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Destination Mars
The Story of Our Quest to Conquer the Red Planet
Taschenbuch von Andrew May
Sprache: Englisch

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Astrophysicist and science writer Andrew May traces the history of mankind's fascination with the Red Planet. The first book in Icon's new Hot Science series, exploring the cutting edge topics in science and technology.
Astrophysicist and science writer Andrew May traces the history of mankind's fascination with the Red Planet. The first book in Icon's new Hot Science series, exploring the cutting edge topics in science and technology.
Über den Autor
Andrew May obtained his PhD in astrophysics from the University of Manchester in 1982. After a 30-year career spanning academia, the civil service and private industry he now works as a freelance writer and science consultant. He has written on subjects as diverse as the physical sciences, military technology, British history and the paranormal. His recent books include pocket-sized biographies of Newton and Einstein and an eye-opening study of the relationship between pseudoscience and science fiction. He lives in Somerset.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Chapter 1: The Lure of the Red Planet
- Our Solar System neighbour

- Another Earth?

- The Real Mars

Chapter 2: How to Get to Mars
- Rocket science
- Action and reaction
- The long way round
-Landing on Mars

Chapter 3: Martian Robots
- Fifty years of Mars exploration
- Lost in space
- Anything a human can do?

Chapter 4: From a Small Step to a Giant Leap
- The race to the Moon
- Mars is harder
- Risk management
- Space politics

Chapter 5: Big Plans
- 20th century visions
- One step at a time
- Roadmap to Mars

Chapter 6: Private Enterprise
- Commercial spaceflight
- Making life multiplanetary
- Human interest

Chapter 7: Living on Mars
- Colonisation
- Martian sustainability
- Terraforming

Chapter 8: The New Space Race
- The contenders
- A wild card
- Mars fever

- Recommended Resources

- List of Acronyms
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2017
Fachbereich: Astronomie
Genre: Physik
Rubrik: Naturwissenschaften & Technik
Medium: Taschenbuch
ISBN-13: 9781785782251
ISBN-10: 1785782258
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: May, Andrew
Hersteller: Amberley Publishing
Maße: 198 x 131 x 17 mm
Von/Mit: Andrew May
Erscheinungsdatum: 06.07.2017
Gewicht: 0,186 kg
Artikel-ID: 107844811
Über den Autor
Andrew May obtained his PhD in astrophysics from the University of Manchester in 1982. After a 30-year career spanning academia, the civil service and private industry he now works as a freelance writer and science consultant. He has written on subjects as diverse as the physical sciences, military technology, British history and the paranormal. His recent books include pocket-sized biographies of Newton and Einstein and an eye-opening study of the relationship between pseudoscience and science fiction. He lives in Somerset.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Chapter 1: The Lure of the Red Planet
- Our Solar System neighbour

- Another Earth?

- The Real Mars

Chapter 2: How to Get to Mars
- Rocket science
- Action and reaction
- The long way round
-Landing on Mars

Chapter 3: Martian Robots
- Fifty years of Mars exploration
- Lost in space
- Anything a human can do?

Chapter 4: From a Small Step to a Giant Leap
- The race to the Moon
- Mars is harder
- Risk management
- Space politics

Chapter 5: Big Plans
- 20th century visions
- One step at a time
- Roadmap to Mars

Chapter 6: Private Enterprise
- Commercial spaceflight
- Making life multiplanetary
- Human interest

Chapter 7: Living on Mars
- Colonisation
- Martian sustainability
- Terraforming

Chapter 8: The New Space Race
- The contenders
- A wild card
- Mars fever

- Recommended Resources

- List of Acronyms
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2017
Fachbereich: Astronomie
Genre: Physik
Rubrik: Naturwissenschaften & Technik
Medium: Taschenbuch
ISBN-13: 9781785782251
ISBN-10: 1785782258
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: May, Andrew
Hersteller: Amberley Publishing
Maße: 198 x 131 x 17 mm
Von/Mit: Andrew May
Erscheinungsdatum: 06.07.2017
Gewicht: 0,186 kg
Artikel-ID: 107844811
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