Neil Comins

The Traveler's Guide to Space

For One-Way Settlers and Round-Trip Tourists

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Produktbeschreibung

An inside look at the experience of space travel and the destinations we may one day visit as space tourists.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Columbia University Press
• Seitenzahl: 296
• Erscheinungstermin: 22. Oktober 2024
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 152mm x 229mm x 21mm
• Gewicht: 438g
• ISBN-13: 9780231219020
• ISBN-10: 0231219024
• Artikelnr.: 71265575

Autorenporträt

Neil F. Comins is professor of physics and astronomy at the University of Maine. His books include Discovering the Universe (eleventh edition, 2019); What If the Earth Had Two Moons? And Nine Other Thought-Provoking Speculations on the Solar System (2010); Heavenly Errors: Misconceptions About the Real Nature of the Universe (Columbia, 2003); and What If the Moon Didn't Exist? Voyages to Earths That Might Have Been (1993).

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
Part I: Preparing for Space
1. Science and the Solar System Over Easy
2. Brief Descriptions of Journeys Through Space
3. Preparing for Your Trip
4. Training for Space Travel
Part II: Adjusting to Space
5. Launch!
6. Adjustments During the First Few Days
7. Long-Term Physical Adjustments to Space
8. Getting Along in Space: Psychological and Sociological Aspects of Space
Travel
Part III: Making the Most of Experiences in Space
9. Experiences by Destination
Part IV: Home! Sweet? Home?
10. Emigrating to Mars or Returning to Earth
Appendix: Powers of Ten
Notes
Bibliography
Index