The Difficult Road to Mars
Author | : V. G. Perminov |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 88 |
Release | : 1999 |
Genre | : Astronautics |
ISBN | : |
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Author | : V. G. Perminov |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 88 |
Release | : 1999 |
Genre | : Astronautics |
ISBN | : |
Author | : V. G. Perminov |
Publisher | : CreateSpace |
Total Pages | : 84 |
Release | : 2012-07-12 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 9781478234791 |
Mars is the planet in our solar system thought to be most like Earth. The Martian period rotation is 24 hours, 37 minutes, and its angle tilt with respect to its orbital plane is about 64.8, compared to 66.5 of Earth. As a result, seasonal changes occur similarly to earth. This book is about learning more about Mars and eventually getting there.
Author | : V. G. Perminov |
Publisher | : Nabu Press |
Total Pages | : 88 |
Release | : 2014-02 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 9781295658855 |
This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book.
Author | : V. G. Perminov |
Publisher | : BiblioGov |
Total Pages | : 88 |
Release | : 2013-06 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 9781289147839 |
Perminov was the leading designer for Mars and Venus spacecraft at the Soviet Lavochkin design bureau in the early days of Martian exploration. In addition to competing with the U.S. to get to the Moon, the Soviets also struggled to beat the U.S. to Mars during the Cold War. Throughout the 1960s and 1970s, the Soviets attempted to send a number of robotic probes to Mars, but for a variety of reasons, most of these missions ended in failure. Despite these overall failures, the Soviets garnered a great deal of scientific and technical knowledge through these efforts. This monograph tells some fascinating, but little-known, stories.
Author | : Eric Idle |
Publisher | : Pan Publishing |
Total Pages | : 320 |
Release | : 2014-07-31 |
Genre | : Comedians |
ISBN | : 9781447275022 |
Carlton is an android working for Alex and Lewis, two comedians from the twenty-second century who travel the outer vaudeville circuit of the solar system known ironically as the Road to Mars. Being a computer he can't understand irony, but is nevertheless attempting to write a thesis about comedy, its place in evolution, and whether it can ever be cured. He is studying the comedians of the late twentieth century (including obscure and esoteric comedy acts such as Monty Python's Flying Circus) in his search for the comedy gene. Meanwhile, during an audition for a gig on the Princess Di (a solar cruise ship), his two employers inadvertently become involved in a terriorist plot against Mars, the planet of showbiz. Can Carlton prevent Alex and Lewis from losing their gigs, overcome the love thing and finally understand the meaning of comedy in the universe? From one of the original members of Monty Python's Flying Circus.
Author | : Robert Godwin |
Publisher | : Burlington, Ont. : Apogee Books |
Total Pages | : 420 |
Release | : 2004 |
Genre | : Nature |
ISBN | : |
In 1877 the famed Italian astronomer Giovanni Schiaparelli used his brand-new 8.6 inch telescope to study the planets. To his great surprise he suspected that he saw symmetry on Mars. In the years that followed one astronomer after another looked at the red planet and gradually a mythology was formed -- a mythology of alien intellect. By the 1890's the martial influence had spilled over into all walks of life and sparked philosophical debates and wondrous fictions. Scientists, fantasists and people of all creeds looked up and wondered -- is there life out there? Now, more than a century later, nations around the world are bombarding Mars with an unprecedented fleet of exploratory vehicles. Their journey taking less time than it took Amundsen and Shackleton to reach the poles of Earth, these small but hardy robotic emissaries are thrusting their way through the depths of interplanetary space to take up residence in the barren Martian deserts. Their goal is to answer one of the oldest questions in mankind's history. Is there life out there? In this sequel to the best-selling first volume, the reader is brought up to date with the most recent results from our nearest neighbour. Filled with a wealth of facts about the latest fleet of Martian explorers as well as a look at what may be coming next in mankind's most ambitious quest for knowledge. Includes DVD-V / DVD-ROM featuring: Exclusive interviews with Mars Rover Mission Scientist Steve Squyres, Senior Flight Engineer Rob Manning, Mission Manager Jim Eriksen, the complete Cornell animation of the Rovers created by Maas Digital, a NASA animation of a proposed Manned Mars mission, the exciting mission control broadcast of the landing of Opportunity in Meridiani Planum and as an added extra special bonus, extremely rare video of Dr Wernher von Braun filmed in 1976 at the occasion of his last public speech about Mars exploration.
Author | : Brian Harvey |
Publisher | : Springer Science & Business Media |
Total Pages | : 364 |
Release | : 2007-01-24 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 0387463437 |
Illustrated with photographs from Soviet Venus and Mars probes, images of spacecraft, diagrams of flight paths and maps of landing sites, this book draws on published scientific papers, archives, memoirs and other material. The text reviews Soviet engineering techniques and science packages, as well the difficulties which ruined several missions. The program’s scientific and engineering legacy is also addressed, within the Soviet space effort as a whole.
Author | : Howard E. McCurdy |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 92 |
Release | : 2005 |
Genre | : Astronautics |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Sean N. Kalic |
Publisher | : Texas A&M University Press |
Total Pages | : 200 |
Release | : 2012-05-02 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1603446974 |
In the clash of ideologies represented by the Cold War, even the heavens were not immune to militarization. Satellites and space programs became critical elements among the national security objectives of both the United States and the Soviet Union. According to US Presidents and the Militarization of Space, 1946–1967, three American presidents in succession shared a fundamental objective of preserving space as a weapons-free frontier for the benefit of all humanity. Between 1953 and 1967 Presidents Eisenhower, Kennedy, and Johnson all saw nonaggressive military satellite development, as well as the civilian space program, as means to favorably shape the international community’s opinion of the scientific, technological, and military capabilities of the United States. Sean N. Kalic’s reinterpretation of the development of US space policy, based on documents declassified in the past decade, demonstrates that a single vision for the appropriate uses of space characterized American strategies across parties and administrations during this period. Significantly, Kalic’s findings contradict the popular opinion that the United States sought to weaponize space and calls into question the traditional interpretation of the space race as a simple action/reaction paradigm. Indeed, beyond serving as a symbol and ambassador of US technological capability, its satellite program provided the United States with advanced, nonaggressive military intelligence-gathering platforms that proved critical in assessing the strategic nuclear balance between the United States and the Soviet Union. It also aided the three administrations in countering the Soviet Union’s increasing international prestige after its series of space firsts, beginning with the launch of Sputnik in 1957.
Author | : John M. Logsdon |
Publisher | : U. S. National Aeronautics & Space Administration |
Total Pages | : 786 |
Release | : 1995 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : |
NASA SP-2004-4407. NASA History Series. Edited by John M. Logsdon, et al. 6th in a series containing a selection of key documents in the history of the United States civil space program. Includes chapters on solar physics, space physics, life sciences, and Earth science. LC. card 96-9066.