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Apogee Books Space Series #32
A Vision of Future Space Transportation: A Visual Guide to the Spacecraft of Tomorrow
The glorious space age has come and gone. So what now? What's next? To go further, to go faster, we must take the next step. Space is still full of mystery and challenges humankind as much as ever. Ideas on what the next step is, or steps are, vary greatly and there is no shortage of concepts for the future of space transportation. Concepts include new engines, new strategies, harnessing gravity, electromagnetism, nuclear energy and more. This book will take you on a guided visual tour of the future of space transportation. From Earth to Orbit to In-Space transportation, you will sample what is being considered and get an easy-to-understand explanation of what the spacecraft will do and how it will work.
This book is the culmination of years of work with NASA and hours of interviews with leading propusion scientists and aerospace innovators.
Decades ago Dr. Wernher von Braun teamed with Walt Disney to animate a mission to Mars and inspired a generation. Today multimedia, animation and video serve a similar communications need. The CD-ROM included contains official NASA videos, vehicle concept animation, and dynamic multimedia. View spacecraft concepts in 3D, see mission animation and hear first hand what the visionaries of the aerospace industry hope to accomplish.
This book is the culmination of years of work with NASA and hours of interviews with leading propusion scientists and aerospace innovators.
Decades ago Dr. Wernher von Braun teamed with Walt Disney to animate a mission to Mars and inspired a generation. Today multimedia, animation and video serve a similar communications need. The CD-ROM included contains official NASA videos, vehicle concept animation, and dynamic multimedia. View spacecraft concepts in 3D, see mission animation and hear first hand what the visionaries of the aerospace industry hope to accomplish.
- GenresSpace
208 pages, Paperback
First published April 25, 2003
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February 22, 2013
While the book is a decade old, the information it offers is still very much relevant.
The writing style is informative without being convoluted--presenting examples, statistics, and historical parallels that offer hope for those interested in the future of spaceflight and its probable technologies. The included imagery is helpful, if not a bit dated.
(Note: I did not have the opportunity to watch the included DVD materials.)
The writing style is informative without being convoluted--presenting examples, statistics, and historical parallels that offer hope for those interested in the future of spaceflight and its probable technologies. The included imagery is helpful, if not a bit dated.
(Note: I did not have the opportunity to watch the included DVD materials.)
Displaying 1 of 1 review