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Harvesting space for a greener Earth

Gregory L. Matloff, Author ; Constance Bangs, Author ; Les Johnson, Author | New York, NY : Springer | 2014

This book provides information on the planning of space initiatives that can help humans tap the riches of the Solar System. This second edition examines recent developments and space launches as well as presents new planetary engineering concepts

Paradise regained : the regreening of Earth

Les Johnson ; Gregory L. Matloff ; Constance Bangs | [S.l.] : Copernicus Books | 2010

What was our planet like before the advent of our modern civilization? What effect our civilization had on the planet and its ecology? The book begins by discussing these questions and then generates a scenario for the restoring of Earth. It int[...]

Solar sails : a novel approach to interplanetary travel

Giovanni Vulpetti ; Les Johnson ; Gregory L. Matloff | [S.l.] : Copernicus Books | 2008

Solar sails : a novel approach to interplanetary travel

Giovanni Vulpetti ; Les Johnson ; Gregory L. Matloff | [S.l.] : Copernicus Books | 2008

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Living off the land in space : green roads to the cosmos

Gregory L. Matloff ; L. Johnson ; Constance Bangs | New York, NY : Springer | 2007

Living off the land in space : green roads to the cosmos

Gregory L. Matloff, Author ; L. Johnson ; Constance Bangs | New York, NY : Springer | 2007

"Beyond our first tentative boot-steps on the Moon, what are the prospects for human exploration and settlement and, in the long run, large-scale human emigration to other parts of the solar system, even into the furthest reaches of space? Based[...]

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Deep-space probes : to the outer solar system and beyond /

Gregory L. Matloff, Author | Berlin : Springer | Springer-Praxis books in astronautical engineering | 2005

The Space Age is nearly 50 years old but exploration of the outer planets and beyond has only just begun. Deep-Space Probes Second Edition draws on the latest research to explain why we should explore beyond the edge of the Solar System and how [...]

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The starflight handbook : a pioneer's guide to interstellar travel

E. Mallove ; Gregory L. Matloff | Hoboken, N.J. : John Wiley & Sons | Wiley science editions | 1989

"The starflight handbook" is the first compendium on planet Earth of the many and varied approaches to starflight now on the drawing boards of some of our most talented scientists and engineers. In an easy, nontechnical style, the authors offer [...]