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The Traveler's Guide to Space : For One-Way Settlers and Round-Trip Tourists /
If you have ever wondered about space travel, now you have the opportunity to understand it more fully than ever before. Traveling into space and even emigrating to nearby worlds may soon become part of the human experience. Scientists, engineers, and investors are working hard to make space tourism...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York, NY :
Columbia University Press,
[2017]
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Introduction
- Part I: Preparing for Space
- 1. Science and The Solar System Over Easy
- 2. Brief Descriptions of Journeys Through Space
- 3. Preparing for Your Trip
- 4. Training for Space Travel
- Part II: Adjusting to Space
- 5. Launch!
- 6. Adjustments During The First Few Days
- 7. Long-Term Physical Adjustments to Space
- 8. Getting Along in Space: Psychological and Sociological Aspects of Space Travel
- Part III: Making The Most of Experiences in Space
- 9. Experiences by Destination
- Part IV: Home! Sweet? Home?
- 10. Emigrating to Mars or Returning to Earth
- Appendix: Powers of Ten
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index