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The Traveler's Guide to Space : For One-Way Settlers and Round-Trip Tourists.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York : Columbia University Press, 2017Copyright date: ©2017Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (296 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780231542890
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: The Traveler's Guide to SpaceDDC classification:
  • 616.980214
LOC classification:
  • RC1150 .C665 2017
Online resources:
Contents:
Intro -- Table of Contents -- Introduction -- Part I: Preparing for Space -- 1. Science and the Solar System Over Easy -- 2. Brief Descriptions of Journeys Through Space -- 3. Preparing for Your Trip -- 4. Training for Space Travel -- Part II: Adjusting to Space -- 5. Launch! -- 6. Adjustments During the First Few Days -- 7. Long-Term Physical Adjustments to Space -- 8. Getting Along in Space: Psychological and Sociological Aspects of Space Travel -- Part III: Making the Most of Experiences in Space -- 9. Experiences by Destination -- Part IV: Home! Sweet? Home? -- 10. Emigrating to Mars or Returning to Earth -- Appendix: Powers of Ten -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.
Summary: An inside look at the experience of space travel and the destinations we may one day visit as space tourists.
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Intro -- Table of Contents -- Introduction -- Part I: Preparing for Space -- 1. Science and the Solar System Over Easy -- 2. Brief Descriptions of Journeys Through Space -- 3. Preparing for Your Trip -- 4. Training for Space Travel -- Part II: Adjusting to Space -- 5. Launch! -- 6. Adjustments During the First Few Days -- 7. Long-Term Physical Adjustments to Space -- 8. Getting Along in Space: Psychological and Sociological Aspects of Space Travel -- Part III: Making the Most of Experiences in Space -- 9. Experiences by Destination -- Part IV: Home! Sweet? Home? -- 10. Emigrating to Mars or Returning to Earth -- Appendix: Powers of Ten -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.

An inside look at the experience of space travel and the destinations we may one day visit as space tourists.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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