The spacefarer's handbook : science and life beyond Earth /

The spacefarer's handbook : science and life beyond Earth /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:Ganse, Bergita, author.
Uniform title:Kleine Handbuch für angehende Raumfahrer. English
Imprint:Berlin, Germany : Springer : Praxis, [2020]
Description:1 online resource.
Language:English
Series:Springer-Praxis books in space exploration
Springer-Praxis books in space exploration.
Subject:
Space flight.
Space flight
Electronic books.
Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/12607248
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Other authors / contributors:Ganse, Urs, author.
ISBN:9783662617021
3662617021
3662617013
9783662617014
Digital file characteristics:text file PDF
Notes:Original German edition published by Springer, 2017.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on September 28, 2020).
Summary:Now is the time to fly to space! New technological developments, commercialisation of spaceflight and advances in space medicine have made human space travel more attainable than ever before. This entertaining but nevertheless authoritative book gives a practical introduction to space travel from a number of viewpoints: How spacecraft are built, how to steer and navigate them, instructions for a comfortable everyday life in space and a guide to remain healthy and strong in weightlessness. The Spacefarer's Handbook is full of advice, tips and anecdotes to prepare the reader for their own trip to space. At the same time, it does not lose the scientific perspective on spaceflight. The authors, a physicist and a space medicine specialist, explain the underlying concepts rigorously and include recent research findings. From the operating principles of rocket engines, via bone loss in weightlessness to the methane lakes of Titan, this book contains everything aspiring spacefarers need to know!
Other form:Print version: 3662617013 9783662617014
Standard no.:10.1007/978-3-662-61
10.1007/978-3-662-61702-1

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