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Behavioral health and human interactions in space

Nick Kanas, Author | Cham : Springer | 2023

This textbook covers the range of psychological and interpersonal issues that can affect astronauts living and working in space. It deals with the three major risk areas cited by NASAs Behavioral Health and Performance Element: Behavioral Medici[...]

Beyond borders: satellite applications for humanitarian emergencies

Giulia Costella, Author ; David Garcia, Author ; David Hodgson, Author ; Nicki McGogh, Author ; Stella Chelangat Mutai, Author ; Catherine Lilian Nakalembe, Author ; Rhiannan Price, Author ; David Taverner, Author | [S.l.] : Caribou Space | 2022

The objective of this report is to provide a consolidated view on the current use of satellite applications in humanitarian settings. Satellite applications are digital services and products that serve several functions for society, the environm[...]

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Beyond Sputnik and the space race : the origins of global satellite communications /

Hugh Richard Slotten, Author | Baltimore (United States) : The Johns Hopkins University Press | 2022

This book is a deeply researched account of how the United States established the first global satellite communications system to project geopolitical leadership during the Cold War.

Climate justice : hope, resilience, and the fight for a sustainable future /

Mary Robinson, Author | London : Bloomsbury Publishing | 2018

Former President of Ireland Mary Robinson's mission to bring together the fight against climate change and the global struggle for human rights has taken her all over the world. It also brought her to a heartening revelation: that that an irrepr[...]

The commercialisation of space : politics, economics and ethics /

Sarah Lieberman, Editor ; Harald KLopping Athanasopoulos, Editor ; Thomas C. Hoerber, Editor | New York : Routledge | Space power and politics | 2023

"This interdisciplinary book examines the impact of the commercialisation of space and the changing outlook of the space sector. Using a framework based around theories of international political economy (IPE), the chapters take on issues relati[...]

Creating gender-inclusive organizations : lessons from research and practice /

Ellen Ernst Kossek, Editor ; Kyung-Hee Lee, Editor | Toronto : University of Toronto Press | 2020

"This book examines key themes relevant to advancing women in organizations and the need for individual and organizational mechanisms to foster career agility, with a constant focus on how to bridge research to practice. Providing insights on ge[...]

Crimes in outer space : perspectives from ,aw and justice

G. S. Sachdeva, Author | Singapore : Springer | Issues in Space | 2023

Recognizing current situation where commercial space travel has commenced, and space tourism is not far behind, the book takes a pole position on discussing the topic with its endemic challenges. Space transportation is expected to lead to comme[...]

The culture map : decoding how people think, lead, and get things done across cultures

Erin Meyer, Author | New York (United States) : PublicAffairs | 2014

n today's ever-more-globalized world, success in business requires navigating through cultural differences, and a knowledge of how to decode cultures foreign to our own. In this fun and instructive book, international business expert Erin Meyer [...]

Extraterrestrial remote sensing and climate change

Saumitra Mukherjee, Author ; John Wiley & Sons | Hoboken, N.J. : John Wiley & Sons | 2023

"The proposed monograph on "Remote sensing of Sun-Earth Climate" is a new concept being established by the author after a passionate research in this field for more than two decades. Main objective of the monograph is to initiate the use of extr[...]

Extreme conservation : life at the edges of the world /

Joel Berger, Author | Chicago : The University of Chicago Press | 2018

On the Tibetan Plateau, there are wild yaks with blood cells thinner than those of horses' by half, enabling the endangered yaks to survive at 40 below zero and in the lowest oxygen levels of the mountaintops. But climate change is causing the s[...]

Ground station design and analysis for LEO satellites : analytical, experimental and simulation approach /

Shkelzen Cakaj, Author | Hoboken, N.J. : John Wiley & Sons | 2023

"Satellites in Low Earth Orbits (LEO) have very wide applications for scientific missions, including but not limited to remote sensing of oceans, analyses of Earth's climate changes, mapping, Earth's imagery with high resolution, navigation, man[...]

Inferior : how science got women wrong and the new research that's rewriting the story /

Angela Saini, Author | Boston : Beacon Press | 2017

"What science has gotten so shamefully wrong about women, and the fight, by both female and male scientists, to rewrite what we thought we knew For hundreds of years it was common sense: women were the inferior sex. Their bodies were weaker, th[...]

Interstellar travel : purpose and motivations

Les Johnson, Author ; Kenneth Roy, Author | Amsterdam : Elsevier | 2023

nterstellar Travel: Purpose and Motivations is a comprehensive, technical look at the necessary considerations for interstellar travel addressed by leading experts in the field, from scientists studying possible destinations (exoplanets) and the[...]

Introduction to geopolitics

Colin Flint, Author | Abingdon, Oxon : Routledge | 2017

An introduction to international economics : new perspectives on the world economy /

Kenneth A. Reinert, Author | New York : Cambridge University Press | 2021

Assuming a minimal background in economics and mathematics, the textbook goes beyond the usual trade-finance dichotomy to address international trade, international production, and international finance; and takes a practitioner point of view ra[...]

Introduction to rocket science and space exploration

A. Sivathanu Pillai, Author | Boca Raton, FL : CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group | 2023

The growing demand of space services for imaging, mobile communication, global positioning systems and disaster management, life extension of satellites by fueling, space station operations, deflecting incoming asteroids, and reducing debris fro[...]

Laser inter-satellite links technology

Jianjun Zhang, Author ; Jing Li, Author | Hoboken, N.J. : John Wiley & Sons | 2023

"After two phases of single-satellite application and constellation application, the satellite field has gradually moved towards networking. The networking between satellites requires the information and data between the satellites to be interco[...]

A lexicon for outer space security

Almudena Azcárate Ortega, Editor ; Victoria Samson, Editor | [S.l.] : UNIDIR | 2023

This document aims to serve as a global reference point for terminological issues related to space security. It should be noted that the Lexicon does not intend to establish uniform definitions for all, but rather highlight, when necessary, that[...]

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How to make an entrepreneurial state : why innovation needs bureaucracy /

Rainer Kattel, Author ; Wolfgang J. M. Drechsler, Author ; Erkki Karo, Author | New Haven : Yale University Press | 2022

A ground-breaking account which shows how the public sector must adapt, but also persevere, in order to advance technology and innovation. From self-driving cars to smart grids, governments are experimenting with new technologies to significantl[...]

Metallurgy in space : Recent results from ISS

Hans-Jorg Fecht, Editor ; Markus Mohr, Editor | Cham : Springer | Minerals, metals & materials series | 2022

his book presents experimental work conducted on the International Space Station (ISS) in order to characterize metals and alloys in the liquid state. The internationally recognized authors present and discuss experiments performed in microgravi[...]

My remarkable journey : a memoir /

Katherine G. Johnson, Author ; Joylette Hylick, Author ; Katherine Moore, Author ; Lisa Frazier Page, Author | New York (United States) : Amistad, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers | 2021

The woman at the heart of the New York Times bestseller and Oscar-winning film "Hidden Figures" shares her personal journey from child prodigy in the Allegheny Mountains of West Virginia to NASA human computer and her integral role in the early [...]

National space law in Poland : past, present and future /

Anna Konert, Editor ; Frans G. von der Dunk, Editor | Leiden, Boston : Brill Nijhoff | Studies in space law | 2023

"Poland has a long tradition of space-related research and activities, going back to the 15th-century astronomer Nicolaus Copernicus. In the 21st century, the Polish space sector is building stable cooperation between science and industry, devel[...]

Orbital debris prevention and mitigation efforts among major space actors : commonalities and the search for customary international law /

Marc G. Carns, Author | Leiden, Boston : Brill Nijhoff | Studies in space law | 2023

n the absence of formal treaty law, orbital debris has grown exponentially in our most valuable orbital regions. To address this problem, many major spacefaring programs have implemented independent laws and policies meant to mitigate the releas[...]

Race on the brain : what implicit bias gets wrong about the struggle for racial justice /

Jonathan Kahn, Author | new York : Columbia University Press | 2018

In Race on the Brain, Jonathan Kahn argues that implicit bias has grown into a master narrative of race relations-one with profound if unintended negative consequences for law, science, and society. He emphasizes its limitations, arguing that wh[...]

Reliability engineering and risk analysis : a practical guide /

M. Modarres, Author ; Mark Kaminskiy, Author ; Vasiliy Krivtsov, Author | Boca Raton, FL : CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group | 2017

This undergraduate and graduate textbook provides a practical and comprehensive overview of reliability and risk analysis techniques. Written for engineering students and practicing engineers, the book is multi-disciplinary in scope. The new edi[...]

Remote sensing big data

Liping. Di, Author ; Eugene Yu, Author | Cham : Springer | 2023

This monograph provides comprehensive coverage of the collection, management, and use of big data obtained from remote sensing. The book begins with an introduction to the basics of big data and remote sensing, laying the groundwork for the more[...]

Remote sensing of natural hazards

Jay Gao, Author | Boca Raton, Florida ; London ; New York : CRC Press | 2023

"This book presents a robust overview of remote sensing technology used to gather information on a variety of natural hazards. It clarifies how to yield spatial and quantitative data on a natural hazard, including its spatial distribution, sever[...]

The role of the Metaverse in the future of the space sector

Illkirch-Graffenstaden (France) : International Space University | 2023

This team project analyzed and proposed uses of the Metaverse in the space sector and addresses its major applications in (1) Space Operations (2) Space Engineering and Design (3) Healthcare (4) Astronaut Training (5) Space Tourism (6) Outreach [...]

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Routledge handbook of commercial space law

Lesley Jane Smith, Editor ; Ingo Baumann, Editor ; Susan-Gale Wintermuth, Editor | Abingdon, Oxon : Routledge India | Routledge handbooks in law series | 2023

"The Routledge Handbook of Commercial Space Law provides a definitive survey of the transitions and adjustments across the stakeholder community contributing to outer space activities. The interaction between New Space, traditional aerospace ind[...]

Scientific writing and communication : papers, proposals, and presentations /

Angelika H. Hofmann, Author | New York, NY : Oxford University Press | 2022

"Scientific Writing and Communication: Papers, Proposals, and Presentations, Fourth Edition, covers all the areas of scientific communication that a scientist needs to know and master in order to successfully promote his or her research and care[...]