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The Right Kind of Crazy by Adam Steltzner & William Patrick
epub |eng | 2015-11-28 | Author:Adam Steltzner & William Patrick [Steltzner, Adam & Patrick, William]

Chapter 8 THE LEAST UNACCEPTABLE SOLUTION As I was wrapping up my initial work on MER, my stock was pretty high at JPL. I was asked to consult for the ...
( Category: Astronautics & Space Flight March 6,2016 )
Infinity Beckoned: Adventuring Through the Inner Solar System, 1969–1989 (Outward Odyssey: A People's History of Spaceflight) by Jay Gallentine
epub, azw3 |eng | 2015-12-31 | Author:Jay Gallentine [Gallentine, Jay]

14 Devil from Redondo A horrendous undertaking. —Loyal Goff of NASA’s Viking Program Office, on the Viking Biology Instrument Unfettered and indiscriminate in attitude and behavior, the Looney Tunes Tasmanian ...
( Category: Astronautics & Space Flight February 13,2016 )
Space Chronicles by Neil DeGrasse Tyson
epub |eng | 2012-01-29 | Author:Neil DeGrasse Tyson

A trip to the Moon through the vacuum of space had been in sight, even if technologically distant, ever since 1926, when Robert Goddard perfected liquid-fuel rockets. This advance in ...
( Category: Astronautics & Space Flight January 7,2016 )
Sex on the Moon: The Amazing Story Behind the Most Audacious Heist in History by Ben Mezrich
mobi |eng | 2011-07-11 | Author:Ben Mezrich [Mezrich, Ben]

* * * The long hours are still flowering. I watch them with my eyes closed and remember how I once played a part in a fairy tale. How the ...
( Category: State & Local December 24,2015 )
How We'll Live on Mars by Stephen Petranek
epub |eng | | Author:Stephen Petranek

7 Making Mars in Earth’s Image We humans have proven ourselves to be incredibly adaptable to unusual living conditions, easily accommodating environments as hostile as Amazonian rain forests and the ...
( Category: Astronautics & Space Flight October 15,2015 )
Fluid Mechanics by White Frank M
epub |eng | 2010-02-28 | Author:White, Frank M. [White, Frank M.]

P6.65 In Prob. P6.63 the initial flow is turbulent. As the water drains out of the tank, will the flow revert to laminar motion as the tank becomes nearly empty? ...
( Category: Fluid Dynamics June 13,2015 )
Destination Mars: New Explorations of the Red Planet by Rod Pyle
epub |eng | 0101-01-01 | Author:Rod Pyle [Pyle, Rod]

Across the planet, Spirit continued its mission, steady and sure. If rovers had emotions, surely this machine—only the second mission to land on Mars and first of its generation—would resent ...
( Category: Aeronautics & Astronautics June 13,2015 )
Moonshot by Dan Parry
epub, mobi |eng | 2011-05-05 | Author:Dan Parry [Dan Parry]

Chapter 10 PUSHED TO THE LIMIT The final say on whether Apollo 11 would launch on schedule was down to the crew as much as anyone, and determined to make ...
( Category: Astronautics & Space Flight June 12,2015 )
Eye in the Sky: The Story of the CORONA Spy Satellites by Dwayne Day
mobi |eng | 2015-05-25 | Author:Dwayne Day

A mockup of the Sputnik II payload complete with Soviet dog. When the Soviet Union launched Sputniks I and II, they raised fears of surprise attack among many in the ...
( Category: Aeronautics & Astronautics June 12,2015 )
Beyond: Our Future in Space by Chris Impey
epub, azw3 |eng | 2015-04-12 | Author:Chris Impey [Impey, Chris]

10 Remote Sensing _______________________ Extending Our Senses What if we could have the experience of space travel without actually making the journey? The cost and difficulty of protecting fragile humans ...
( Category: Astronautics & Space Flight May 27,2015 )
Rocket Men: The Epic Story of the First Men on the Moon by Craig Nelson
epub, mobi |eng | 2015-05-21 | Author:Craig Nelson [Nelson, Craig]

Bill Anders remembered that riding on Apollo 8 “was like being on the inside of a submarine.” Jim Lovell said of being one of the first three humans to see ...
( Category: Astronautics & Space Flight May 25,2015 )
Dark Mission by Richard C. Hoagland
epub |eng | 2010-07-21 | Author:Richard C. Hoagland

The Birth of NASA The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), was created by an act of Congress98 on July 29, 1958. Its ostensible purpose was to act as a ...
( Category: Astronautics & Space Flight March 8,2015 )
The Case for Mars: The Plan to Settle the Red Planet and Why We Must by Robert Zubrin & Richard Wagner
mobi |eng | 1996-01-01 | Author:Robert Zubrin & Richard Wagner

* * * FOCUS SECTION—A CALENDAR FOR THE PLANET MARS Martian colonists will need a calendar that is tied to physical and seasonal conditions on the Red Planet—using Earth dates ...
( Category: Astronautics & Space Flight February 3,2015 )
Cosmic Connection by Carl Sagan
epub, mobi | | | Author:Carl Sagan [Sagan, Carl]

18. The Canals of Mars In 1877 (as in 1971) the planet Mars was close–forty million miles from Earth. European astronomers, with newly developed telescopes, prepared for what was then ...
( Category: Marine Biology February 3,2015 )
Reach for the Skies by Richard Branson
epub |eng | 2011-05-30 | Author:Richard Branson

Freddie went into the scrap business full-time, turning old warplanes into aluminum ingots. He claimed he was more than happy servicing and recycling planes, and that his flying days were ...
( Category: History January 29,2015 )

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