The High Frontier: Human Colonies in SpaceMonograph on future habitation and human settlement in outer space - describes possible habitats for humanity in space colonys, and includes the transcript of a USA congressional hearing on "aerospace technology and national needs". Illustrations and references. |
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... engine which might be a slimmer , longer version of the lunar mass - driver , this research - spacecraft could voyage to an asteroid , using as reaction mass crushed rock dust . The Beagle II might have a crew of one hundred people ...
... engine which might be a slimmer , longer version of the lunar mass - driver , this research - spacecraft could voyage to an asteroid , using as reaction mass crushed rock dust . The Beagle II might have a crew of one hundred people ...
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... engines be cap- able of supplying a thrust greater than the vehicle weight . If we are willing to settle for a slow trip , engine thrust and ac- celeration can be quite low . If we make use of the fact that L5 will be a site at which ...
... engines be cap- able of supplying a thrust greater than the vehicle weight . If we are willing to settle for a slow trip , engine thrust and ac- celeration can be quite low . If we make use of the fact that L5 will be a site at which ...
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... engine , though , high velocity is not always desirable . The velocity of an ion , in the case of engine with parameters that permit easy operation , is so high that the performance is limited by the electric power available . If one ...
... engine , though , high velocity is not always desirable . The velocity of an ion , in the case of engine with parameters that permit easy operation , is so high that the performance is limited by the electric power available . If one ...
Contents
A LETTER FROM SPACE | 11 |
THE PLANETARY | 34 |
ISLANDS IN SPACE | 61 |
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