From space to Earth
Subtitle: laboratory and marketplace
By: Berndt Feuerbacher ; Ernst Messerschmid ; translated by Paul Denisowski
Contributors: Messerschmid, Ernst
Publisher: Schiffer Publishing
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Atglen, PA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 320
ISBN-13: 9780764337765
Subjects: Astronautics; Space flight
Description: Overview:  Fifty years have changed our view of space. The spin-off technologies from the world's space programs have an ever increasing influence on our daily lives. While early spaceflights were mainly nationalistic demonstrations of power, today a wide range of scientific or technological objectives are carried out in space through international cooperation. Commercial missions are also funded by the private sector. Space is now a scientific laboratory, a marketplace, and a workplace. This book describes the latest developments in spaceflight and looks toward humanity's future beyond earth. Over 400 vivid color photos and illustrations present spaceflights past, present, and future. Complex scientific and technical aspects of the world's space programs are explained in understandable terms. Current research and trends, along with new applications, are discussed. Welcome to the very real final frontier and all the possibilities for its productive, cooperative use.
Notes: Originally published as Vom ALL in den ALLTAG by Motorbuch Verlag.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 311) and index.
Table of contents: title: New Horizons:; title: Space has changed our lives; title: From fire arrow to spaceship; title: Universe, workbench and laboratory; title: Look To Earth:; title: Glimpse of the backyard from space; title: Seeing through night and clouds; title: Spaceship Earth; title: Looking To The Stars:; title: Universe from nothing; title: Journey through our solar system; title: Mars-our exotic neighbor; title: There's Money To Be Made In Space:; title: From Sputnik to the Internet; title: Relativity theory in practice:  satellite navigation; title: Space As A Laboratory:; title: Laboratory in space:  the International Space Station; title: Workday in space; title: Gravity? No thanks!; title: Ahead Of The Future:; title: Space without borders; title: New ways into space; title: Man in space; title: Photo credits; title: Further reading; title: Index.