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Human spaceflight : from Mars to the stars /
"This book explores the future of human presence in space and the possibility of interstellar travel beyond Mars. Friedman offers viable, cost effective, and intriguing insights into current and future technologies that could expand humanity's concept of not only life on Earth but also lif...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Tucson :
The University of Arizona Press,
2015.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Introduction
- The human future in space
- Lighting the path : solar sails and interstellar travel
- Sailcraft in turbulent political and technical waters
- The planetary society and solar sailing
- Interstellar precursors and the 100 year starship
- A mission to the solar gravitational lens focus
- Extending human presence, not humans
- Creating a multi-planet species : humans to Mars
- Stepping stones to Mars
- Implications and conclusions
- Appendix : human Mars mission requirements.