Far Beyond the Moon

Far Beyond the Moon
Author :
Publisher : University of Pittsburgh Press
Total Pages : 288
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9780822988007
ISBN-13 : 0822988003
Rating : 4/5 (003 Downloads)

Book Synopsis Far Beyond the Moon by : David P. D. Munns

Download or read book Far Beyond the Moon written by David P. D. Munns and published by University of Pittsburgh Press. This book was released on 2021-06-01 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the beginning of the space age, scientists and engineers have worked on systems to help humans survive for the astounding 28,500 days (78 years) needed to reach another planet. They’ve imagined and tried to create a little piece of Earth in a bubble travelling through space, inside of which people could live for decades, centuries, or even millennia. Far Beyond the Moon tells the dramatic story of engineering efforts by astronauts and scientists to create artificial habitats for humans in orbiting space stations, as well as on journeys to Mars and beyond. Along the way, David P. D. Munns and Kärin Nickelsen explore the often unglamorous but very real problem posed by long-term life support: How can we recycle biological wastes to create air, water, and even food in meticulously controlled artificial environments? Together, they draw attention to the unsung participants of the space program—the sanitary engineers, nutritionists, plant physiologists, bacteriologists, and algologists who created and tested artificial environments for space based on chemical technologies of life support—as well as the bioregenerative algae systems developed to reuse waste, water, and nutrients, so that we might cope with a space journey of not just a few days, but months, or more likely, years.


Far Beyond the Moon Related Books

Far Beyond the Moon
Language: en
Pages: 288
Authors: David P. D. Munns
Categories: Science
Type: BOOK - Published: 2021-06-01 - Publisher: University of Pittsburgh Press

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

From the beginning of the space age, scientists and engineers have worked on systems to help humans survive for the astounding 28,500 days (78 years) needed to
Beyond The Moon
Language: en
Pages: 494
Authors: Catherine Taylor
Categories: Fiction
Type: BOOK - Published: 2019-06-26 - Publisher:

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

*Shortlisted for the Eharmony/Orion Write Your Own Love Story Prize What if love could last more than just one lifetime? A haunting and beautiful story of the G
Beyond the Moon
Language: en
Pages: 304
Authors: James Greig McCully
Categories: Science
Type: BOOK - Published: 2006 - Publisher: World Scientific

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

Finally, someone has written a comprehensive, easily readable explanation of the tides on earth that is both simple enough for students and solid enough for the
Far Side of the Moon
Language: en
Pages: 280
Authors: Liisa Jorgensen
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2021-12-07 - Publisher: Chicago Review Press

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

The decades-long love story of a NASA commander and the leader of the Astronaut Wives Club Far Side of the Moon is the untold, fully authorized story of the liv
Please Don't Come Back from the Moon
Language: en
Pages: 292
Authors: Dean Bakopoulos
Categories: Fiction
Type: BOOK - Published: 2006 - Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

In this haunting debut novel, Michael Smolij and his friends are unable to leave the blue-collar Detroit neighborhoods abandoned by their fathers. They stumble