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With plans to launch hotels into orbit and experiments in suspending and reanimating life for ultra-long-distance travel, private companies and entrepreneurs have outpaced NASA as the leaders in the new space race. With accessible prose and relentless...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780974144382Author Dr Frank CrossmanFormat PaperbackPage Count 578Imprint Polaris BooksPublisher Polaris BooksWeight(grams) 839gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm...

This "accessible and always entertaining" (Booklist) combination of history, pop science, and in-depth reporting offers a fascinating account of the asteroids that hit Earth long ago and those streaming toward us now, as well as how prepared we are...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789393971494Author A S EddingtonFormat PaperbackPage Count 212Imprint Hawk PressPublisher Hawk PressWeight(grams) 272gDimensions(mm) 216mm * 140mm * 12mm

In the years since the Mars Exploration Rovers Spirit and Rover first began transmitting images from the surface of Mars, we have become familiar with the harsh, rocky, rusty-red Martian landscape. But those images are much less straightforward than they...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781588346490Author Roger D. LauniusFormat HardbackPage Count 264Imprint Smithsonian BooksPublisher Smithsonian BooksWeight(grams) 1g

The design processes behind a giant leap for mankindNeil Armstrong in a space suit on the moon remains an iconic representation of America's technological ingenuity. Few know that the Model A-7L pressure suit worn by the Apollo 11 astronauts, and the...

Ten illustrators blast off into outer space to explore the mysteries of our solar system and the galaxies and stars beyond it. Learn about everything from the Big Bang to the Moon landing, find out what makes the day light and the night dark, and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780358645535Author Avi LoebFormat PaperbackPage Count 240Imprint Mariner BooksPublisher Mariner BooksWeight(grams) 181gDimensions(mm) 200mm * 134mm * 18mm

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780816540068Author Victoria MeadowsFormat HardbackPage Count 552Imprint University of Arizona PressPublisher University of Arizona PressWeight(grams) 1618g

The world's leading textbook on astrobiology-ideal for an introductory one-semester course and now fully revised and updatedAre we alone in the cosmos? How are scientists seeking signs of life beyond our home planet? Could we colonize other planets,...

From the New York Times bestselling creator of Lost in Translation, A Small Illustrated Guide to the Universe is a delicately existential and welcoming exploration of the cosmos - one that examines and marvels at the astonishing principles, laws, and...

In 2008, Europe's first space laboratory was launched to the International Space Station. Ten years later, the Columbus laboratory is still circling 400 km above our heads at 28,800 km/h, providing scientists a place to run out-of-this-world experiments...

One restless summer, anxious and dismayed by mounting crisis and conflict on Earth, poet and journalist Marjolijn van Heemstra learns of a phenomenon known as the overview effect. Experienced by many astronauts when beholding our planet from the...

This concise history is the first book in a new series on the Soviet space program and features many rare photographs, diagrams, and charts. When Soviet rocket experts examined the first Nazi V-2s in early 1945, they immediately realized that their own...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780816539383Author Dale P. CruikshankFormat PaperbackPage Count 504Imprint University of Arizona PressPublisher University of Arizona PressWeight(grams) 685g

Statistical Orbit Determination presents fundmentals of orbit determination--from weighted least squares approaches (Gauss) to today's high-speed computer algorithms that provide accuracy within a few centimeters. Numerous examples and problems are...

Since the Cold War, outer space has become of strategic importance for nations looking to seize the ultimate high ground. World powers establishing a presence there must consider, among other things, how they will conduct warfare in orbit. Leaders must...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781632650580Author Donald L. ZygutisFormat PaperbackPage Count 224Imprint New Page Books,USPublisher Red Wheel/Weiser

This book comprehensively covers the history and current developments of space programme of China. It presents the complete story of China's space programme from its origins through to present day activities on the International Space Station. This...

The book is about the "space race", starting from the earliest steps of astronautics to the Moon landings of Armstrong and Aldrin. The conquest of space began as a by-product of an exquisitely military project, the rapid, and efficient delivery of...

The thrilling quest for subsurface life on Earth and other planetsDeep Life takes readers to uncharted regions deep beneath Earth's crust in search of life in extreme environments, and reveals how astonishing new discoveries by geomicrobiologists are...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781541762596Author Ozan VarolFormat HardbackPage Count 368Imprint PublicAffairsPublisher PublicAffairsWeight(grams) 590gDimensions(mm) 241mm * 155mm * 38mm

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780316511353Author Bob BermanFormat HardbackPage Count 320Imprint Little, Brown & CompanyPublisher Little, Brown & CompanyWeight(grams) 544gDimensions(mm)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsWinner of Memphis/Shelby County Public Library "Same Book Same Time" County-Wide Reading Pick of 2004.Book InformationISBN 9780440235507Author Homer HickamFormat...

E A Milne was one of the giants of 20th century astrophysics and cosmology. His bold ideas, underpinned by his Christianity, sparked controversy - he believed two time scales operate in the universe.Struggling against poverty, Milne won five scholarships...

David Harvey is unquestionably the most influential, as well as the most cited, geographer of his generation. His reputation extends well beyond geography to sociology, planning, architecture, anthropology, literary studies and political science. This...

Twenty-four guys went to the Moon in the late sixties/early seventies. Of them, 12 walked on its surface. Three of them made the journey twice. The author met 20 of the 24 who made the journey, and 11 of the 12 who walked on its surface, and has an...

In Shaping Science, Janet Vertesi draws on a decade of immersive ethnography with NASA's robotic spacecraft teams to create a comparative account of two great space missions of the early 2000s. Although these missions appear to feature robotic explorers...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781680920505Author NASAFormat PaperbackPage Count 486Imprint 12th Media ServicesPublisher 12th Media ServicesWeight(grams) 1116gDimensions(mm) 279mm * 216mm...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780374537913Author Jonathan Fetter-VormFormat PaperbackPage Count 256Imprint Farrar, Straus & Giroux IncPublisher Farrar, Straus & Giroux IncWeight(grams)...

The Production and consumption of alcohol has played a significant role in human society since the dawn of civilization. Will this still hold true when humanity is exploring and Settling the outer reaches of space? This first book on the topic examines...

The journey into space is a dangerous one, and although some aspects of space travel seem to be routine it still takes humanity to the limits of what is technically possible. It is an environment that forgives no mistake, and where carelessness usually...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780553384666Author Stephen HawkingFormat PaperbackPage Count 208Imprint Random House IncPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 476gDimensions(mm) 229mm...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781680920895Author NASAFormat HardbackPage Count 300Imprint 12th Media ServicesPublisher 12th Media ServicesWeight(grams) 980gDimensions(mm) 279mm * 216mm *...

The moon landing remains the most astonishing and impressive accomplishment of manned space travel to this day. In July 1969, just eight years after President John F. Kennedy announced the bold plan, the first astronaut set foot on another...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780995674158Author Charles JoynsonFormat PaperbackPage Count 72Imprint NeilsonPublisher NeilsonWeight(grams) 109gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm * 4mm

In May 1961, President Kennedy announced that the United States would attempt to land a man on the moon and return him safely to the earth before the end of that decade. Yet NASA did not have a specific plan for how to accomplish that goal. Over the next...

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