Alien Worlds

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Interplanetary Outpost: The Human and Technological Challenges of Exploring the Outer Planets (Springer Praxis Books / Space Exploration)

Erik Seedhouse

Interplanetary Outpost follows the mission architecture template of NASA's plan for Human Outer Planet Exploration (...

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Near-Earth Objects: Finding Them Before They Find Us

Donald K. Yeomans

Of all the natural disasters that could befall us, only an Earth impact by a large comet or asteroid has the potentia...

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The Moon: Resources, Future Development and Settlement (Springer Praxis Books / Space Exploration)

David Schrunk , Burton Sharpe , Bonnie L. Cooper , Madhu Thangavelu

This extraordinary book details how the Moon could be used as a springboard for Solar System exploration. It present...

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Lunar Outpost: The Challenges of Establishing a Human Settlement on the Moon (Springer Praxis Books / Space Exploration)

Erik Seedhouse

Lunar Outpost provides a detailed account of the various technologies, mission architectures, medical requirements a...

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Alien Seas: Oceans in Space

Michael Carroll (Editor),

Oceans were long thought to exist in all corners of the Solar System, from carbonated seas percolating beneath the cl...

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Emigrating Beyond Earth: Human Adaptation and Space Colonization

Cameron M Smith

Emigrating Beyond Earth puts space colonization into the context of human evolution. Rather than focusing on the tech...

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Drifting on Alien Winds: Exploring the Skies and Weather of Other Worlds

Michael Carroll

Ever since the Montgolfier's hot air balloon carried a chicken, a goat, and a duck into the Parisian skies, scientis...

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Martian Outpost: The Challenges of Establishing a Human Settlement on Mars (Springer Praxis Books / Space Exploration)

Erik Seedhouse

Mars Outpost provides a detailed insight into the various technologies, mission architectures, medical requirements,...

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Mining the Sky: Untold Riches From The Asteroids, Comets, And Planets (Helix Book)

John S. Lewis

While we worry over the depletion of the earth's natural resources, the pollution of our planet, and the challenges pres...

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Five Billion Years of Solitude: The Search for Life Among the Stars

Lee Billings

An intimate history of Earth and the quest for life beyond the solar system For 4.6 billion years our living planet h...

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Mirror Earth: The Search for Our Planet's Twin

Michael D. Lemonick

In the mid-1990s, astronomers made history when they detected three planets orbiting stars in the Milky Way. The plan...

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Weird Life: The Search for Life That Is Very, Very Different from Our Own

David Toomey

Science that sounds like science fiction.In recent years, scientists have hypothesized life-forms that can only be ca...

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Turning Dust to Gold: Building a Future on the Moon and Mars (Springer Praxis Books / Space Exploration)

Haym Benaroya

Two important factors have given rise to mankind's successful evolution into space: the first is that the possibilit...

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Asteroid Mining 101: Wealth for the New Space Economy

John S. Lewis (Author)

The emerging asteroid mining industry has extremely ambitious intentions. It is within the realm o...

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Space Enterprise: Living and Working Offworld in the 21st Century (Springer Praxis Books / Space Exploration)

Phillip Harris (Author)

In Space Enterprise - Living and Working Offworld, Dr Philip Harris provides the vision and ration...