Orbital - Volume 5 - Justice

Author: Sylvain Runberg
Publisher: Cinebook
ISBN: 1849187835
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
Languages : en
Pages : 56

Book Description
Following the Kuala Lumpur incidents, which almost prevented the Human-Sandjarr reconciliation ceremony from being held, the situation on Earth is increasingly tense. The mood has turned ugly, resulting in attacks against aliens and assassinations of isolationist personalities. Meanwhile, the circles of Confederate powers are afire with political manoeuvring, and Mezoke is on trial for high treason, a convenient scapegoat. But when the judges request that Caleb be brought out of his regenerative coma to testify, the Sandjarr agent’s loyalty is put to the test...

Outlaws - Volume 2 - The Shores of Midaluss

Author: Sylvain Runberg
Publisher: Cinebook
ISBN: 1800447930
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
Languages : en
Pages : 58

Book Description
Midaluss, on planet Drenn, is a sprawling seaside city where wealthy districts and alien slums co-exist, though violence is never far. That is where Kristina and her new partner, Zachary, have decided to start their new career as luxury vehicles thieves. But even as they must face fierce competition from other gangs, the tragic events that followed Kristina’s arrival on Drenn soon catch up to them, and blood – alien and Human – could soon flow freely again …

Outlaws - Volume 1 - The Cartel of the Peaks

Author: Sylvain Runberg
Publisher: Cinebook
ISBN: 1800448163
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
Languages : en
Pages : 58

Book Description
Kristina Swany, a rebellious young Human, discovers the hidden side of the Intergalactic Confederation – crime, misery and corruption. She will have to carve a place for herself in the shadows. The first volume of an Orbital spin-off. 2279. A freighter arrives on planet Drenn, with its hidden cargo of illegal immigrants, including young Human Kristina Swany. Like the rest of her travelling companions, she seeks a new life, a new start ... but what awaits them is slavery, at the hands of a merciless criminal cartel – the supposed price for the last leg of their journey. Left with no choice, Kristina and the others must do dangerous work in atrocious conditions, and soon begin to suspect there won’t be a last leg ...

Orbital Debris Prevention and Mitigation Efforts among Major Space Actors

Author: Marc Carns
Publisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9004535845
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 423

Book Description
In the absence of formal treaty law, orbital debris has grown exponentially in our most valuable orbital regions. To address this problem, many major spacefaring programs have implemented independent laws and policies meant to mitigate the release and overall threat of debris. However, these individual efforts have not translated into a cohesive international set of regulations to address the growing debris problem. Fortunately, there may exist unappreciated similarities among major international programs, either in whole or part, that once identified could lay the groundwork for the recognition of customary international law. This book reviews a number of major programs in depth and seeks to answer if any commonality among them has likely established customary international law.

Nomads

Author: Sylvain Runberg
Publisher: 9th Cinebook
ISBN: 9781849180801
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
Languages : en
Pages : 56

Book Description
Caleb and Mezoke are on Earth for celebrations marking the end of the Human-Sandjarr wars, running security for the ceremonies. When an incident occurs between Malaysian fishermen and a nomadic alien species called the Rapakhun, they are brought in to investigate and to lead negotiations. But tensions are high - and something is killing the fish in the mangrove swamp. The two agents will have to contend with the humans' lingering mistrust towards aliens in their efforts to solve the mystery.

Soviet Life

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Category : Soviet Union
Languages : en
Pages : 846

Book Description

The Reception of Blake in the Orient

Author: Steve Clark
Publisher: A&C Black
ISBN: 1441143432
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 362

Book Description
This volume brings together research from international scholars focusing attention on the longevity and complexity of Blake`s reception in Japan and elsewhere in the East. It is designed as not only a celebration of his art and poetry in new and unexpected contexts but also to contest the intensely nationalistic and parochial Englishness of his work, and in broader terms, the inevitable passivity with which Romanticism (and other Western intellectual movements) have been received in the Orient.

Progress in the Science and Technology of the Rare Earths

Author: Leroy Eyring
Publisher: Elsevier
ISBN: 1483226883
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 541

Book Description
Progress in the Science and Technology of the Rare Earths, Volume 1 is a 16-chapter text that brings together significant advances in understanding the scientific and technological aspects of rare earths. The first chapters deal with the geochemical properties, mass extraction, separation, fractionation, and solution chemistry of rare earths (RE). The next chapter related the U.S.S.R. efforts in delineating the chemistry of RE and in the discovery of other groups of substances for separation of RE mixtures. These topics are followed by discussions on phase equilibrium properties of RE and other oxides in mixed systems; the crystal chemistry of RE derivatives; physical and structural properties of alloys and intermetallic compounds; and the thermodynamic and magnetic properties of RE chalcogenides. The final chapter discusses the technical, industrial, and commercial applications of RE, with emphasis on their metallurgical potential. This book is of value to inorganic and organic chemists and researchers in the allied fields.

National Space Legislation in Europe

Author: Frans G. von der Dunk
Publisher: Martinus Nijhoff Publishers
ISBN: 9004204865
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 414

Book Description
The book deals with the main themes in implementing international space law vis-à-vis private enterprise theme by theme, with a specific focus on Europe in view of the complicating roles of ESA and the European Union in this context.

Handbook of Satellite Orbits

Author: Michel Capderou
Publisher: Springer Science & Business
ISBN: 3319034162
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 936

Book Description
Fifty years after Sputnik, artificial satellites have become indispensable monitors in many areas, such as economics, meteorology, telecommunications, navigation and remote sensing. The specific orbits are important for the proper functioning of the satellites. This book discusses the great variety of satellite orbits, both in shape (circular to highly elliptical) and properties (geostationary, Sun-synchronous, etc.). This volume starts with an introduction into geodesy. This is followed by a presentation of the fundamental equations of mechanics to explain and demonstrate the properties for all types of orbits. Numerous examples are included, obtained through IXION software developed by the author. The book also includes an exposition of the historical background that is necessary to help the reader understand the main stages of scientific thought from Kepler to GPS. This book is intended for researchers, teachers and students working in the field of satellite technology. Engineers, geographers and all those involved in space exploration will find this information valuable. Michel Capderou’s book is an essential treatise in orbital mechanics for all students, lecturers and practitioners in this field, as well as other aerospace systems engineers. —Charles Elachi, Director, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory