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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Page 55
... hour , the costs will be far lower still : given a mass of 100,000 tons to be transported , that mass can simply be put in one large motor- less container , about one hundred and fifty feet on a side , and accelerated by an electric ...
... hour , the costs will be far lower still : given a mass of 100,000 tons to be transported , that mass can simply be put in one large motor- less container , about one hundred and fifty feet on a side , and accelerated by an electric ...
Page 186
... hours . For a fully reusable vehicle , not requiring assembly before each flight , such a lift - off rate does not ... hour or even of several hours would be quite unbearable for a trip lasting for a number of days . “ Steerage to the ...
... hours . For a fully reusable vehicle , not requiring assembly before each flight , such a lift - off rate does not ... hour or even of several hours would be quite unbearable for a trip lasting for a number of days . “ Steerage to the ...
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... hour . The response from the students was strong and positive , enough to give me courage to continue . Questions went on for an hour , and then one of my hosts , Dean Everett Hafner of the School of Science at Hampshire , got up and ...
... hour . The response from the students was strong and positive , enough to give me courage to continue . Questions went on for an hour , and then one of my hosts , Dean Everett Hafner of the School of Science at Hampshire , got up and ...
Contents
A LETTER FROM SPACE | 11 |
THE PLANETARY | 34 |
ISLANDS IN SPACE | 61 |
Copyright | |
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