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How to Make a Spaceship - A Band of Renegades, an Epic Race and the Birth of Private Space Flight (Paperback): Julian Guthrie How to Make a Spaceship - A Band of Renegades, an Epic Race and the Birth of Private Space Flight (Paperback)
Julian Guthrie; Foreword by Richard Branson 1
R315 R259 Discovery Miles 2 590 Save R56 (18%) Ships in 9 - 15 working days

Afterword by Professor Stephen Hawking "Reads like a thriller - and reveals many secrets... one of the great entrepreneurial stories of our time" (Washington Post) From the age of eight, when he watched Apollo 11 land on the Moon, Peter Diamandis's singular goal was to get to space. When he realized NASA was winding down manned space flight, he set out on one of the great entrepreneurial adventure stories of our time. If the government wouldn't send him to space, he would create a private space flight industry himself. In the 1990s, this idea was the stuff of science fiction. Undaunted, Diamandis found inspiration in the golden age of aviation. He discovered that Charles Lindbergh made his transatlantic flight to win a $25,000 prize. The flight made Lindbergh the most famous man on earth and galvanized the airline industry. Why, Diamandis thought, couldn't the same be done for space flight? The story of the bullet-shaped SpaceShipOne, and the other teams in the hunt for a $10 million prize is an extraordinary tale of making the impossible possible. In the end, as Diamandis dreamed, the result wasn't just a victory for one team; it was the foundation for a new industry.

Planetary Climates (Paperback): Andrew Ingersoll Planetary Climates (Paperback)
Andrew Ingersoll
R732 R695 Discovery Miles 6 950 Save R37 (5%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This concise, sophisticated introduction to planetary climates explains the global physical and chemical processes that determine climate on any planet or major planetary satellite--from Mercury to Neptune and even large moons such as Saturn's Titan. Although the climates of other worlds are extremely diverse, the chemical and physical processes that shape their dynamics are the same. As this book makes clear, the better we can understand how various planetary climates formed and evolved, the better we can understand Earth's climate history and future.

Nuclear Rocket - Making Our Planet Green, Peaceful And Prosperous (Paperback): James Dewar Nuclear Rocket - Making Our Planet Green, Peaceful And Prosperous (Paperback)
James Dewar
R520 R472 Discovery Miles 4 720 Save R48 (9%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This book presents a fundamentally different way of thinking about the space program and the role of nuclear rockets in it, arguing they require an infrastructure to become truly effective, an infrastructure that democratises it and opens space up to the common man. That must be the goal of a reconstituted program, not some kind of mission and not some scramble to a lunar base or manned mission to Mars. Those will come later, when conditions on earth are ripe for them, when all citizens can participate in their funding and profit from the conduct. Indeed, with a nuclear rocket, all citizens now can have personal access to space through a "free launch" program. The inevitable result of this would be massive amounts of cheap clean, energy from space.

Trailblazing Mars - NASA's Next Giant Leap (Paperback): Pat Duggins Trailblazing Mars - NASA's Next Giant Leap (Paperback)
Pat Duggins
R533 R469 Discovery Miles 4 690 Save R64 (12%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Travel to and from Mars has long been a staple of science fiction. And yet the hurdles--both technological and financial--have kept human exploration of the red planet from becoming a reality. Trailblazing Mars offers an inside look at the current efforts to fulfill this dream. Award-winning journalist Pat Duggins examines the extreme new challenges that will be faced by astronauts on the journey there and back. They'll have to grow their own food, find their own water, and solve their own problems and emergencies without hope of rescue or re-supply. Mars travel will be more challenging and hazardous than settling the Old West--but we were not witness to the fate of the Donner Party on CNN. Can the technological hurdles be cleared? Will the public accept the very real possibility of astronaut death? Should a mission be publicly or privately funded? Is the science worth the cost? These and many other questions are answered in Duggins's exciting new book.

Planetary Astrobiology (Hardcover): Victoria Meadows, David J. Desmarais, Giada Arney, Britney Schmidt Planetary Astrobiology (Hardcover)
Victoria Meadows, David J. Desmarais, Giada Arney, Britney Schmidt
R2,853 R2,391 Discovery Miles 23 910 Save R462 (16%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days
International Space Station - Management & Utilization Issues for NASA (Hardcover): Evelyn Clemens International Space Station - Management & Utilization Issues for NASA (Hardcover)
Evelyn Clemens
R3,866 Discovery Miles 38 660 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

The U.S. has spent almost $43 billion to develop, assemble, and operate the International Space Station (ISS) over the past two decades. The NASA Authorization Act of 2010 required NASA to enter into a cooperative agreement with a not-for-profit entity to manage the ISS National Laboratory and in 2011 did so with the Center for the Advancement of Science in Space (CASIS). CASIS is charged with maximising use of the ISS for scientific research by executing several required activities. Recently, questions have arisen about the progress being made to implement the required activities and the impact it has had on ISS's return on the investment. This book assesses the extent to which CASIS has implemented the required management activities; and NASA and CASIS measure and assess CASIS's performance. Furthermore, this book assesses the extent to which NASA has ensured essential spare parts are available and ISS structures and hardware are sound for continued ISS utilisation through 2020.

Beneath the Night - How the stars have shaped the history of humankind (Paperback, Main): Stuart Clark Beneath the Night - How the stars have shaped the history of humankind (Paperback, Main)
Stuart Clark
R394 R320 Discovery Miles 3 200 Save R74 (19%) Ships in 9 - 15 working days

The awe-inspiring history of humanity told through our relationship with stars and the night sky. 'Excellent . . . This books makes you rethink the traditional story of the history of astronomy . . . Effortlessly readable.' BBC Sky at Night 'Stuart Clark's picture of the yawning gaps in our understanding of the cosmos is fuller than most.' Nature From the Stone Age to the Space Age, Stuart Clark explores a fascination shared across the world, one that has unequivocally shaped us as civilisations and as individuals, housing our hopes and fears. In the stars, we can see our past - and ultimately, our fate.

Safe Passage - Astronaut Care for Exploration Missions (Paperback): John R. Ball, Charles H. Evans Jr Safe Passage - Astronaut Care for Exploration Missions (Paperback)
John R. Ball, Charles H. Evans Jr; Committee on Creating a Vision for Space Medicine During Travel Beyond Earth Orbit, Board on Health Sciences Policy, Institute of Medicine, …
R1,985 Discovery Miles 19 850 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Safe Passage: Astronaut Care for Exploration Missions sets forth a vision for space medicine as it applies to deep space voyage. As space missions increase in duration from months to years and extend well beyond Eartha (TM)s orbit, so will the attendant risks of working in these extreme and isolated environmental conditions. Hazards to astronaut health range from greater radiation exposure and loss of bone and muscle density to intensified psychological stress from living with others in a confined space. Going beyond the body of biomedical research, the report examines existing space medicine clinical and behavioral research and health care data and the policies attendant to them. It describes why not enough is known today about the dangers of prolonged travel to enable humans to venture into deep space in a safe and sane manner. The report makes a number of recommendations concerning NASAa (TM)s structure for clinical and behavioral research, on the need for a comprehensive astronaut health care system and on an approach to communicating health and safety risks to astronauts, their families, and the public.

Mission of a Lifetime - Lessons from the Men Who Went to the Moon (Hardcover): Basil Hero Mission of a Lifetime - Lessons from the Men Who Went to the Moon (Hardcover)
Basil Hero 1
R917 R780 Discovery Miles 7 800 Save R137 (15%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Dynamics of Planetary Systems (Hardcover): Scott Tremaine Dynamics of Planetary Systems (Hardcover)
Scott Tremaine
R3,686 R2,901 Discovery Miles 29 010 Save R785 (21%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days

An introduction to celestial mechanics for advanced undergraduates, graduate students, and researchers new to the field Celestial mechanics-the study of the movement of planets, satellites, and smaller bodies such as comets-is one of the oldest subjects in the physical sciences. Since the mid-twentieth century, the field has experienced a renaissance due to advances in space flight, digital computing, numerical mathematics, nonlinear dynamics, and chaos theory, and the discovery of exoplanets. This modern, authoritative introduction to planetary system dynamics reflects these recent developments and discoveries and is suitable for advanced undergraduate and graduate students as well as researchers. The book treats both traditional subjects, such as the two-body and three-body problems, lunar theory, and Hamiltonian perturbation theory, as well as a diverse range of other topics, including chaos in the solar system, comet dynamics, extrasolar planets, planetesimal dynamics, resonances, tidal friction and disruption, and more. The book provides readers with all the core concepts, tools, and methods needed to conduct research in the subject. Provides an authoritative introduction that reflects recent advances in the field Topics treated include Andoyer variables, co-orbital satellites and quasi-satellites, Hill's problem, the Milankovich equations, Colombo's top and Cassini states, the Yarkovsky and YORP effects, orbit determination for extrasolar planets, and more More than 100 end-of-book problems elaborate on concepts not fully covered in the main text Appendixes summarize the necessary background material Suitable for advanced undergraduates and graduate students; some knowledge of Hamiltonian mechanics and methods of mathematical physics (vectors, matrices, special functions, etc.) required Solutions manual available on request for instructors who adopt the book for a course

The Humaniverse Guide - Will ET Talk with Us? (Paperback): Keith Seland The Humaniverse Guide - Will ET Talk with Us? (Paperback)
Keith Seland
R533 R445 Discovery Miles 4 450 Save R88 (17%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
The Teeny Tiny Telescope Visits Venus (Paperback): Deanne Dietz The Teeny Tiny Telescope Visits Venus (Paperback)
Deanne Dietz
R289 Discovery Miles 2 890 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Earth-Shattering - Violent Supernovas, Galactic Explosions, Biological Mayhem, Nuclear Meltdowns, and Other Hazards to Life in... Earth-Shattering - Violent Supernovas, Galactic Explosions, Biological Mayhem, Nuclear Meltdowns, and Other Hazards to Life in Our Univer (Hardcover)
Bob Berman 1
R987 R844 Discovery Miles 8 440 Save R143 (14%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
New Worlds, New Horizons - A Midterm Assessment (Paperback): National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine,... New Worlds, New Horizons - A Midterm Assessment (Paperback)
National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences, Board on Physics and Astronomy, Space Studies Board, Committee on the Review of Progress Toward the Decadal Survey Vision in New Worlds, New Horizons in Astronomy and Astrophysics
R1,286 Discovery Miles 12 860 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

New Worlds, New Horizons in Astronomy and Astrophysics (NWNH), the report of the 2010 decadal survey of astronomy and astrophysics, put forward a vision for a decade of transformative exploration at the frontiers of astrophysics. This vision included mapping the first stars and galaxies as they emerge from the collapse of dark matter and cold clumps of hydrogen, finding new worlds in a startlingly diverse population of extrasolar planets, and exploiting the vastness and extreme conditions of the universe to reveal new information about the fundamental laws of nature. NWNH outlined a compelling program for understanding the cosmic order and for opening new fields of inquiry through the discovery areas of gravitational waves, time-domain astronomy, and habitable planets. Many of these discoveries are likely to be enabled by cyber-discovery and the power of mathematics, physics, and imagination. To help realize this vision, NWNH recommended a suite of innovative and powerful facilities, along with balanced, strong support for the scientific community engaged in theory, data analysis, technology development, and measurements with existing and new instrumentation. Already in the first half of the decade, scientists and teams of scientists working with these cutting-edge instruments and with new capabilities in data collection and analysis have made spectacular discoveries that advance the NWNH vision. New Worlds, New Horizons: A Midterm Assessment reviews the responses of NASA's Astrophysics program, NSF's Astronomy program, and DOE's Cosmic Frontiers program to NWNH. This report describes the most significant scientific discoveries, technical advances, and relevant programmatic changes in astronomy and astrophysics over the years since the publication of the decadal survey, and assesses how well the Agencies' programs address the strategies, goals, and priorities outlined in the 2010 decadal survey. Table of Contents Front Matter Summary 1 Scientific Discoveries and Technical Advances 2 Programmatic Context 3 Progress Toward NWNH Goals - Ground-Based Program 4 Progress Toward NWNH Goals - Space-Based Program 5 The Next Decadal Survey of Astronomy and Astrophysics Appendixes Appendix A: Statement of Task Appendix B: Letter of Request Appendix C: Acronyms Appendix D: Biographies of Committee Members and Staff

The Scientific Foundation of Space Weather (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2019): Daniel Baker, Andre Balogh, Tamas Gombosi, Hannu E. J.... The Scientific Foundation of Space Weather (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2019)
Daniel Baker, Andre Balogh, Tamas Gombosi, Hannu E. J. Koskinen, Astrid Veronig, …
R4,415 R3,702 Discovery Miles 37 020 Save R713 (16%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This book provides an in-depth review of all aspects of space weather. Written by world-leading experts, these sixteen review papers cover everything from space weather's origin on the Sun and its propagation in interplanetary space to its impact on the Earth and other solar system bodies. The history of space weather and even events with anthropogenic origin are also covered. Thus, the volume serves as both a comprehensive reference for researchers and a starting point for graduate students. Originally published in Space Science Reviews in the Topical Collection "The Scientific Foundation of Space Weather"

STEM-Professional Women's Exclusion in the Canadian Space Industry - Anchor Points and Intersectionality at the Margins of... STEM-Professional Women's Exclusion in the Canadian Space Industry - Anchor Points and Intersectionality at the Margins of Space (Hardcover)
Stefanie Ruel
R2,549 Discovery Miles 25 490 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

STEM-Professional Women's Exclusion in the Canadian Space Industry: Anchor Points and Intersectionality at the Margins of Space showcases the 'how' of exclusion of STEM-professional women from management and executive positions. It examines the discourses and power-relations surrounding these STEM-professional women's identities, drawing on and reworking the concept of anchor points to investigate their relationship to structural, discursive, and socio-psychological processes. By utilizing the critical sensemaking (CSM) framework, the book provides an avenue to surface the ephemeral identities of STEM-professional women, and investigate their relationship with the meta-rules, rules, and social values of the Canadian space industry. It also considers the potential for social change across this industry by considering the responsibilities of cisgender men with respect to addressing and resisting the systemic discrimination of STEM-professional women in the industry. Specific sites for micro-political resistances that these STEM-professional women could enact are considered and suggested. This book will appeal to researchers and scholars focused on gender and diversity, intersectionality scholarship, and poststructuralist intersectional feminism.

The Value of the Moon - How to Explore, Live, and Prosper in Space Using the Moon's Resources (Paperback): Paul D. Spudis The Value of the Moon - How to Explore, Live, and Prosper in Space Using the Moon's Resources (Paperback)
Paul D. Spudis
R528 Discovery Miles 5 280 Ships in 9 - 15 working days
Space 2069 - After Apollo: Back to the Moon, to Mars, and Beyond (Hardcover): David Whitehouse Space 2069 - After Apollo: Back to the Moon, to Mars, and Beyond (Hardcover)
David Whitehouse 1
R522 R427 Discovery Miles 4 270 Save R95 (18%) Ships in 9 - 15 working days

Nearing half a century since the last Apollo mission, mankind has yet to return to the Moon, but that is about to change. With NASA's Artemis program scheduled for this decade, astronomer David Whitehouse takes a timely look at what the next 50 years of space exploration have in store. The thirteenth man and the first woman to walk on the Moon will be the first to explore the lunar south pole - the prime site for a future Moon base thanks to its near-perpetual sunlight and the presence of nearby ice. The first crewed mission to Mars will briefly orbit the red planet in 2039, preparing the way for a future landing mission. Surviving the round trip will be the greatest challenge any astronaut has yet faced. In the 2050s, a lander will descend to the frozen surface of Jupiter's moon Europa and attempt to drill down to its subsurface ocean in search of life. Based on real-world information, up-to-date scientific findings and a healthy dose of realism, Space 2069 is a mind-expanding tour of humanity's future in space over the next 50 years.

Deep Space Warfare - Military Strategy Beyond Orbit (Paperback): John C Wright Deep Space Warfare - Military Strategy Beyond Orbit (Paperback)
John C Wright
R928 Discovery Miles 9 280 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Since the Cold War, outer space has become of strategic importance for nations looking to seize the ultimate high ground. World powers establishing a presence there must consider, among other things, how they will conduct warfare in orbit. Leaders must dispense with "Buck Rogers" notions about operations in space and realize that policies there will have serious ramifications for their success in geopolitics. How should nations view space? How should they fight there? What would space warfare look like and how should strategists approach it? Offering critical observations regarding this unique theater of international relations, a military professional explores the strategic implications as human affairs move beyond Earth's atmosphere.

The Mars Project (Paperback, Illini books ed): Wernher Von Braun, Henry J. White The Mars Project (Paperback, Illini books ed)
Wernher Von Braun, Henry J. White
R668 Discovery Miles 6 680 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This classic on space travel was first published in 1953, when interplanetary space flight was considered science fiction by most of those who considered it at all. Here the German-born scientist Wernher von Braun detailed what he believed were the problems and possibilities inherent in a projected expedition to Mars. Today von Braun is recognized as the person most responsible for laying the groundwork for public acceptance of America's space program. When President Bush directed NASA in 1989 to prepare plans for an orbiting space station, lunar research bases, and human exploration of Mars, he was largely echoing what von Braun proposed in The Mars Project.

Downwind of the Atomic State - Atmospheric Testing and the Rise of the Risk Society (Hardcover): James C. Rice Downwind of the Atomic State - Atmospheric Testing and the Rise of the Risk Society (Hardcover)
James C. Rice
R943 Discovery Miles 9 430 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

How the scientific community overlooked, ignored, and denied the catastrophic fallout of decades of nuclear testing in the American West In December of 1950, President Harry Truman gave authorization for the Atomic Energy Commission to conduct weapons tests and experiments on a section of a Nevada gunnery range. Over the next eleven years, more than a hundred detonations were conducted at the Nevada Test Site, and radioactive debris dispersed across the communities just downwind and through much of the country. In this important work, James C. Rice tells the hidden story of nuclear weapons testing and the negligence of the US government in protecting public health. Downwind of the Atomic State focuses on the key decisions and events shaping the Commission's mismanagement of radiological contamination in the region, specifically on how the risks of fallout were defined and redefined, or, importantly, not defined at all, owing to organizational mistakes and the impetus to keep atomic testing going at all costs. Rice shows that although Atomic Energy Commission officials understood open-air detonations injected radioactive debris into the atmosphere, they did not understand, or seem to care, that the radioactivity would irrevocably contaminate these communities. The history of the atomic Southwest should be a wake-up call to everyone living in a world replete with large, complex organizations managing risky technological systems. The legacy of open-air detonations in Nevada pushes us to ask about the kinds of risks we are unwittingly living under today. What risks are we being exposed to by large organizations under the guise of security and science?

Neutron Stars - The Aspect of High Density Matter, Equations of State & Observables (Hardcover): Hiroshi Uechi, Schun T Uechi,... Neutron Stars - The Aspect of High Density Matter, Equations of State & Observables (Hardcover)
Hiroshi Uechi, Schun T Uechi, Brian D Serot
R4,600 R3,963 Discovery Miles 39 630 Save R637 (14%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This book illustrates observed values and properties of neutron stars, field theoretical approaches of hadrons to high density matter, such as nuclear and hyperonic matter, signals of dynamical phenomena, hadronic and hadron-quark neutron stars, radiations from high density matter and supernova phenomena. However, it is not intended to report facts and results at front-line research fields, because numerous conference reports suffice the objectives. The purpose of editing the book is to review related areas of nuclear physics and astrophysics in terms of equations of state of high density matter so as to promote mutual understandings and their consistent progresses. It is focused on theoretical relations between equations of state (EOS) and observables. These topics of high density matter, which extend across many fields of physics, should be frequently reviewed for researchers and people in general.

Special Relativity, Electrodynamics, and General Relativity - From Newton to Einstein (Paperback, 2nd edition): John B Kogut Special Relativity, Electrodynamics, and General Relativity - From Newton to Einstein (Paperback, 2nd edition)
John B Kogut
R4,513 R3,924 Discovery Miles 39 240 Save R589 (13%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Special Relativity, Electrodynamics, and General Relativity: From Newton to Einstein is intended to teach students of physics, astrophysics, astronomy, and cosmology how to think about special and general relativity in a fundamental but accessible way. Designed to render any reader a "master of relativity," all material on the subject is comprehensible and derivable from first principles. The book emphasizes problem solving, contains abundant problem sets, and is conveniently organized to meet the needs of both student and instructor.

DIY Satellite Platforms - Building a Space-Ready General Base Picosatellite for Any Mission (Paperback): Sandy Antunes DIY Satellite Platforms - Building a Space-Ready General Base Picosatellite for Any Mission (Paperback)
Sandy Antunes
R197 R146 Discovery Miles 1 460 Save R51 (26%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Can any hobbyist build a satellite? Our DIY guide steps you through designing and building a base picosatellite platform tough enough to withstand launch and survive in orbit. If you have basic maker skills, you can build a space-ready solar-powered computer-controlled assembly suitable for attaching instruments and rocketing into space.

What's Eating the Universe? - And Other Cosmic Questions (Hardcover): Paul Davies What's Eating the Universe? - And Other Cosmic Questions (Hardcover)
Paul Davies
R513 R417 Discovery Miles 4 170 Save R96 (19%) Ships in 9 - 15 working days

'Brilliant. You won't find a clearer, more engaging guide to what we know (or would like to know) about the universe and how it is put together' Bill Bryson Celebrated physicist and global bestselling author Paul Davies tells the story of the universe in thirty cosmological conundrums In the constellation of Eridanus there lurks a cosmic mystery. It's as if something has taken a huge bite out of the universe, leaving a super-void. What could be the culprit? A super massive black hole? Another, bigger universe? Or an expanding vacuum bubble, destined to envelop and annihilate everything in existence? Scientists now understand the history of our universe better than the history of our own planet, but they continue to uncover startling new riddles-the hole in the universe being just one. In this electrifying book, award-winning physicist Paul Davies walks us through the puzzles and paradoxes that have preoccupied cosmologists from ancient Greece to the present day. Laying bare the audacious research that has led us to mind-bending solutions, Davies reveals how we might begin to approach the greatest outstanding enigmas of all.

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