Entering Space: Creating a Spacefaring Civilization
Humans are not native to the Earth. So posits astronautical engineer Bob Zubrin in the opening of Entering Space. We're native to just a small sliver of it, the spot where our species originated in tropical Kenya. We set out from that paradise about 50,000 years ago, north into "the teeth of the Ice Age," and all the ground we've gained since then has been thanks to our tenacity and our tools.
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Earth and MarsR.K. Murthi’s Earth and Mars is a delightful fusion of fact and fiction. Based on the American space probes that had two Rover space craft landing on Mars, this science fiction novel deals with the theme of the so-called twin planets of Earth and Mars and the relationship between them.
Real life incidents, characters, including George Bush and Kofi Annan and several scientists have been incorporated into the story that has witty dialogues, not forgetting the “oh-so dreadful-puns”.
Stopping Time Techniques for Analysts and Probabilists
This book considers convergence of adapted sequences of real and Banach space-valued integrable functions, emphasizing the use of stopping time techniques. Not only are highly specialized results given, but also elementary applications of these results. The book starts by discussing the convergence theory of martingales and sub-( or super-) martingales with values in a Banach space with or without the Radon-Nikodym property.
Creating the ultimate Outdoor Oasis LIVING IN FLORIDA OFFERS more than just sunshine and miles of glorious beaches. Our own backyards can provide the same luxurious setting as a relaxing vacation with nothing more than a fresh perspective on our outdoor spaces. Going from sandy soil or struggling grassy areas to a private oasis can be a challenge in some of the best scenarios, but what if you are faced with limited yard space? In this featured project, the homeowners experienced not only the dilemma of restricted yard space, but one that did not offer the typical proportions of most yards.
Deep Space Craft: An Overview of Interplanetary FlightDeep Space Craft opens the door to interplanetary flight. It looks at this world from the vantage point of real operations on a specific mission, and follows a natural trail from the day-to-day working of this particular spacecraft, through the functioning of all spacecraft to the collaboration of the various disciplines to produce the results for which a spacecraft is designed. These results are of course mostly of a scientific nature, although a small number of interplanetary missions are also flown primarily...
