| Citizens of the Sky |
In this book Dr Parkinson sets out his personal view of the future of space flight. He discusses HOTOL and the Space Station Programme and shows how these lead via Lunar bases and manned Mars missions to the establishing of a Solar System wide civilisation. He also discusses the future military activity in space and the growth of communications satellites. This book is intended for everyone with an interest in spaceflight. The text is non-technical and is extensively illustrated with original diagrams and paintings, many reproduced in full colour. Published in 1987.
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| Interplanetary - A History of the British Interplanetary Society |
This volume provides a single history of the Society, drawn from a number of sources, each written from the perspective of the various authors and their involvement with the Society. Other histories could have been written from different perspectives, perhaps by commentators who have no intimate links with the Society at all. What marks out the accounts contained in this book is the proximity of their authors to the events in question. In this respect the book bears unique witness to the Society, its evolution and its achievements over 75 years. The first 500 copies will also come with a CD containing "An Audio History of The British Interplanetary Society"
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No of Pages: 100
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| Project Boreas - A Station for the Martian Geographic North Pole |
Continuing in the long line of visionary BIS projects, Project Boreas summarises the three year deliberations of a group of BIS members and non-members on the design of a station for the Martian Geographic North Pole. The volume describes the base design, science and exploration objectives, communications, history of Mars polar studies, human factors studies, life support and many other factors neccesary for the explorers to spend nearly two Martian years at the Martian pole. The volume should be a valuable and unique document for anyone with an interest in Mars/planetary exploration and the challenges of building and operating extraterrestrial bases.
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No of Pages: 192
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| The International Space Station Vol 2 |
This book is the second in the series charting the progress of the International Space Station.
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Editor(s): Rex Hall
No of Pages: 192
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| History of Mir and Final Year Offer |
Buy these two books, History of Mir and Mir the Final Year for this special offer price
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| Mir - The Final Year |
The Mir Space Station came down to Earth on 23 March 2001. This supplement completes the story told in the BIS publication 'The History of Mir 1986 - 2000'.
Mir - The Final Year, covers details of the Final Re-entry Operations. It has updates on EVAs, experiments as well as details of the crews who did not fly to Mir due to the curtailment of operations and many new crew photos have been added in a photo file.
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No of Pages: 32
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| The Search for Life on Mars |
This book is based on the proceedings of the first UK conference on "Life on Mars - an Historical Perspective". Mars may have supported life at some point in its history and with this in mind, this BIS book is a comprehensive review by leading scientific and technological experts on the current advances in the search for life on Mars. There are chapters on present and future developments.
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No of Pages: 116
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| The History of Mir (1986-2000) |
Human space flight will be influenced for generations to come by lessons learnt on Mir and this new BIS book chronicles its development as the first truly international space station.
The story of Mir is remarkable - one of the great successes of modern space exploration. Continuously occupied in Earth orbit for 15 years, Mir's cosmonaut and astronaut visitors set many new space records.
The book's contributors are all experts on aspects of the Soviet-Russian and American space programmes and "The History of Mir" is set to become a key reference work in its own right.
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| The International Space Station - From Imagination to Reality |
This full colour publication includes the development of the International Space Station during its formative years. It covers the first concepts up to the initial stages of construction to the end of 2001.
There are many drawings and pictures shown for the first time. This is a detailed record of the first stage of construction of a Space Station which will be a permanent base for manned operation for many years.
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No of Pages: 160
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| Blue Streak |
The first in the Society's Monograph collection. It is an authentic story as seen by an engineer involved in the design, management and manufacture of Blue Streak.
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