LIBRARY

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The seventh landing : going back to the moon, this time to stay

Michael W. Carroll | New York, NY : Springer | 2009

Contents : The first explorers, learning from history Getting there the second time around Shackleton, the Home Site Robot-human combo systems Scientific reasons to return Going to Mars

Simulating spacecraft systems

Jens Eickhoff | New York, NY : Springer | 2009

Space enterprise : living and working offworld in the 21st century

Philip R. Harris | New York, NY : Springer | 2009

The book focuses upon aspects of human behavior, culture, man/machine interface, organization, performance, and governance when functioning in the unique space environment. It explores the commercial, legal and political issues of space explorat[...]

Space rescue : ensuring the safety of manned spaceflight

David J. Shayler | New York, NY : Springer | Springer-Praxis books in space exploration | 2009

Space technologies for the benefit of human society and earth

Phillip Olla, Editor | New York, NY : Springer | 2009

Contents SMOS : Earth’s water monitoring mission - India’s EO pyramid for holistic development - Shifting paradigms in water management - Operational oceanography and the Sentinel-3 system - Advanced space technology for oil spill detection - Fr[...]

State of the world's oceans

Michelle Allsopp ; et al. | New York, NY : Springer | 2009

This book provides a contemporary overview of the world's oceans. It identifies and describes the various problems which continue to threaten environmental quality and biodiversity, ranging from overfishing to the complex changes which could tak[...]

Terraforming : the creating of habitable worlds

Martin Beech | New York, NY : Springer | Astronomers' universe | 2009

This book proposes a sound and realistic exploration on the topic of terraforming. Often used as the narrative premise in science fiction novels, terraforming is the process by which an uninhabitable planet might be converted into one capable o[...]

Terraforming : the creating of habitable worlds

Martin Beech | New York, NY : Springer | Astronomers' universe | 2009

This book proposes a sound and realistic exploration on the topic of terraforming. Often used as the narrative premise in science fiction novels, terraforming is the process by which an uninhabitable planet might be converted into one capable o[...]

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The THEMIS mission

James L. Burch, Editor ; Vassilis Angelopoulos, Editor | New York, NY : Springer | 2009

Unmanned aircraft systems : International Symposium on Unmanned Aerial Vehicles, UAV'08

K. Valavanis ; Paul Y. Oh ; International Symposium on Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (2008 : Orlando, Fla.) ; Les A. Piegl | New York, NY : Springer | 2009

Yearbook on space policy 2007/2008 : from policies to programmes

Kai-Uwe Schrogl, Editor ; Charlotte Mathieu, Editor ; European Space Policy, Editor ; Nicolas Peter, Editor | New York, NY : Springer | 2009

Assessing climate change : temperatures, solar radiation, and heat balance

Donald Rapp | New York, NY : Springer | Springer-Praxis books in environmental sciences | 2008

1. Historical variations in the Earth's climate 2. Temperatures in the past millennium 3. Temperatures in the past century 4. Variability of the Sun 5. The Earth's heat balance and the greenhouse effect 6. CO2 production and climate change 7. I[...]

Bringing the sun down to earth : designing inexpensive instruments for monitoring the atmosphere

David R. Brooks | New York, NY : Springer | 2008

The book describes in detail how to design, build, calibrate, and use inexpensive instruments for measuring solar radiation, ranging from total radiation from the entire sky to narrow spectral bands of radiation travelling along a path directly [...]

Comparative Aeronomy

Andrew F. Nagy ; et al. | New York, NY : Springer | Space science series of ISSI | 2008

Earth observation of global change : the role of satellite remote sensing in monitoring global environment

Emilio Chuvieco Salinero | New York, NY : Springer | 2008

The book includes an analysis of the leading missions in global Earth observation, and then reviews the main fields in which remote sensing methods are providing vital data for global change studies.

Economics and management of climate change : risks, mitigation and adaptation

Bernd HansjLurgens, Editor ; Ralf Antes, Editor | New York, NY : Springer | 2008

Electronic imaging in astronomy : detectors and instrumentation

Ian S. McLean | New York, NY : Springer | Springer-Praxis books in astronomy and planetary sciences | 2008

Exoplanets : detection, formation, properties, habitability /

John W. Mason, Author | New York, NY : Springer | Springer-Praxis books in astronomy and planetary sciences | 2008

The topics covered in Exoplanets include both theoretical work on the formation and orbital evolution of these systems, and current observational studies using a wide variety of detection and analytical techniques

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Exoplanets : detection, formation, properties, habitability

John W. Mason | New York, NY : Springer | Springer-Praxis books in astronomy and planetary sciences | 2008

The topics covered in Exoplanets include both theoretical work on the formation and orbital evolution of these systems, and current observational studies using a wide variety of detection and analytical techniques.

Free-space laser communications : principles and advances

Arun K. Majumdar, Author ; Jennifer Crider Ricklin, Author | New York, NY : Springer | Optical and fiber communications reports | 2008

The book is intended as an all-inclusive source to serve the needs of those who require information about both basic concepts, as well as up-to-date advanced knowledge of the state-of-the-art in the technologies available today. Topics addressed[...]

The Hinode mission

Takashi Sakurai | New York, NY : Springer | 2008

This book gives a comprehensive description of the Hinode mission and its instruments onboard (the X-Ray telescope, the EUV imaging spectrometer, and the Solar Optical Telescope.

The international space station : building for the future

John E. Catchpole | New York, NY : Springer | Springer-Praxis books in space exploration | 2008

It's only rocket science : an introduction in plain English

Lucy Rogers, Author | New York, NY : Springer | Astronomers' universe | 2008

It's only rocket science : an introduction in plain English

Lucy Rogers, Author | New York, NY : Springer | Astronomers' universe | 2008

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Life in the universe : expectations and constraints

Dirk Schulze-Makuch ; Louis N. Irwin | New York, NY : Springer | Advances in astrobiology and biogeophysics | 2008

Mercury

André Balogh, Editor ; L. V. Ksanfomaliti, Editor ; R. Von Steiger, Editor | New York, NY : Springer | Space science series of ISSI | 2008

Neuroscience in space

Gilles Clement | New York, NY : Springer | 2008

1. Space neuroscience: what is it? 2. History of space neuroscience 3. Operational aspects 4. Sensory functions in space 5. Posture, movement and locomotion6. Compensatory eye movements 7. Spatial orientation 8. Countermeasures 9. A vision for [...]

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Neuroscience in space

Gilles Clement | New York, NY : Springer | 2008

1. Space neuroscience: what is it? 2. History of space neuroscience 3. Operational aspects 4. Sensory functions in space 5. Posture, movement and locomotion6. Compensatory eye movements 7. Spatial orientation 8. Countermeasures 9. A vision for [...]

Origin and early evolution of comet nuclei : workshop honouring Johannes Geiss on the occasion of his 80th birthday

H. Balsinger ; Johannes Geiss | New York, NY : Springer | Space science series of ISSI | 2008

Paving the way for Apollo 11

David M. Harland | New York, NY : Springer | Springer-Praxis books in space exploration | 2008

The book relates how the robotic projects were scaled up to make possible the first Apollo lunar landing.