The High Frontier: An Easier Way

Author: Tom Marotta
Publisher: Blurb
ISBN: 9780464706304
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 186

Book Description
Have you ever wanted to live in space? To see the majesty of Earth from orbit, to play in a zero-gravity wonderland, and be on the cutting edge of civilization? Such a place may be built sooner than you think. New scientific research, new technological developments, and new social trends are all combining to make settlements in space easier than ever to build. Not long ago Al Globus, a space settlement expert and software engineering contractor at NASA Ames Research Center, made two key scientific discoveries: - that equatorial low earth orbit (ELEO) has vastly lower radiation than most other places in space, - and that humans can adapt to rotating space structures faster than many people thought possible. These discoveries, combined with a fast-developing rocket industry and burgeoning financial and political support for space development, mean that humanity may be on the brink of a building boom in orbit. In a few decades space settlements could vastly improve life on Earth by developing new technologies, unlocking trillions of dollars of raw materials and energy in space, and opening up a new frontier for all humankind. In this fast-paced book learn how your future in space is closer than you think!

The Highest Frontier

Author: Joan Slonczewski
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
ISBN: 9780765367723
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 500

Book Description
The first SF novel in more than ten years from the scientist and author of A Door into Ocean. A girl goes to college in orbit, in a future transformed by technology, global warming, and invasive species.

Kings of the High Frontier

Author: Victor Koman
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780966566208
Category : Space shuttles
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description

Exploring Space

Author:
Publisher: Jones & Bartlett Learning
ISBN: 0763789615
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 600

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The Higher Frontier

Author: Christopher L. Bennett
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1982133678
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 308

Book Description
An all-new Star Trek movie-era adventure featuring James T. Kirk! Investigating the massacre of a telepathic minority, Captain James T. Kirk and the crew of the U.S.S. Enterprise confront a terrifying new threat: faceless, armored hunters whose extradimensional technology makes them seemingly unstoppable. Kirk must team with the powerful telepath Miranda Jones and the enigmatic Medusans to take on these merciless killers in an epic battle that will reveal the true faces of both enemy and ally!

Across the High Frontier

Author: William R. Lundgren
Publisher: Bantam
ISBN: 9780553264517
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 292

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To Reach the High Frontier

Author: Roger D. Launius
Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
ISBN: 9780813127217
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 542

Book Description
Most towns did not have hospitals of their own before the mid-twentieth century, and Kentucky towns were no exception. KentuckyÕs first real hospital opened in 1823, but it was in LouisvilleÑtoo far away to serve many Kentucky communities, especially in cases of emergency. For this and other reasons, the lifespan of the average Kentuckian in the 1800s was only 40 years. Today it has grown to 75, and trained medical professionals are available to most communities throughout the state. Healing Kentucky tells how medical care changed in Kentucky over 200 years and became the much safer and better system we know today. It also describes early healing practices and methods used to care for the sick in the days before safe hospitals, even on Civil War battlefields. From cholera epidemics to polio and plastic surgery, readers will learn much about the people who shaped medicine in Kentucky.

High Noon on the Electronic Frontier

Author: Peter Ludlow
Publisher: MIT Press
ISBN: 9780262621038
Category : Computers
Languages : en
Pages : 564

Book Description
This collection of articles on cyberspace policy issues, has been collated from print and electronic sources, together with extracts from on-line discussions of these issues. The topics covered include privacy, property rights, hacking, encryption, censors

Fire On High

Author: Peter David
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 074345572X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 287

Book Description
Lieutenant Robin Lefler's mother died in a shuttle explosion ten years ago. So is the woman being held prisoner in Thallonian space really her? If it is, what is her connection to the mysterious woman holding a weapon that could doom entire worlds? With the lives of billions at stake, Robin Lefler, Captain Calhoun and the crew of the U.S.S. Excalibur must find the answers before time runs out for them and for the struggling remnants of the once-great Thallonian Empire.

The High Lonesome Frontier

Author: Rebecca Campbell
Publisher: Tor Books
ISBN: 0765391805
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 22

Book Description
A meditation about the evolution and influence of a song written in 1902 over the next 150 plus years. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.