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June 1988 report of the NASA Life Sciences Strategic Planning Study Committee. 215 pages. Color photos. Color cover. Perfect bound, paperback. Quote from the foreword: "NASA is contemplating a future in space that would include permanent human colonies on the Moon and Mars, as well as automated probes into the solar system and studies from space of Earth systems. Before such efforts can be attempted, the Agency must resolve life sciences issues central to the success of the US civilian space program."
Contents include discussions of space medicine and biology, biological systems research, flight programs, future activities; recommendations for human spaceflight, gravitational biology, planetary biosciences research, and flight programs; in-depth reviews on radiation, crew factors, systems engineering, operational medicine, controlled ecological life support systems, biospherics research, exobiology, and applications.
352 pages. Hard bound. Includes black & white photos, drawings. Translated from Russian by Luba Diangar. Published by Phytoresource Research Inc. 1988, first US edition.
From the dust jacket: "What is it really like to eat, sleep, and cope, while living the role of a cosmonaut advancing the Soviet conquest of space? What occupies the minds of two men floating in the deadly void of space for 211 days? For the first time in English, Diary of a Cosmonaut reveals the human dimensions and innumerable challenges arising from man's burning desire to explore the Heavens. From the weeks just prior to launch, to the thundering launch, on May 12, 1982, through to December 10, 1982, the last day of the [then-] record-setting 211 day mission, Diary of a Cosmonaut records for the World what it means to actually live and work in space."
326 pages plus references and index. Paperback, perfect bound. Cover illustration by Pat Rawlings; cover design by Peter Thorpe. This book is the 1989 edition printed by the Space Studies Institute Press.
Gerard K. O'Neill was the Professor Emeritus of Physics at Princeton University, and President of Space Studies Institute. He founded the Geostar Satellite Corporation and was Chairman of O'Neill Communications, Inc. In 1985 he was appointed by President Reagan to the National Commission on Space. He is the author of 2081: A Hopeful View of the Human Future, and The Technology Edge: Opportunities for America in World Competition.
First published in 1975, this book was the driving force behind the new American space movement. Dr. Isaac Asimov said of the book, "The High Frontier...changed our way of thinking of space, of space habitats, of the Moon and Sun as resources. This new edition is more cogent than ever, for it deals with the way in which both our needs and abilities are driving us nearer the day when humanity will move outward in force."
181 pages plus inserts. Published by Space/Life Project. 1990.
From the back cover: "The Startling Story of How 500-man Space Stations built from the Shuttle's external tanks (ET's) could: Boost 1991 American Auto Sales by 25%, Cut student drug abuses and dropout rates in half, Create 2 million high wage, unionized auto and aerospace jobs, Create exclusively American, non-polluting alternative energy sources, End America's federal deficit and save the Soviet economy by mid-decade, Allow thousands of average citizens to travel safely in space before 2001."
For the dreamer in all of us.
429 pages. Perfect bound, paperback.
Quote from the Introduction: "It was crisis politics that forced the United States to go into space. The US responded well to the crisis of Sputnik, but not so well to the future beyond. The Soviet action and the US response set the context of space exploration in the ensuing decades, established the parameters of success and failure on humanity's first push into space. The greatest lesson that we can learn from our first quarter of a century in space is that the political decisions concerning space will affect humanity directly in our economic, political, and societal relationships on earth."
The book discusses choices and challenges of society with regard to space, presents an in-depth look at "American Government and Space, reviews the many aspects of "Political Economics and Space," describes in great detail "Foreign Space Programs," reviews many "Space Applications," and provides a thorough briefing on "The Future."
Included are articles by Goldman, Anaejionu, Meeks, Michael Fulda, Charles M. Chafer, Gabriele Majetic, Jay S. Gilberg, Roger E. Bilstein, Jack D. Salmon, Larry S. Luton, Thomas C. Goodhart, James E. Oberg, Oliver W. Hennigan, Jr., Ryan J. Barilleaux, C.M. Woodruff Jr., Donn C. Walklet, Rolf T. Wigand, Michael Kennedy, Charles F. Urbanowicz, K.C. Cerny, David C. Webb, Ellwyn R. Stoddard, Bassett Maquire Jr., Wayne Hendrickson, Christopher P. McKay, and David Dunn.
For the space enthusiast or the serious space professional, this book is an excellent survey of contemporary thought.
MODELS
The Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence, booklet plus model
kit is $29.95.
Included with the 32-page educational booklet is a model kit that allows you to build a 3-D model showing the relative positions of the 35 brightest stars within 100 light years of Earth. Also provides Sol ("the Sun") and Alpha Centauri for reference. Completed model stands 34 cm tall (13.5 inches) and occupies a footprint 27 cm by 24 cm (10.75 inches by 9.5 inches). Each star is represented by a silvery bead on monofilament wire.
The Milky Way Galaxy is a vast disk-shaped system of about 300 billion stars, with our star, Sol, located about 30,000 light years from the center. We are close to the inner edge of the Orion spiral arm. Within 100 light years of our star there are about 20,000 other stars, some 8,000 of which are like our sun. Although this model does not depict more than 37 stars, it does provide a frame of reference for locating other nearby stars.
On October 12, 1992, NASA initiated a 10-year survey of about 1,000 Sol-type stars within 100 light years of Earth. The objective was to use radio telescopes to detect transmissions from technological civilizations like ours (if they happen to be broadcasting radio or tv signals). In 1994, funding for that program was canceled by a US Congress bent on saving a few million dollars in the budget. Astronomer Frank Drake has found private funding from, among other sources, the founders of Hewlett Packard. The program is continuing. In the event that intelligent life is located in a nearby star system, you should be able to use the model to locate that star. Extra beads and wire are provided for adding stars to the model as desired.
The Space Law course is a seven session course with Dr. Goldman lecturing on everything from the earliest space law to the most recent. He covers domestic and international space law and discusses the future. Among the topics are: "Who owns the Moon?" "Who is liable if one satellite hits another?" and "How are satellite launches licensed?"
The last course ran every Tuesday afternoon from 1 pm to 3 pm, at the Holiday Inn, NASA Road One, Houston, Texas from February 28 through April 11, 1995. This course costs $229 which includes a textbook, the seven weekly sessions, and refreshments.
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