A Tribble's Guide to Space, How to Get to Space and What to Do When You are There

Tribble, Alan C.

Published by Princeton University Press, Princeton - Oxford, 2000

About this Item

Space - the final frontier. It's as little as fifty miles away, and yet it is considered one of the most dangerous and remote of places, Popular television shows such as Star Trek and movies such as Apollo 13 and October Sky have fired the imaginations of would-be explorers. Alan Tribble has worked on the design and development of dozens spacecraft, including the Space Shuttle and the International Space Station. A Tribble's Guide to Space is a how-to book that is firmly grounded in realities of current state-of-the-art space engineering while tapping into the power of imagination that drives us to explore. - Alan Tribble offers a delightful guide to the nuts and bolts of space exploration, from how to get there how to phone home and how to survive the harsh environment of space. Using examples from famous space missions, both factual and fictional, Tribble tackles fascinating real-world problems encountered in space exploration. Why do submarine hatches open inward and spacecraft hatches open outward? What do curveballs and satellites have in common? Why did Scotty, the chief engineer of the fictional USS Enterprise, always "need more power"? Why did the fire that destroyed Apollo 1 on the launch pad burn so furiously that no one could react fast enough to save the lives of the crew? 174 p. photos and illustrations very good condition, with a namesticker of the previous owner.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: A Tribble's Guide to Space, How to Get to Space and What to Do When You are There
• Publisher: Princeton University Press, Princeton - Oxford
• Publication Date: 2000
• Binding: Hardcover with dust jacket