The traveler's guide to space : for one-way settlers and round-trip tourists /

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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...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Comins, Neil F., 1951- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Columbia University Press, [2017]
Colección:Columbia scholarship online.
Temas:
Space flight > Physiological effect.
Manned space flight.
Space flight.
Space flights.
Adaptation (Physiology)
Travel.
Space environment.
Weightlessness.
Space Flight
Adaptation, Physiological
Travel
Extraterrestrial Environment
Weightlessness
Vol spatial habité.
Vol spatial.
Adaptation (Physiologie)
Voyage.
Environnement spatial.
Apesanteur.
travel.
SCIENCE > Space Science.
Space flights
Space flight
Space environment
Manned space flight
Space flight > Physiological effect
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction
  • Part I. Preparing for space. Science and the solar system over easy
  • Brief descriptions of journeys through space
  • Preparing for your trip
  • Training for space travel
  • Part II. Adjusting to space. Launch!
  • Adjustments during the first few days
  • Long-term physical adjustments to space
  • Getting along in space : psychological and sociological aspects of space travel
  • Part III. Making the most of experiences in space. Experiences by destination
  • Part IV. Home! Sweet? Home? Emigrating to Mars or returning to Earth.

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