Spaceship In The Desert
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How To Make A Spaceship
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Author : Julian Guthrie
language : en
Publisher: Penguin
Release Date : 2016-09-20
How To Make A Spaceship written by Julian Guthrie and has been published by Penguin this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-09-20 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
A New York Times bestseller! The historic race that reawakened the promise of manned spaceflight A Finalist for the PEN/E. O. Wilson Literary Science Writing Award Alone in a Spartan black cockpit, test pilot Mike Melvill rocketed toward space. He had eighty seconds to exceed the speed of sound and begin the climb to a target no civilian pilot had ever reached. He might not make it back alive. If he did, he would make history as the world’s first commercial astronaut. The spectacle defied reason, the result of a competition dreamed up by entrepreneur Peter Diamandis, whose vision for a new race to space required small teams to do what only the world’s largest governments had done before. Peter Diamandis was the son of hardworking immigrants who wanted their science prodigy to make the family proud and become a doctor. But from the age of eight, when he watched Apollo 11 land on the Moon, his singular goal was to get to space. When he realized NASA was winding down manned space flight, Diamandis set out on one of the great entrepreneurial adventure stories of our time. If the government wouldn’t send him to space, he would create a private space flight industry himself. In the 1990s, this idea was the stuff of science fiction. Undaunted, Diamandis found inspiration in an unlikely place: the golden age of aviation. He discovered that Charles Lindbergh made his transatlantic flight to win a $25,000 prize. The flight made Lindbergh the most famous man on earth and galvanized the airline industry. Why, Diamandis thought, couldn’t the same be done for space flight? The story of the bullet-shaped SpaceShipOne, and the other teams in the hunt, is an extraordinary tale of making the impossible possible. It is driven by outsized characters—Burt Rutan, Richard Branson, John Carmack, Paul Allen—and obsessive pursuits. In the end, as Diamandis dreamed, the result wasn’t just a victory for one team; it was the foundation for a new industry and a new age.
Spaceship In The Desert
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Author : Gökçe Günel
language : en
Publisher: Duke University Press
Release Date : 2019-02-14
Spaceship In The Desert written by Gökçe Günel and has been published by Duke University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-02-14 with Social Science categories.
In 2006 Abu Dhabi launched an ambitious project to construct the world’s first zero-carbon city: Masdar City. In Spaceship in the Desert Gökçe Günel examines the development and construction of Masdar City's renewable energy and clean technology infrastructures, providing an illuminating portrait of an international group of engineers, designers, and students who attempted to build a post-oil future in Abu Dhabi. While many of Masdar's initiatives—such as developing a new energy currency and a driverless rapid transit network—have stalled or not met expectations, Günel analyzes how these initiatives contributed to rendering the future a thinly disguised version of the fossil-fueled present. Spaceship in the Desert tells the story of Masdar, at once a “utopia” sponsored by the Emirati government, and a well-resourced company involving different actors who participated in the project, each with their own agendas and desires.
Ship Of The Damned
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Author : James F. David
language : en
Publisher: Macmillan
Release Date : 2001-12-09
Ship Of The Damned written by James F. David and has been published by Macmillan this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2001-12-09 with Fiction categories.
A psychologist and social worker try to help seven people who each have the same recurring dream of being trapped in a ship.
Sky Doll
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Author : Alessandro Barbucci
language : en
Publisher: Marvel Comics Group
Release Date : 2009
Sky Doll written by Alessandro Barbucci and has been published by Marvel Comics Group this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009 with Androids categories.
Meet Noa, a so-called Sky Doll; a life-like female android without rights, who exists only to serve the State's needs and desires. But when Noa meets two so-called 'missionaries' who aid her escape from her tyrannical master, all hell breaks loose for our cyborg siren as she uncovers clues that she may be much more than just robotic toy.
Climate Urbanism
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Author : Vanesa Castán Broto
language : en
Publisher: Springer Nature
Release Date : 2020-11-28
Climate Urbanism written by Vanesa Castán Broto and has been published by Springer Nature this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-11-28 with Social Science categories.
This book argues that the relationship between cities and climate change is entering a new and more urgent phase. Thirteen contributions from a range of leading scholars explore the need to rethink and reorient urban life in response to climatic change. Split into four parts it begins by asking ‘What is climate urbanism?’ and exploring key features from different locations and epistemological traditions. The second section examines the transformative potential of climate urbanism to challenge social and environmental injustices within and between cities. In the third part authors interrogate current knowledge paradigms underpinning climate and urban science and how they shape contemporary urban trajectories. The final section focuses on the future, envisaging climate urbanism as a new communal project, and focuses on the role of citizens and non-state actors in driving transformative action. Consolidating debates on climate urbanism, the book highlights the opportunities and tensions of urban environmental policy, providing a framework for researchers and practitioners to respond to the urban challenges of a radically climate-changed world.
Area 51
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Author : Annie Jacobsen
language : en
Publisher: Hachette UK
Release Date : 2011-05-17
Area 51 written by Annie Jacobsen and has been published by Hachette UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-05-17 with History categories.
The explosive, untold story of the Cold War's biggest secret. The REAL X-Files. It is the most famous military installation in the world. And no credible insider has ever divulged the truth about his time inside of it. Until now. This is the first book based on interviews with scientists, pilots, and engineers - 58 in total - who provide an unprecedented look into the mysterious activities of a top-secret base, from the Cold War to today. With a jaw-dropping ending, it proves that facts are often more fantastic than fiction, especially when the distinction is almost impossible to make.
Dead Silence
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Author : S.A. Barnes
language : en
Publisher: Random House
Release Date : 2026-04-02
Dead Silence written by S.A. Barnes and has been published by Random House this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2026-04-02 with Fiction categories.
A GHOST SHIP. A SALVAGE CREW. UNSPEAKABLE HORRORS. Claire Kovalik is days away from being unemployed--made obsolete--when her beacon repair crew picks up a strange distress signal. With nothing to lose and no desire to return to Earth, Claire and her team decide to investigate. What they find at the other end of the signal is a shock: the Aurora, a famous luxury space-liner that vanished on its maiden tour of the solar system more than twenty years ago. A salvage claim like this could set Claire and her crew up for life. But a quick trip through the Aurora reveals something isn't right. Whispers in the dark. Flickers of movement. Words scrawled in blood. Claire must fight to hold onto her sanity and find out what really happened on the Aurora, before she and her crew meet the same ghastly fate. Praise for Dead Silence 'Truly un-put-downable in its purest sense' Chloe Gong, bestselling author of These Violent Delights 'At the intersection of science fiction and horror, Dead Silence is the ultimate haunted house story, in space' Alma Katsu, author of The Deep and The Hunger 'This story slides and slithers from creepy and atmospheric to skin-crawling, edge-of-your-seat terror' T. Kingfisher, author of The Hollow Places
A Canticle For Leibowitz
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Author : Walter M. Miller
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1968
A Canticle For Leibowitz written by Walter M. Miller and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1968 with categories.
Spaceship In The Desert A Review
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Author : Gerardo del Cerro Santamaría
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2019
Spaceship In The Desert A Review written by Gerardo del Cerro Santamaría and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019 with categories.
Masdar City is a planned eco-city outside of Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates, wholly designed around clean technology and renewable energy. Started in 2006, it was intended as one of the most prominent attempts by the government of the United Arab Emirates to diversify their economy in anticipation of the future depletion of oil reserves. Mubadala, an Abu Dhabi government company devoted to investing in major projects, financed the Masdar City experiment with USD $22bn.
The Invention Of The American Desert
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Author : Lyle Massey
language : en
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Release Date : 2021-11-02
The Invention Of The American Desert written by Lyle Massey and has been published by Univ of California Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-11-02 with Architecture categories.
Introduction / Lyle Massey and James Nisbet -- Desolate dreams / Joseph Masco -- Air, wind, breath, life : desertification and Will Wilson's AIR (Auto-Immune Response) / Jessica L. Horton -- Notes from bioteknika / Albert Narath -- Troglodyte modernists / Lyle Massey -- Explosive modernism : Hiram Hudson Benedict's Bouldereign and Zabriskie Point at 50 / Edward Dimendberg -- Point Omega/Omega Point : desert In three parts / Stefanie Sobelle -- The desert in fine grain / Emily Eliza Scott -- The desert as black mythology / Bridget R. Cooks -- On the recalcitrance of the desert island, by way of Andrea Zittel's A-Z West / James Nisbet -- Four theses for the coming deserts / Hans Baumann and Karen Pinkus.