The Making of an Ex-Astronaut

O'Leary, Brian

Pocket_Books

Suggests an approach to a joint U.S.-Soviet manned mission to Mars, discusses the goals of such a mission, and describes the obstacles that must be overcome

Mars 1999: Exclusive Preview of the U.S.-Soviet Manned Mission

Literature & Fiction

Literary

Stackpole Books

Almost thirty years after the first human landing on the Moon, the United States and the U.S.S.R. launch separate spacecraft that fly alongside one another toward Mars. Each spacecraft serves as an emergency backup for the other and provides the opportunity for crew exchanges during the tedious 22-month journey.After landing on Phobos—on of the tiny potato-shaped moons of Mars—the crews carry out experiments to determine the safety of landing on the Martian surface. Months later, one astronaut and one cosmonaut board a small, simply designed sortie module, descend to the Martian surface, plant flags, and ascend back to Phobos—all in a matter of hours.A far-out dream? Author Brian O’Leary, a former astronaut, believes it can be a reality if the U.S. and the U.S.S.R. cooperate in space exploration and set goals now for a 1998-1999 mission. In fact, plans have already begun for sending people to Mars. Since the Soviets are clearly interested in Mars, a joint mission would make political, economic, and scientific sense. But a bewildering variety of mission approaches are emerging.In Mars 1999, Brian O’Leary outlines his vision for an exciting approach to a join Mars mission. In a letter included in this book, O’Leary urges the President to give high priority to a Mars voyage. This first in a series of missions would enable us not only to pay for missions but also to fuel a rapidly growing infrastructure on the Moon and on Mars by 2005.

Mars 1999: Exclusive Preview of the U.S.-Soviet Manned Mission (Stackpole Classics)

Science & Math

Astronomy & Space Science

It’s happening now—plans are being formulated under the coordination of NASA to launch a permanent, manned space station by the year 1990. Studies surveying user requirements, system attributes, and architectural options have been conducted, and you’re on the top of these far-reaching considerations on the next big step taken within space! Now that the Shuttle and Spacelab are realities, NASA has set sights on a new horizon—a permanent, manned space station in the high frontier. The precedents have been set—Skylab hosted human visits for up to 84 days, and the Soviet’s Salyut was and is a temporary base for cosmonaut crew. The differences are the term and scope of space station living and the accomplishments that can be realized with a permanent site and continuous experimentation within its facilities. Brian O’Leary, writer, astrophysicist, and former astronaut, describes the “tinkermodules” that will be carried to the earth’s orbit to be assembled as a space station. His inside track information also lays the groundwork for fascinating disclosures on: Space station history, NASA’s studies and plans, space careers and human potential, commerce and homesteading in space, odds of a space war, spacelab, space station architecture, space factories and hotels, soviet space station programs, colonies and exploration. Here are issues that will likely bear directly on the space station of the not-so-distant future and an expert’s interpretation of what that future holds. Unique and timely, Project Space Station gives you a distinctive foretaste of a new era in which homesteading asteroids, growing huge silicon crystals in weightless factories—and the possibility of real star wars—will be a way of life. In 1982, NASA undertook the planning of the United States’ next major initiative in space: a manned space station program to be presented for consideration to the Administration and Congress. This painting depicts one possible space station concept based on the earlier Space Platform studiesby TRW Space &amp; Technology Group (Redondo Beach, California) as commissioned by NASA’s Marshall’s Space Fligth Center. The rectangular panels extending to the right and elft of the main spacecraft would provide solar energy. The upward extension is a single radiator. Of the three modules on the main space station, two are manned for habitation and experimentation and the third, unmanned, provides logistics support. A communications antenna extends forward and downward from the spacecraft. (NASA-photo)

Project Space Station: Plans for a Permanent Manned Space Station (Stackpole Classics)

Sent into the Lord's Vineyard: Explorations in the Jesuit Constitutions

Way Publications

What is happening to us and our planet? The book specifically researches and reports the fact about the deteriorating physical state of the planet. Book gives specific proposals for the reverse of the damage we are causing. Brain O'Leary with his austranaut training and observation presents us his solutions.

Reinheriting the Earth: Awakening to Sustainable Solutions and Greater Truths

Business & Money

Economics

Truth Seeker

Miracle in the Void: Free Energy, Ufos and Other Scientific Revelations

Religion & Spirituality

New Age & Spirituality

Kamapua's Pr

A socio-political journey through the tangled world of free and clean energy, its promise, its suppression and its logical necessity for our survival.

The Energy Solution Revolution: A Socio-Political Journey Through the Tangled World of Free and Clean Energy, Its Promise, Its Suppression and Its Logical Necessity for Our Survival

Politics & Social Sciences

Social Sciences

Bridger House Publications Incorporated

The ground beneath the book publishing industry dramatically shifted in 2007, the year the Kindle and the iPhone debuted. Widespread consumer demand for these and other devices has brought the pace of digital change in book publishing from "it might happen sometime" to "it’s happening right now"—and it is happening faster than anyone predicted.
Yet this is only a transitional phase. Book: A Futurist’s Manifesto is your guide to what comes next, when all books are truly digital, connected, and ubiquitous. Through this collection of essays from thought leaders and practitioners, you’ll become familiar with a wide range of developments occurring in the wake of this digital book shakeup:
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<li>Discover new tools that are rapidly transforming how content is created, managed, and distributed</li>
<li>Understand the increasingly critical role that metadata plays in making book content discoverable in an era of abundance</li>
<li>Look inside some of the publishing projects that are at the bleeding edge of this digital revolution</li>
<li>Learn how some digital books can evolve moment to moment, based on reader feedback</li>
</ul>

Book: A Futurist's Manifesto: A Collection of Essays from the Bleeding Edge of Publishing

McGuire, Hugh

Industries

O'Reilly Media

The author describes his experiences as a space scientist and suggests we be more open to alternative views of the universe, UFOs and ESP

Exploring Inner and Outer Space

Health, Fitness & Dieting

Psychology & Counseling

North Atlantic Books

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