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... surface of a planet really the right place for an expanding technological civilization ? ” Within the available time the students for the most part were only able to look things up in the library , such as the land area of the world ...
... surface of a planet really the right place for an expanding technological civilization ? ” Within the available time the students for the most part were only able to look things up in the library , such as the land area of the world ...
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... surface at several miles per second . Where it passes , it hurls mountain - sized chunks of rock outward , and leaves the surface it has passed glowing white - hot . The rock hurled outward will bury much of the lunar surface to a depth ...
... surface at several miles per second . Where it passes , it hurls mountain - sized chunks of rock outward , and leaves the surface it has passed glowing white - hot . The rock hurled outward will bury much of the lunar surface to a depth ...
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... surface using radar with the onboard antenna . And the methods described in chapter 15 , used for de- termining the surface composition of asteroids , will serve also for these new applications . Such starships will face hazards caused ...
... surface using radar with the onboard antenna . And the methods described in chapter 15 , used for de- termining the surface composition of asteroids , will serve also for these new applications . Such starships will face hazards caused ...
Contents
CONTENTS Acknowledgments | 8 |
Introduction by Ray Bradbury | 9 |
Other Life in Space | 11 |
Copyright | |
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