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Mission Control, This Is Apollo: The Story of the First Voyages to the Moon
by Andrew Chaikin Victoria KohlJuly 20, 1969, marked one of the climactic moments in our history--the day Apollo 11 landed on the moon. But it is only one piece of a magnificent story. Mission Control, This Is Apollo, by the acclaimed Andrew Chaikin (author of A Man on the Moon, basis of the HBO miniseries From the Earth to the Moon), recounts space history from the Mercury missions through Apollo 17 and beyond. It is illustrated with stunning full-color paintings by astronaut Alan Bean, who walked on the moon with Pete Conrad on Apollo 12 and has devoted his post-NASA life to creating art. Handsome, informative, and dramatic, this is no textbook--it is the tale of humankind's greatest adventure in the last frontier: space.
Mission Control: Inventing the Groundwork of Spaceflight
by Michael Peter JohnsonBrave astronauts, flaring rockets, and majestic launches are only one side of the story of spaceflight. Any mission to space depends on years--if not decades--of work by thousands of dedicated individuals on the ground. These are the people whose voices offer a friendly link to Earth in the void of space, whose hands maneuver rovers across the face of planets, and whose skills guide astronauts home. This book is a long-overdue history of three major centers that have managed important missions since the dawn of the space age.In Mission Control, Michael Johnson explores the famous Johnson Space Center in Houston, the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, and the European Space Operations Centre in Darmstadt, Germany--each a strategically designed micro-environment responsible for the operation of spacecraft and the safety of passengers. He explains the motivations behind the location of each center and their intricate design. He shows how the robotic spaceflight missions overseen in Pasadena and Darmstadt set these centers apart from Houston, and compares the tracking networks used for different types of spacecraft.Johnson argues that the type of spacecraft and the missions they controlled--not the nations they represented--defined how the centers developed, yet these centers ended up playing vital national roles as space technology became a battleground for international power struggles in the Cold War years and even after. The most visible part of a conflict that was just as real as the wars in Korea, Vietnam, and Afghanistan and caused great global anxiety, mission control centers have served as symbols of national security in the public eye and pivotal links in the history of modern technology.
Mission Invisible: A Novel About the Science of Light (Science and Fiction)
by Ulf LeonhardtInvisibility has fascinated people since time immemorial, but only a decade ago did invisibility become a serious subject of scientific investigation. This lively novel, authored by an expert in the field, takes the reader on a journey to fascinating places and - en passant - on an intellectual adventure involving some of the most fascinating subjects of optics. While enjoying the fun and action of a travel story, the reader will gain an accurate notion of the real science of invisibility, of the light and shade of the business of science, as well as glimpses into different cultures. From the first page, you will gradually become immersed in a different world, the world of the science of light. The book includes an appendix providing interested readers with deeper insights into the fundamental physics of space-time, gravity and light.
Mission Jupiter: The Spectacular Journey of the Galileo Spacecraft
by Daniel FischerThe Galileo project is one of the most spectacular undertakings in the history of unmanned space flight.. This book details the planning of the Galileo mission to Jupiter, its arrival and release the Atmospheric Probe, summarizes 400 years of Jupiter research and its findings about the giant planet and its moons. A lot of attention is paid to the exciting discovery of an ocean of water on the Galilean moon Europa.
Mission Mars: India's Quest for the Red Planet
by Ajey LeleThe objective of the book is to find an answer to the rationale behind the human quest for the Mars exploration. As a comprehensive assessment for this query is undertaken, it is realized that the basic question 'Why Mars?' seeks various responses from technological, economic and geopolitical to strategic perspectives. The book is essentially targeted to understand India's desire to reach Mars. In the process, it also undertakes some implicit questioning of Mars programmes of various other states essentially to facilitate the setting up of the context for an assessment. The book is divided into two parts: Part I: This covers both science and politics associated with Mars missions in global scenario and discusses the salient features of various Mars Missions undertaken by various countries. Part II: This provides details in regards to India's Mars Mission.
Mission Vers Mars: Année 2030, Voyage Spatial Et Notre Destinée Loin De La Terre.
by Adidas WilsonLa Future Colonisation de Mars. Tout le monde semble penser à Mars de nos jours. La NASA prévoit d'avoir des humains sur Mars d'ici 2030 tandis que SpaceX veut le faire plus tôt, d'ici 2024. Mars est un thème commun à Hollywood.
Mission to Mars #4 (Astronaut Girl #4)
by Cathy Hapka Ellen VandenbergCan Astronaut Girl save the day with a little help from science? Find out as she and her space crew blast off on new adventures in this chapter book series!When Val's teacher gives her class a science assignment to build terrariums, Val can't wait to get started! She's picked Wallace and her two friends, Ling and Abby, to join her group, and she expects to be in charge...after all, she is Astronaut Girl! But Val soon discovers it's impossible for them to agree on anything. And things don't get much better when the group and the Astro Crew zoom off to Mars for an outer-space adventure. Can the group finally put their heads together in order to save themselves from a giant sandstorm, or will they be stranded on Mars forever?Exciting, easy-to-read books are the stepping stone a young reader needs to bridge the gap between being a beginner and being fluent.
Mission to Mars: Can You Survive in Space?
by DKIn this epic book, get ready to blast off on an interactive voyage to Mars. Along the way you’ll get to choose your astronaut, pick your vehicle, and navigate the frontiers of space as you race to survive on Mars. Each decision leads you in a different direction, will you complete the mission and save mankind? Potential to extend into a series with other destinations.
Mission to Mars: Teen Astronauts #3 (Teen Astronauts #3)
by Eric WaltersTeen astronaut Houston Williams is now the pilot on a mission to Mars. Houston Williams was thrilled to win a scholarship to attend a space program at NASA. What he didn’t realize was that organizers were recruiting people for a top-secret research project aimed at studying how space travel affects people of different ages. After months spent on the International Space Station conducting a variety of experiments, Houston is surprised to learn that he and his two friends Ashley and Teal have been chosen to join a highly political mission to Mars. But after tragedy strikes, the teens are forced to continue the mission on their own. This is the third book in the Teen Astronauts series, following Houston, Is There A Problem? and Boldly Go.
Mission to Pluto: The First Visit to an Ice Dwarf and the Kuiper Belt
by Mary Kay Carson Tom UhlmanIn July of 2015 a robotic spacecraft reached Pluto after a nine-and-half-year journey. New Horizons is the first spacecraft mission to Pluto and revealed its five moons as never before seen. <P><P>Images from the mission show a reddish surface covered in ice-water mountains, moving glaciers, and hints of possible ice volcanoes and an underground ocean. Pluto is geologically alive and changing! <P><P>This addition to the Scientists in the Field series goes where no person or spacecraft has ever gone before. Follow along with the team of scientists as they build New Horizons, fly it across the solar system, and make new discoveries about a world three billion miles away.
Mission-Critical Application Driven Intelligent Maritime Networks (SpringerBriefs in Computer Science)
by Tingting Yang Xuemin (Sherman) ShenThis book shares valuable insights into high-efficiency data transmission scheduling and into a group intelligent search and rescue approach for artificial intelligence (AI)-powered maritime networks. Its goal is to highlight major research directions and topics that are critical for those who are interested in maritime communication networks, equipping them to carry out further research in this field.The authors begin with a historical overview and address the marine business, emerging technologies, and the shortcomings of current network architectures (coverage, connectivity, reliability, etc.). In turn, they introduce a heterogeneous space/air/sea/ground maritime communication network architecture and investigate the transmission scheduling problem in maritime communication networks, together with solutions based on deep reinforcement learning. To accommodate the computation demands of maritime communication services, the authors propose a multi-vessel offloading algorithm for maritime mobile edge computing networks. In closing, they discuss the applications of swarm intelligence in maritime search and rescue.
Mission-Oriented Sensor Networks and Systems: Volume 1: Foundations (Studies in Systems, Decision and Control #163)
by Habib M. AmmariThis book discusses topics in mission-oriented sensor networks and systems research and practice, enabling readers to understand the major technical and application challenges of these networks, with respect to their architectures, protocols, algorithms, and application design. It also presents novel theoretical and practical ideas, which have led to the development of solid foundations for the design, analysis, and implementation of energy-efficient, reliable, and secure mission-oriented sensor network applications. Covering various topics, including sensor node architecture, sensor deployment, mobile coverage, mission assignment, detection, localization, tracking, data dissemination, data fusion, topology control, geometric routing, location privacy, secure communication, and cryptograph, it is a valuable resource for computer scientists, researchers, and practitioners in academia and industry.
Mission-Oriented Sensor Networks and Systems: Volume 2: Advances (Studies in Systems, Decision and Control #164)
by Habib M. AmmariThis book presents a broad range of deep-learning applications related to vision, natural language processing, gene expression, arbitrary object recognition, driverless cars, semantic image segmentation, deep visual residual abstraction, brain–computer interfaces, big data processing, hierarchical deep learning networks as game-playing artefacts using regret matching, and building GPU-accelerated deep learning frameworks. Deep learning, an advanced level of machine learning technique that combines class of learning algorithms with the use of many layers of nonlinear units, has gained considerable attention in recent times. Unlike other books on the market, this volume addresses the challenges of deep learning implementation, computation time, and the complexity of reasoning and modeling different type of data. As such, it is a valuable and comprehensive resource for engineers, researchers, graduate students and Ph.D. scholars.
Missions to Mars: A New Era of Rover and Spacecraft Discovery on the Red Planet
by Larry S. CrumplerFrom a long-term planning lead for the Mars Exploration Rover Project comes this vivid insider account of some of NASA’s most vital and exciting missions to the Red Planet, illustrated with full-color photographs—a wondrous chronicle of unprecedented scientific discovery and the search for evidence of life on Mars. “There are probably just a few of moments in human history when a small group of humans stood on the margins of a vast new world, and it is no stretch of the romantic imagination that the arrival of two rovers on the surface of another planet was surely one of them.”Human exploration of Mars is the most ambitious and exciting scientific goal of the twenty-first century. Few people know as much about this fascinating planet as Dr. Larry Crumpler. As one of the long-term planning leads for the Mars Exploration Rover Project, he helped control the daily communications between NASA and the rovers roaming the planet to gather scientific data. Thanks to the Rover Project, we now know that the dry, red dust of the planet’s surface hides a wet, possibly living history, and that conditions were present for the evolution of complex, organic life. In this magnificent compendium, Dr. Crumpler recounts the history of the Red Planet, from the earliest days when ancient astronomers turned their eyes to the heavens to the breakthrough discoveries being unearthed by modern technology today, including some of the first images from the latest rover, Perseverance. Paired with stunning, full-color photographs taken by rovers and NASA satellites images, this magnificent “biography” of the red planet allows us to understand and experience it as never before. When the Spirit and Opportunity Rovers landed on Mars in January 2004, scientists expected them to function for 90 days. But those three months turned into fifteen years. With data gathered by the rovers, Dr. Crumpler and his fellow team members were able to reconstruct the planet’s stunning geological past, when it was once inundated with water, and perhaps could have supported microbial life. Dr Crumpler also reveals the joys and demands of life as a scientist taking part in these historic missions. Exploring fundamental questions about this remarkable planet that have intrigued us earthlings for years, Missions to Mars illuminates Mars’ significance in the solar system—and the human imagination.
Mississippi Harvest: Lumbering in the Longleaf Pine Belt, 1840-1915
by Nollie W. HickmanIn this classic work of Mississippi history, Nollie W. Hickman relates the felling of great forests of longleaf pine in a southern state where lumbering became a mighty industry. Mississippi Harvest records the arduous transportation of logs to the mills, at first by oxcart and water and later by rail. It details how the naval stores trade flourished through the production of turpentine, pitch, and rosin and through the expansion of exports, which furnished France with spars for sailing vessels. The book tracks the impact of the Civil War on southern lumbering, the tragedy of denuded lands, and, finally, the renewal of resources through reforestation. Born into a family of lumbermen, Hickman acquired firsthand knowledge of forest industries. Later, as a student of history, he devoted years of painstaking work to gathering materials on lumbering. His information comes from many sources, including interviews with loggers, rafters, sawmill and turpentine workers, and company managers, and from company records, land records, diaries, old newspapers, lumber trade journals, and government documents. While the author's purpose is to share the history of a natural resource, he also gives the reader the panorama of Mississippi. Mississippi Harvest interprets the state's people, agriculture, industry, government, politics, economy, and culture through the lens of one of the state's earliest and most lasting economic engines.
Mississippi River Tragedies: A Century of Unnatural Disaster (Religion, Race, and Ethnicity)
by Christine A Klein Sandra B Zellmer“A stunning and important book. It tells a sweeping tale of folly, greed, ignorance, injustice, and unintended consequences. We all should heed its lessons.” —David Baron, award-winning author of The Beast in the GardenAmerican engineers have done astounding things to bend the Mississippi River to their will: forcing one of its tributaries to flow uphill, transforming over a thousand miles of roiling currents into a placid staircase of water, and wresting the lower half of the river apart from its floodplain. American law has aided and abetted these feats. But despite our best efforts, so-called “natural disasters” continue to strike the Mississippi basin, as raging floodwaters decimate waterfront communities and abandoned towns literally crumble into the Gulf of Mexico. In some places, only the tombstones remain, leaning at odd angles as the underlying soil erodes away. Mississippi River Tragedies reveals that it is seductively deceptive—but horribly misleading—to call such catastrophes “natural.”Authors Christine A. Klein and Sandra B. Zellmer present a sympathetic account of the human dreams, pride, and foibles that got us to this point, weaving together engaging historical narratives and accessible law stories drawn from actual courtroom dramas. The authors deftly uncover the larger story of how the law reflects and even amplifies our ambivalent attitude toward nature—simultaneously revering wild rivers and places for what they are, while working feverishly to change them into something else. Despite their sobering revelations, the authors’ final message is one of hope. Although the acknowledgement of human responsibility for unnatural disasters can lead to blame, guilt, and liability, it can also prod us to confront the consequences of our actions, leading to a liberating sense of possibility and to the knowledge necessary to avoid future disasters.
Missão a Marte: Ano 2030, Viagem Espacial e o Nosso Destino Além da Terra
by Adidas WilsonParece que todos pensam sobre Marte hoje em dia. A NASA tem o objetivo de enviar humanos para Marte em 2030 enquanto a SpaceX o quer antes dessa data, em 2024. Marte é um tema comum em Hollywood. Existem filmes como The Martian and Life que especula como pode ser a vida no planeta vermelho. Nenhum desses filmes, contudo, parecem levar em conta a pedra no sapato: como será a vida a longo prazo dos humanos em Marte? A atmosfera é em sua grande parte composta de monóxido de carbono e a sua superfície é muito gelada para a vida humana. A gravidade é de 38% em relação à da Terra. Isso levanta a questão de como um humano pode sobreviver em tais condições. Viajar para Marte é uma tarefa fácil, já que a jornada levará apenas 260 dias já que os dois planetas são os mais próximos um do outro. Depois da chegada, o desafio é pousar na superfície. Qual o sistema de pouso é seguro para os colonizadores e para os astronautas? Em 2007, cientistas tinham quatro sugestões de aterrissagem: o Legged Standing System, o Sky-Crane Landing System, o Airbag Landing System e, por fim, o Touchdown Sensig. Já em 2017, os cientistas tinham acrescido mais maneiras de aterrissar tais como mergulhar na atmosfera marciana e contornar de perto a superfície. A NASA já está pensando em que tipo de habitação que poderia ajudar os colonizadores a sobreviver em Marte. Em 2016, seis companhias começaram a projetar protótipos de um possível habitat. Todos esses protótipos parecem se assemelhar em alguns modos: eles devem ser autossustentáveis, capazes de suportar a vida por um longo período de tempo sem a ajuda da Terra e tem que ter uma vedação contra a tênue atmosfera de Marte.
Mistakes Before, During and After Heat Treatment of Steel
by Peter SommerA multitude of steel components undergo heat treatment to alter their properties. This practice-oriented book provides a vivid overview of the various influencing factors in the lifecycle of such products, from design to deployment. Through numerous examples, it illustrates potential sources of errors associated with heat treatment and how to avoid them. Drawing on decades of experience in the field of technical failure analysis, the author offers valuable guidance for both students and practitioners.
Mistakes That Worked: 40 Familiar Inventions & How They Came to Be
by Charlotte Jones John ObrienPopsicles, potato chips, Silly Putty, Velcro, and many other familiar things have fascinating stories behind them. In fact, dozens of products and everyday items had surprisingly haphazard beginnings. Mistakes That Worked offers forty of these unusual tales, along with hilarious cartoons and weird and amazing facts. Readers will be surprised and inspired!
Mistakes that Worked
by Charlotte Jones John ObrienPopsicles, potato chips, Silly Putty, Velcro, and many other familiar things have fascinating stories behind them. In fact, dozens of products and everyday items had surprisingly haphazard beginnings. Mistakes That Worked offers forty of these unusual tales, along with hilarious cartoons and weird and amazing facts. Readers will be surprised and inspired!
Misunderstanding Media (Routledge Library Editions: Cultural Studies)
by Brian WinstonThe 1980s saw constant reports of an information revolution. This book, first published in 1986, challenges this view. It argues that the information revolution is an illusion, a rhetorical gambit, an expression of profound historical ignorance, and a movement dedicated to purveying misunderstanding and disseminating disinformation. In this historically based attack on the information revolution, Professor Winston takes a had look at the four central information technologies – telephones, television, computers and satellites. He describes how these technologies were created and diffused, showing that instead of revolution we just have ‘business as usual’. He formulates a ‘law’ of the suppression of radical potential – a law which states that new telecommunication technologies are introduced into society only insofar as their disruptive potential is contained. Despite the so-called information revolution, the major institutions of society remain unchanged, and most of us remain in total ignorance of the history of technology.
Mit Jupyter durchs Physikpraktikum: Auswerten mit Python leicht gemacht (essentials)
by Lew ClassenLew Classen begleitet seine Leser*innen bei den ersten Schritten auf dem Gebiet der Datenanalyse mit Python. Nach der Installation und Inbetriebnahme einer interaktiven Arbeitsumgebung werden Grundlagen der Syntax vermittelt. Auf dem Weg vom Import von Rohdaten zu einem publikationsreifen Diagramm wird die Verwendung der gängigsten naturwissenschaftlichen Python-Module anhand von praxisnahen Beispielen anschaulich erklärt. Nach diesem Buch sind Sie fit für eine Versuchsauswertung mit Python und erhalten einen Ausblick auf weitere faszinierende Einsatzmöglichkeiten dieser vielseitigen Programmiersprache.
Mit Stabwerkmodellen zur Bewehrungsführung: Detailnachweise im Stahlbetonbau (erfolgreich studieren)
by Wolfgang FinckhAufbauend auf den Grundlagen des Stahlbetonbaus wird in diesem Lehrbuch das Konzept der Bemessung von Stahlbetonkonstruktionen mittels Stabwerkmodellen erläutert. Dieses Bemessungskonzept wird insbesondere im Bereich der Detailnachweise und bei gedrungenen Tragwerken im Stahlbetonbau benötigt. Neben der generellen Modellbildung und Nachweismethodik werden auch die üblichen Modelle und Nachweise für häufig vorkommende Details vorgestellt. Hierbei werden insbesondere Krafteinleitungsbereiche, Konsolen, ausgeklinkte Auflager, Rahmenknoten, Querschnittssprünge, Trägeröffnungen und Wandartige Träger detailliert behandelt. Die im Lehrbuch vorgestellten theoretische Grundlagen werden anhand zahlreicher Abbildungen erläuterten. In jedem Kapitel sind zum besseren Verständnis umfangreiche Bemessungsbeispiele mit Praxisbezug enthalten.
Mit TRIZ zur Erfindung: Schnell und systematisch zur technischen Lösung
by Thomas Heinz Meitinger Oliver Mayer Philipp GasteigerZur Lösung eines technischen Problems benötigt ein Erfinder technisches Know-How. Allerdings reicht technisches Know-How allein oft nicht aus, um eine technische Aufgabe zu bewältigen. Erst die Kombination von technischem Know-How mit einer systematischen und zielgerichteten Methodik der Problemlösung kann zur Lösung des technischen Problems führen. Dieses Fachbuch präsentiert den Werkzeugkasten des TRIZ-Systems zur Lösung technischer Aufgaben, wobei ein Schwerpunkt auf die grundlegenden physikalischen Effekte und die TRIZ-Innovationsprinzipien gelegt wird. Außerdem werden das SIT (Structurized Inventive Thinking), das Stoff-Feld-Modell und die Wege zur Idealität vorgestellt.
Mitarbeiterbefragungen in kleinen und mittleren Unternehmen gezielt richtig durchführen (ifaa-Edition)
by ifaa – Institut für angewandte Arbeitswissenschaft e. V.Mitarbeiterbefragungen können positive Impulse auslösen, die sich auch wirtschaftlich für Unternehmen auszahlen können. Denn Mitarbeiterinnen und Mitarbeiter kennen oftmals die Schwachstellen in der eigenen Arbeitsumgebung, der Technik und der Organisation im eigenen betrieblichen Verantwortungsbereich. Und oft haben sie gute Ideen, wie Probleme und Störungen abgestellt werden können. Ihre Antworten auf überlegt ausgewählte Fragen zu Betriebsstruktur und Organisation können wertvolle Hinweise für Verbesserungen liefern und Potenziale auf dem Weg zu mehr Wettbewerbsfähigkeit heben. Arbeitgeber gewinnen dadurch allerdings auch wichtige Einblicke in das Betriebsklima, die allgemeine Situation und das Image des Unternehmens aus Sicht der Beschäftigten. Diese in der Praxis erprobte und bewährte Handlungshilfe informiert praxisgerecht in logischen Schritten und mit anschaulichen Beispielen, wie eine Mitarbeiterbefragung gezielt und richtig durchgeführt wird.