1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910254591603321

Autore

Seedhouse Erik

Titolo

TIM PEAKE and BRITAIN'S ROAD TO SPACE / / by Erik Seedhouse

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2017

ISBN

3-319-57907-X

Edizione

[1st ed. 2017.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (XXI, 245 p. 130 illus., 126 illus. in color.)

Collana

Space Exploration

Disciplina

520

Soggetti

Astronomy

Space sciences

Russia—History

Europe, Eastern—History

Great Britain—History

History

Popular Science in Astronomy

Space Sciences (including Extraterrestrial Physics, Space Exploration and Astronautics)

Russian, Soviet, and East European History

History of Britain and Ireland

History of Science

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di contenuto

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.

Sommario/riassunto

This book puts the reader in the flight suit of Britain’s first male astronaut, Tim Peake. It chronicles his life, along with 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. In addition, 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. .

2.

Record Nr.

UNIORUON00322923

Autore

WANG Shuo

Titolo

Xin kuangren riji = The diary of a modern lunatic / Wang Shuo

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Wuhan, : Chang Jiang wenyi chuban she, 2007

ISBN

978-75-354-3583-5

Descrizione fisica

242 p. ; 24 cm

Classificazione

CIN VI BA

Lingua di pubblicazione

Cinese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia