In this book, Donald Rapp looks at human missions to Mars from a technological perspective. He divides the mission into a number of stages: Earths surface to low-Earth orbit (LEO); departing from LEO toward Mars; Mars orbit insertion and entry, desc...Lasīt vairāk
In this book, Donald Rapp looks at human missions to Mars from a technological perspective. He divides the mission into a number of stages: Earths surface to low-Earth orbit (LEO); departing from LEO toward Mars; Mars orbit insertion and entry, desc...Lasīt vairāk
This book provides a detailed review of terminations of ice ages, including a very attractive theory based on dust deposits on ice sheets. While other books on ice ages are mostly short, popular, and non-technical, the only book that attempts to deal...Lasīt vairāk
This book provides a detailed review of terminations of ice ages, including a very attractive theory based on dust deposits on ice sheets. While other books on ice ages are mostly short, popular, and non-technical, the only book that attempts to deal...Lasīt vairāk
This book presents a detailed, independent review of essentially all the technical aspects of "e;in situ resource utilization"e; (ISRU), offering the first in-depth discussion of the issues of crew size, ascent from Mars, and ISRU processes....Lasīt vairāk
This book presents a detailed, independent review of essentially all the technical aspects of "e;in situ resource utilization"e; (ISRU), offering the first in-depth discussion of the issues of crew size, ascent from Mars, and ISRU processes....Lasīt vairāk
A mission to send humans to explore the surface of Mars has been the ultimate goal of planetary exploration since the 1950s, when von Braun conjectured a flotilla of 10 interplanetary vessels carrying a crew of at least 70 humans. Since then, more...Lasīt vairāk
(Izdošanas datums: 14-Nov-2014, PDF+DRM, Izdevniecība: Springer-Verlag New York Inc., ISBN-13: 9781493910922)
This book deals at some length with the question: Since there are many more poor than rich, why dont the poor just tax the rich heavily and reduce the inequality? In the 19th century and the first half of the 20th century, the topic of inequality wa...Lasīt vairāk
This updated and revised new edition of Assessing Climate Change deals with the full gamut of essential questions in relation to global warming and climate change, uniquely providing a balanced and impartial discussion of this controversial subject....Lasīt vairāk
(Izdošanas datums: 28-Nov-2012, PDF+DRM, Izdevniecība: Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG, ISBN-13: 9783642327629)
This book carries out approximate estimates of the costs of implementing ISRU on the Moon and Mars. It is found that no ISRU process on the Moon has much merit. ISRU on Mars can save a great deal of mass, but there is a significant cost in prospectin...Lasīt vairāk
(Izdošanas datums: 03-Jul-2012, PDF+DRM, Izdevniecība: Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG, ISBN-13: 9783642300295)
The second edition of this book has been completely updated. It studies the history and gives an analysis of extreme climate change on Earth. In order to provide a long-term perspective, the first chapter briefly reviews some of the wild gyrations th...Lasīt vairāk
(Izdošanas datums: 12-Jun-2009, PDF+DRM, Izdevniecība: Springer-Verlag New York Inc., ISBN-13: 9780387876306)
This book provides a thorough explanation of the nature and history of booms, bubbles and busts in financial markets. The first part of the book deals with financial booms and bubbles and how they emerge, develop and collapse. It describes the distri...Lasīt vairāk
(Izdošanas datums: 24-Oct-2007, PDF+DRM, Izdevniecība: Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG, ISBN-13: 9783540729396)
In "e;Human Missions to Mars"e; Donald Rapp looks at human missions to Mars from an engineering perspective. He begins by describing the pros and cons of robotic exploration versus human exploration and then examines the ideas for sending hum...Lasīt vairāk
