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Mining
The Sky: Untold Riches
from the Asteroids, Comets and Planets
By John S. Lewis
Dr. Lewis (Co-Director, NASA/University of Arizona Space
Engineering Research Center) makes a convincing case for balancing
research and economic necessity by proposing strategies to extract
oxygen from lunar rocks, harness the natural hydrogen and helium
of the gas giant planets to power fusion reactors, and create
space vehicles from hollowed out asteroids. His argument rests on
the proposition that space exploration is not just an expensive
hobby but also a source of tremendous business opportunity.
The
Hatfield Photographic Lunar Atlas
By Commander Henry Hatfield
Edited by Jeremy Cook
Long regarded as the finest photographic lunar atlas available, The
Hatfield Lunar Atlas is a model of accuracy and clarity. This
new version updates some of the maps, names, and technical data, but
uses Commander Henry Hatfield's original — and unexcelled —
photographic plates, taken with a purpose-built 30 cm
reflector. The Atlas is divided into sixteen sections, each of which
is made up of five or more photographic plates together with a map.
While perhaps not as widely preferred in professional astronomy as Antonin
Rukl's "Atlas Of The Moon" (currently out of print) or The
Full Moon Atlas (available online or CD-ROM), the
Hatfield Atlas is an extremely valuable resource.
The
Moon: Resources, Future
Development and Colonization
By David G. Schrunk, Burton L. Sharpe,
Bonnie L. Cooper and Madhu Thangavelu (Wiley-Praxis
Series in Space Science and Technology) Taking the reader from plans already at an advanced stage
for the next ten years to well into the next century, this work
discusses the rationale for future activities, and shows how this
future development could take place. The book shows the potential
for lunar bases and colonies, and shows that it is an ideal site for
scientific laboratories dedicated to geosciences, astronomy and life
sciences, and most importantly its role as a proving ground and
launch pad for future Solar System exploration.
Mapping
and Naming the Moon:
A History of Lunar Cartography
and Nomenclature
By Ewen A. Whitaker
With its wonderful historical maps and rare early photographs,
this book is a treat for everyone interested in the Moon. Anyone
who observes the Moon, perhaps through binoculars or a small
telescope, will appreciate this unique account of lunar mapping
and nomenclature. How did the craters get their names? Who made
the first maps of the Moon, and how were they improved over time?
Four centuries of progress are beautifully summarized. The
excellent appendices and bibliography provide a launch pad for
those who wish to learn more.
Apollo
11: The NASA Mission Reports
(NASA Mission Reports, Volume 1 & 2)
Edited by Robert Godwin
With Foreword by Buzz Aldrin
Volume 1 of the Apollo 11 Mission Reports is not just another
picture book about planting the flag. This really tells everybody
from novices and students right up to aerospace engineers how it was
done. You could almost fly your own mission with the plethora of
detail included here. The accompanying CD-ROM contains one hour of
official NASA video, as well as every 70mm photo taken by the crew
— 1395 in all — cataloged in order. It also contains something
completely new: three of the panoramas taken by Neil Armstrong of
Tranquility Base have been stitched together into a seamless video
that you can pan and zoom around to experience what it really looked
like up there. Volume 2 contains the recently declassified official
crew debriefing in Houston after the mission, transcribed in the crew's own
words, including the particularly intriguing UFO report. The CD-ROM in Volume 2 includes the full
2.5-hour uncut and unedited moonwalk, the fourth panorama taken by
Buzz Aldrin, as well as an exclusive fifty-minute video interview
with Buzz himself. Click here
to learn more about Volume 1... Click
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