The MIR Space Station: A Precursor to Space ColonizationWiley, 1 oct. 1997 - 426 pagini This book explores the development and operation of the Mir Space Station over the last ten years, focusing on the engineering technology aspects of constructing and operating an orbital complex designed to be occupied by humans for long periods of time. |
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... Perhaps the most balanced contemporary assessment was that of Philip Culbertson , NASA's space station programme director , who acknowledged that " Russian technology is clearly as reliable as ours . But anybody who thinks it's going to ...
... Perhaps the most balanced contemporary assessment was that of Philip Culbertson , NASA's space station programme director , who acknowledged that " Russian technology is clearly as reliable as ours . But anybody who thinks it's going to ...
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... Perhaps the Wake Shield Facility ( WSF ) , flown three times on the shuttle , represents a realistic model . WSF was a remarkably simple idea : a spacecraft bores a hole in the rarefied upper atmosphere , leaving a semi - vacuum in its ...
... Perhaps the Wake Shield Facility ( WSF ) , flown three times on the shuttle , represents a realistic model . WSF was a remarkably simple idea : a spacecraft bores a hole in the rarefied upper atmosphere , leaving a semi - vacuum in its ...
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... perhaps detectors for the enigmatic transient burst sources - will be installed on the horizontal truss , but the most effective way that the International Space Station could support the astronomical community would be by ser- vicing a ...
... perhaps detectors for the enigmatic transient burst sources - will be installed on the horizontal truss , but the most effective way that the International Space Station could support the astronomical community would be by ser- vicing a ...
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