Entering Space: Creating a Spacefaring Civilization"Robert Zubrin is a true engineering genius like the heroic engineers of the past." --Frederick Turner, American Enterprise Using nuts-and-bolts engineering and a unique grasp of human history, Robert Zubrin takes us to the not-very-distant future, when our global society will branch out into the universe. From the current-day prospect of lunar bases and Mars settlements to the outer reaches of other galaxies, Zubrin delivers the most important and forward-looking work on space and the true possibilities of human exploration since Carl Sagan's Cosmos. Sagan himself said of Zubrin's humans-to-Mars plan, "Bob Zubrin really, nearly alone, changed our thinking on this issue." With Entering Space, he takes us further, into the prospect of human expansion to the outer planets of our own solar system--and beyond. |
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... launches . Since having multiple stages significantly increases vehicle complexity , this implies that the ideal reusable launch vehicle should have just one stage , which would accomplish objective ( c ) perforce , since the first ...
... launch vehicle had reentered the atmosphere , headed home for a crash landing . Meeting the hot post - reentry launch vehi- cle in midair , the flying carpet would catch it and then return it safely to base . You are welcome to draw ...
... launch sys- tems , including some with heavy - lift capability . Another early entry into the constellation satellite gold - rush arena was Gary Hudson . Hudson had actually been pushing reusable launch ... vehicle called the Phoenix , but ...