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Space mining and manufacturing

Davide Sivolella, Author | New York, NY : Springer | Springer-Praxis books in space exploration | 2019

This book produces convincing evidence that exploiting the potential of space could help solve many environmental and social issues affecting our planet, such as pollution, overcrowding, resource depletion and conflicts, economic inequality, [...]

To orbit and back again : how the space shuttle flew in space /

Davide Sivolella, Author | New York, NY : Springer | Springer-Praxis books in space exploration | 2014

The question may be simple, but the answer is not as easy to give. This book describes the structures and systems used each time the Shuttle was launched, and then follows an imaginary mission, explaining how those structures and systems were u[...]