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Space 2000

Meeting the Challenge of a New Era

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Table of contents (15 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-x
  2. Voyaging into Orbit and Beyond

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-2
    2. Challenger

      • Harry L. Shipman
      Pages 3-22
    3. NASA and Its Foreign Competitors in the 1980s

      • Harry L. Shipman
      Pages 23-42
    4. Highways to Heaven

      • Harry L. Shipman
      Pages 43-64
  3. The Practical Uses of Space

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 67-67
    2. Communications Satellites

      • Harry L. Shipman
      Pages 69-88
    3. The Orbital High Ground

      • Harry L. Shipman
      Pages 89-117
    4. Earth Science

      • Harry L. Shipman
      Pages 118-140
    5. Materials Processing in Space

      • Harry L. Shipman
      Pages 141-157
  4. Exploring the Near and Distant Universe

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 161-162
    2. The Golden Age of Planetary Exploration

      • Harry L. Shipman
      Pages 163-193
    3. Earthlike Planets and the Magnet That Is Mars

      • Harry L. Shipman
      Pages 194-222
    4. Voyage to the Land of the Giants

      • Harry L. Shipman
      Pages 223-246
    5. Exploration of the Distant Universe

      • Harry L. Shipman
      Pages 247-280
    6. Intelligent Life in the Universe

      • Harry L. Shipman
      Pages 281-303
  5. The Future

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 307-308
    2. The Human Roles in Space

      • Harry L. Shipman
      Pages 309-335
    3. Permanent Stations in Space and on the Moon

      • Harry L. Shipman
      Pages 336-357
    4. Space in the Twenty-First Century

      • Harry L. Shipman
      Pages 358-390

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Space 2000

  • Book Subtitle: Meeting the Challenge of a New Era

  • Authors: Harry L. Shipman

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-6054-2

  • Publisher: Springer New York, NY

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Harry L. Shipman 1987

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-0-306-42534-9Published: 01 January 1987

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-4899-6054-2Published: 22 November 2013

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: X, 431

  • Number of Illustrations: 34 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Astronomy, Astrophysics and Cosmology, Aerospace Technology and Astronautics

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Softcover Book USD 54.99
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