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... Propulsion Laboratory . It turned out that there were good answers to the most important of the critics ' questions . In addition O'Neill was beginning to think about the problem of economics , of putting the colonies on a paying basis ...
... Propulsion Laboratory . It turned out that there were good answers to the most important of the critics ' questions . In addition O'Neill was beginning to think about the problem of economics , of putting the colonies on a paying basis ...
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... propulsion has bedev- iled more than one propulsion engineer . There were proposals for nuclear particle emitters , the advocates of which believed they could produce 30 million feet per second of exhaust velocity . There were fission ...
... propulsion has bedev- iled more than one propulsion engineer . There were proposals for nuclear particle emitters , the advocates of which believed they could produce 30 million feet per second of exhaust velocity . There were fission ...
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... propulsion engine , 205-7 Gaffey , Mike , 188-89 galactic heritage , 175 General Dynamics Corporation , 64 geologic age of moon , 190 geology of moon , 79 geosynchronous orbit , 108-9 geothermal power , 184 Glaser , Peter , 30 , 31 , 40 ...
... propulsion engine , 205-7 Gaffey , Mike , 188-89 galactic heritage , 175 General Dynamics Corporation , 64 geologic age of moon , 190 geology of moon , 79 geosynchronous orbit , 108-9 geothermal power , 184 Glaser , Peter , 30 , 31 , 40 ...
Contents
CONTENTS Acknowledgments | 8 |
Introduction by Ray Bradbury | 9 |
Other Life in Space | 11 |
Copyright | |
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