Challenges of Human Space Exploration
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Springer
Published: July 26, 2000
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 260
ISBN-13: 9781852332013
Subjects: Astronautics; Space travel & exploration; Outer space; Manned Space Exploration; Technology; Science; Science/Mathematics; Physics; Astronomy - General; Astrophysics & Space Science; Science / Astronomy; Science / Astrophysics & Space Science; Science-Astronomy - General; Science-Physics; Space Science; Aeronautics & Astronautics; Exploration; Manned space flight
First sentence: From the earliest time that man believed it would be possible to explore space, plans were being laid to not only go there, but to work in this new environment above the Earth.
Description: "Challenges of Human Space Exploration describes, in detail and in the words of the astronauts who lived aboard Mir, the major scientific achievements of the programme. Not the least, these include lessons learned about reducing risks and stress, and the implications for the forthcoming International Space Station."--Jacket.