, independent review of essentially all the technical aspects of “in situ resource utilization” (ISRU), offering the first in-depth discussion of the issues of crew size, ascent from Mars, and ISRU processes. It also provides data on lunar ISRU not previously available to the public.This new edition provides a short synopsis of the Mars mission, and discusses various ... Læs mere

    840,61 kr.

  • Human Missions to Mars

    Enabling Technologies for Exploring the Red Planet

    af Donald Rapp ...
    Serier serie Engineering (R0)
    A mission to send humans to explore the surface of Mars has been theultimate goal of planetary exploration since the 1950s, when von Braunconjectured a flotilla of 10 interplanetary vessels carrying a crew of atleast 70 humans. Since then, more than 1,000 studies were carried outon human missions to Mars, but after 60 years of study, we remain in theearly planning stages. The second edition of ... Læs mere

    1.952,31 kr.

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    Photographs from the Archives of NASA

    "Might be just the book to bring out your inner astronomer . . . over 250 pages of breathtaking images from the past 50 years of NASA's space exploration." — ParadePreface by Bill NyeThis magnificent volume offers a rich visual tour of the planets in our solar system. More than two-hundred breathtaking photographs from the archives of NASA are paired with extended captions detailing the science ... Læs mere

    94,11 kr. eller Gratis med Kobo Plus

  • The Interstellar Age

    Inside the Forty-Year Voyager Mission

    af Jim Bell ...
    The story of the men and women who drove NASA’s Voyager spacecraft mission—the farthest-flung emissaries of planet Earth—told by a scientist who was there from the beginning.Voyager 1 left our solar system in 2012; its sister craft, Voyager 2, did so in 2018. The fantastic journey began in 1977, before the first episode of Cosmos aired. The mission was planned as a grand tour beyond the moon; ... Læs mere

    42,41 kr.

  • How It Works Book of Space

    From the Sun and the Moon to black holes and faraway galaxies, the Book Of Space takes you through the wonders of the solar system and beyond. If you want to discover how the International Space Station was built or what happens when a star dies, then this is the book for you. Packed with amazing facts and answers to lifes biggest questions, the Book Of Space is a must for anyone interested in ... Læs mere

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  • Titan Unveiled

    Saturn's Mysterious Moon Explored

    This beautifully illustrated volume reveals the startling discoveries about Saturn's largest moon made by the Cassini-Huygens probe in 2005.In the early 1980s, when the two Voyager spacecraft skimmed past Titan, Saturn's largest moon, they transmitted back enticing images of a world concealed in a seemingly impenetrable orange haze. Scientists speculated about its mysteries for years. Finally, in ... Læs mere

    94,11 kr. eller Gratis med Kobo Plus

  • Red Rover

    Inside the Story of Robotic Space Exploration, from Genesis to the Mars Rover Curiosity

    af Roger Wiens ...
    For centuries humankind has fantasized about life on Mars, whether it’s intelligent Martian life invading our planet (immortalized in H.G. Wells’s The War of the Worlds) or humanity colonizing Mars (the late Ray Bradbury’s The Martian Chronicles). The Red Planet’s proximity and likeness to Earth make it a magnet for our collective imagination. Yet the question of whether life exists on Mars-or has ... Læs mere

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  • Space Travel - A Science Fiction Writer's Guide

    An indispensible tool for all science fiction writers, Space Travel explains the science you need to help you make your fiction plausible. You'll engineer your rockets with accurate technical data. Show your characters' physical responses to weightlessness. Know the environment of space, how inhospitable it is — and how it's opening for business. Build an Earth-orbiting habitat for your story's ... Læs mere

    64,08 kr. eller Gratis med Kobo Plus

  • Space Exploration

    A History in 100 Objects

    af Sten Odenwald ...
    A NASA science educator showcases important objects in space history from Galileo's telescope to the Curiosity rover: "Will fascinate readers of any age." — Publishers Weekly (starred review)This book examines 100 objects that forever altered what we know and how we think about the cosmos. From an ancient Mayan codex to Sputnik to Skylab and into the twenty-first century, some objects are iconic ... Læs mere

    94,11 kr. eller Gratis med Kobo Plus

  • Satellite Basics for Everyone

    An Illustrated Guide to Satellites for Non-Technical and Technical People

    Learn about satellites that affect us every day, how they work, and how we can place and keep them on orbit.Satellite Basics for Everyone presents an introduction and overview to satellites. Its written as clearly and understandably as possible for a wide audience. It provides a learning tool for grade school students. High school and college students can use it for helping them decide on career ... Læs mere

    73,75 kr.

  • The Design and Engineering of Curiosity

    How the Mars Rover Performs Its Job

    Serier serie Physics and Astronomy (R0)
    This book describes the most complex machine ever sent to another planet: Curiosity. It is a one-ton robot with two brains, seventeen cameras, six wheels, nuclear power, and a laser beam on its head. No one human understands how all of its systems and instruments work. This essential reference to the Curiosity mission explains the engineering behind every system on the rover, from its rocket ... Læs mere

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