The Economic Impact of Commercial Space Transportation on the U.S. Economy: 2004

Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 2011, 215 pages For decades experiments conducted on space stations like MIR and the ISS have been gathering data in many fields of research in the natural sciences, medicine and engineering. The EU-sponsored Ulisse Internet Portal provides metadata from space experiments of all kinds and links to the data. Complementary to the portal, this book will serve as handbook listing space experiments by type of infrastructure,...

AIAA (American Institute of Aeronautics & Ast ), 2004. - 678 p. Much has changed, both in the space community and in the larger world, in the years since the first edition of this classic, best-selling book appeared. While there is now a huge collection of core knowledge, tutorial material, mathematical "applets, " and design data available about spacecraft systems engineering which did not exist when the first edition was published, the se...

Air University Press, 1999. - 79 p. - ISBN: 1585660728 The challenge of transforming the US Air Force into a truly integrated aerospace force is a pressing issue for our service. In Toward an Air and Space Force: Naval Aviation and the Implications for Space Power, Lt Col Mark P. Jelonek uses the historical analogy of the US Navy’s integration of aviation dur ing the interwar period as a possible model for the comprehensive integration of space...

Facts on File, 2009. - 342 p. - ISBN: 0816073880 In order to comprehend the universe and how it works, one must first have a firm understanding of astronomy and space exploration. "The Facts on File Space and Astronomy Handbook, Revised Edition" is a thoroughly revised and updated edition of a popular and comprehensive reference. With special emphasis on the most recent planetary exploration missions, including NASA's Phoenix lander as well as N...

Facts on File, 2010. - 189 p. - ISBN: 0816074453 Some daring explorers like to study distant frontiers by venturing out into them, but others prefer to study them by bringing them, or representative samples, a little closer to the lab. Both options are pursued in the fields of space and astronomy. Space exploration and astronomy are intricately linked and are examined in-depth in this guide. Dedicated to the scientists who explore the frontiers...

Zenith Press, 2011. - 160 p. In April, 2003, a company called Scaled Composites introduced SpaceShipOne to the world. SpaceShipOne: An Illustrated History chronicles the development of the world’s first commercial manned space program—aprogram that includes an airborne launcher (the White Knight), a space ship (SpaceShipOne), rocket propulsion, avionics, simulator, and full ground support. With ample illustrations, photographs, and behind-the-sc...

Palgrave Macmillan, 2011, 323 pages Starting with the first man-made satellite 'Sputnik' in 1957 and culminating four years later with the first human in space, Yuri Gagarin, space became a new utopian horizon. This book explores the profound repercussions of the Soviet space exploration program on culture and everyday life in Eastern Europe, especially in the Soviet Union itself. Spirituality, Transcendence and Soviet Utopianism Remembering Spa...

Michael E. O’Hanlon / Майкл Е. О'Хэнлон - Star wars nor sanctuary. Constraining the military uses of space. / Звездные войны, ограничение военного использования космического пространства. [2004, PDF, ENG] ISBN: 0-8157-6456-1 191 стр. Land, sea, and air—those are three environments where wars are waged. That is why the United States, like most countries, has three branches of armed forces: an army, a navy, and an air force. But with the onrush of...

National Academies Press, 2003, Pages: 110 Report By Committee on Microgravity Research, National Research Council, NASA For thirty years the NASA microgravity program has used space as a tool to study fundamental flow phenomena that are important to fields ranging from combustion science to biotechnology. This book assesses the past impact and current status of microgravity research programs in combustion, fluid dynamics, fundamental physics, an...

Article. Robert Zubrin. Lockheed Martin Astronautics. Denver, USA, 17 pages. Статья. Роберт Зубрин. Локхид Мартин. Экономическая целесообразность колонизации Марса. Денвер, США, 17 страниц. The economic viability of colonizing Mars is examined. It is shown, that of all bodies in the solar system other than Earth, Mars is unique in that it has the resources required to support a population of sufficient size to create locally a new branch of hum...