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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... figure can be reduced to five tons . We can assess the state of the silicon - cell art by the fact that such photovoltaic power supplies in operational satellites of the past decade have weighed from 78 to 107 tons per megawatt.8 One ...
... figure can be reduced to five tons . We can assess the state of the silicon - cell art by the fact that such photovoltaic power supplies in operational satellites of the past decade have weighed from 78 to 107 tons per megawatt.8 One ...
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... figure is a schematic of one of several possible geom- etries for a construction station in high orbit [ Figure D ] . HUMAN FLIGHT , LOW GRAVITY POOLS WINDOWS AIR PASSAGE AND TRANSPORT COSMIC - RAY SHIELD DISC RADIATOR SHIELDED MIRROR ...
... figure is a schematic of one of several possible geom- etries for a construction station in high orbit [ Figure D ] . HUMAN FLIGHT , LOW GRAVITY POOLS WINDOWS AIR PASSAGE AND TRANSPORT COSMIC - RAY SHIELD DISC RADIATOR SHIELDED MIRROR ...
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... [ Figure A ] -40 0 10 20 The last figure [ Figure C ] I will spend some time over , because it gets into the details of the economics . And I should say that it is customary , I am told , that interest charges are not included in ...
... [ Figure A ] -40 0 10 20 The last figure [ Figure C ] I will spend some time over , because it gets into the details of the economics . And I should say that it is customary , I am told , that interest charges are not included in ...
Contents
A LETTER FROM SPACE | 11 |
THE PLANETARY | 34 |
ISLANDS IN SPACE | 61 |
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