Piantadosi Mankind Beyond Earth

The History, Science, and Future of Human Space Exploration
1. Auflage 2013
ISBN: 978-0-231-53103-0
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 336 Seiten, EPUB, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm

Seeking to reenergize Americans' passion for the space program, the value of further lunar exploration, and the importance of human beings on the final frontier, Claude A. Piantadosi presents a rich history of American space exploration and its major achievements. He emphasizes the importance of reclaiming national command of our manned program and continuing our unmanned space missions, and he stresses the many adventures that still await us in the unfolding universe. Acknowledging space exploration's practical and financial obstacles, Piantadosi nevertheless challenges us to revitalize American leadership in space exploration to reap its scientific bounties.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Piantadosi, Claude

Fachgebiete

• Naturwissenschaften Astronomie Raumfahrt
• Technische Wissenschaften Sonstige Technologien | Angewandte Technik Astronautik
• Naturwissenschaften Astronomie Geschichte der Astronomie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface
A Short Introduction to the Science of Space Exploration
Part 1: Hindsight and Foresight
1. Men and Machines
2. A Space Lexicon
3. The Explorers
4. Twentieth-Century Space
5. Back to the Moon
Part 2: A Home Away from Home
6. Living off the Land
7. Round and Round It Goes . . . Where It Stops
8. By Force of Gravity
9. The Cosmic Ray Dilemma
10. Tiny Bubbles
Part 3: Where Are We Going?
11. The Case for Mars
12. Big Planets
13. New Stars
Bibliography and Additional Reading
Index

Leseproben

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Über Autor(innen)

Claude A. Piantadosi MD is professor and director of the F. G. Hall Environmental Laboratory at Duke University. Educated at the University of North Carolina–Chapel Hill and the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, he trained in undersea medicine and saturation diving in the U.S. Navy and in respiratory physiology and pulmonary medicine at Duke. He spent thirty years as a resource consultant to NASA. He is an author of more than three hundred scientific papers and The Biology of Human Survival: Life and Death in Extreme Environments.