Exploring the Moon Through Binoculars and Small Telescopes - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Exploring the Moon Through Binoculars and Small Telescopes write by Ernest H. Cherrington. This book was released on 1984-01-01. Exploring the Moon Through Binoculars and Small Telescopes available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Informative, profusely illustrated guide to locating and identifying craters, rills, seas, mountains, other lunar features. Newly revised and updated with special section of new photos. Over 100 photos and diagrams. "Extraordinary delight awaits the amateur astronomer or teacher who opens this book." — The Science Teacher.
Return to the Moon
Return to the Moon - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Return to the Moon write by Harrison Schmitt. This book was released on 2007-12-28. Return to the Moon available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Former NASA Astronaut Harrison Schmitt advocates a private, investor-based approach to returning humans to the Moon—to extract Helium 3 for energy production, to use the Moon as a platform for science and manufacturing, and to establish permanent human colonies there in a kind of stepping stone community on the way to deeper space. With governments playing a supporting role—just as they have in the development of modern commercial aeronautics and agricultural production—Schmitt believes that a fundamentally private enterprise is the only type of organization capable of sustaining such an effort and, eventually, even making it pay off.
Exploring the Moon
Exploring the Moon - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Exploring the Moon write by David M. Harland. This book was released on 2008-04-16. Exploring the Moon available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. In this comprehensive overview of Man’s relationship with his planet’s nearest neighbor, David Harland opens with a review of the robotic probes, namely the Rangers which returned television before crashing into the Moon, the Surveyors which 'soft landed' in order to investigate the nature of the surface, and the Lunar Orbiters which mapped prospective Apollo landing sites. He then outlines the historic landing by Apollo 11 and the final three missions of comprehensive geological investigations. He concludes with a review of the robotic spacecraft that made remote-sensing observations of the Moon. This Commemorative Edition includes a foreword by one of the original astronauts as well as an extra section reviewing the prospect of renewed exploration there. New graphics and images are also included.
The Value of the Moon
The Value of the Moon - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Value of the Moon write by Paul D. Spudis. This book was released on 2016-04-26. The Value of the Moon available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. While the Moon was once thought to hold the key to space exploration, in recent decades, the U.S. has largely turned its sights toward Mars and other celestial bodies instead. In The Value of the Moon, lunar scientist Paul Spudis argues that the U.S. can and should return to the moon in order to remain a world leader in space utilization and development and a participant in and beneficiary of a new lunar economy. Spudis explores three reasons for returning to the Moon: it is close, it is interesting, and it is useful. The proximity of the Moon not only allows for frequent launches, but also control of any machinery we place there. It is interesting because recorded deep on its surface and in its craters is the preserved history of the moon, the sun, and indeed the entire galaxy. And finally, the moon is useful because it is rich with materials and energy. The moon, Spudis argues, is a logical base for further space exploration and even a possible future home for us all. Throughout his work, Spudis incorporates details about man's fascination with the moon and its place in our shared history. He also explores its religious, cultural, and scientific resonance and assesses its role in the future of spaceflight and our national security and prosperity.
Lunar Sourcebook
Lunar Sourcebook - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Lunar Sourcebook write by Grant Heiken. This book was released on 1991-04-26. Lunar Sourcebook available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The only work to date to collect data gathered during the American and Soviet missions in an accessible and complete reference of current scientific and technical information about the Moon.
