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The traveler's guide to space = for one-way settlers and round -trip tourists /

紀錄類型:	書目-語言資料,印刷品 : Monograph/item
正題名/作者:	The traveler's guide to space / Neil F. Comins
其他題名:	for one-way settlers and round -trip tourists /
作者:	Comins, Neil F.,
面頁冊數:	1 online resource (viii, 285 pages)
標題:	Space flight - Physiological effect -
電子資源:	http://portal.igpublish.com/iglibrary/search/COLB0002430.html
ISBN:	9780231542890

The traveler's guide to space = for one-way settlers and round -trip tourists /
Comins, Neil F.,1951-

The traveler's guide to space for one-way settlers and round -trip tourists /[electronic resource] :Neil F. Comins - 1 online resource (viii, 285 pages)

Includes bibliographical references and index

Introduction -- Part I. Preparing for space. Science and the solar system over easy -- Brief descriptions of journeys through space -- Preparing for your trip -- Training for space travel -- Part II. Adjusting to space. Launch! -- Adjustments during the first few days -- Long-term physical adjustments to space -- Getting along in space : psychological and sociological aspects of space travel -- Part III. Making the most of experiences in space. Experiences by destination -- Part IV. Home! Sweet? Home? Emigrating to Mars or returning to Earth

If you have ever wondered about space travel, now you have the opportunity to understand it more fully than ever before. Traveling into space and even emigrating to nearby worlds may soon become part of the human experience. Scientists, engineers, and investors are working hard to make space tourism and colonization a reality. As astronauts can attest, extraterrestrial travel is incomparably thrilling. To make the most of the experience requires serious physical and mental adaptations in virtually every aspect of life, from eating to intimacy. Everyone who goes into space sees Earth and life on it from a profoundly different perspective than they had before liftoff. Astronomer and former NASA/ASEE scientist Neil F. Comins has written the go-to book for anyone interested in space exploration

In English

ISBN: 9780231542890

LCCN: 2016038722Subjects--Topical Terms:

1176382
Space flight
--Physiological effectIndex Terms--Genre/Form:

761329
Electronic books

LC Class. No.: RC1150 / .C66 2017

Dewey Class. No.: 616.9/80214

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