Tim Peake and Britain's road to space
Chapter 1. 26 million horsepower -- Chapter 2. You mean we have a space program? -- Chapter 3. Right place, right time -- Chapter 4. Britain's astronauts -- Chapter 5. It was a beautiful launch -- Chapter 6. A brilliant ambassador -- Chapter 7. Principia part 2 -- Chapter 8. So how did he do? -...
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| Sprache: | eng |
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Cham, Switzerland
Springer
2017
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| Schriftenreihe: | Springer-Praxis books in space exploration
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Tag hinzufügen | Zusammenfassung: | Chapter 1. 26 million horsepower -- Chapter 2. You mean we have a space program? -- Chapter 3. Right place, right time -- Chapter 4. Britain's astronauts -- Chapter 5. It was a beautiful launch -- Chapter 6. A brilliant ambassador -- Chapter 7. Principia part 2 -- Chapter 8. So how did he do? -- Appendix I -- Appendix II -- Appendix III -- Appendix IV -- Appendix V -- Appendix VI -- Index "This book puts the reader in the flight suit of Britain's first male astronaut, Tim Peake. In addition to delving into the life of Tim Peake, this book discusses the learning curves required in astronaut and mission training and the complexity of the technologies required to launch an astronaut and keep them alive for months on end. This book underscores the fact that technology and training, unlike space, do not exist in a vacuum; complex technical systems, like the ISS, interact with the variables of human personality, and the cultural background of the astronauts. But ultimately, this is the story of Tim Peake and the Principia mission and the down-to-the-last-bolt descriptions of life aboard the ISS, by way of the hurdles placed by the British government and the rigors of training at Russia's Star city military base" -- Page [4] of cover |
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| Beschreibung: | Includes index |
| Beschreibung: | xxi, 245 Seiten Illustrationen 24 cm |
| ISBN: | 9783319579061 978-3-319-57906-1 |