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Deep Space
Hideo Itokawa’s successors adapted his solid-fuel rockets for a deep space programme of ever more adventurous projects. Japan was the third country...
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Wonderful Space Life: Part Two
Children might say, “space station is a wonderful world. There are a lot of strange things that happen in weightlessness or microgravity condition.”
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Measure the Body Weight on Space Station
In space, astronauts must pay even more attention to their health and physical conditions than we do on Earth. How do astronauts measure their body...
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Extended Knowledge and Products Based on Space Exploration
It is reported that more than 60 women astronauts, while the number of male astronauts of about 500, have flown in space, so the gender ratio of...
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Factories in Space
It is almost a standard question in a job interview to ask prospective employees their expectations if they were hired. During his interview with the...
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The Gyroscope on Space Station
Gyro toy for children has existed for thousands of years. Examples are found in archeological artifacts from many societies around the world.
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The Space Swing Never Stops
We have commonplace experiences of simple pendulum motion on Earth; for example, the swinging weight that keeps time in a grandfather clock or the...
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Space Shuttle and Skylab: A Missed Opportunity
Initially, the third Space Shuttle test flight was expected to rescue the abandoned Skylab space station before it re-entered the atmosphere. In...
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Commercial Interests in Outer Space
This chapter discusses the new and exciting era of commercial space efforts. The status of the American space program and where it is headed in the...
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Politics and the Space Race
Chapters 8, 9, and 10 examine the politics of outer space for three different time periods. This chapter looks at the Space Race and the Cold War....
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A Laboratory for the Space Shuttle
The statement above outlines the original intention for Spacelab in the early 1980s. Back then, it was predicted that nominal mission duration for...
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The Space Economy Is Already Here
If you’re waiting for the start of the new space economy, then this is your wake-up call. Commercial space ventures have been open for business for a...
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Politics and Commercial Space Activities
This chapter examines the evolution of private enterprise and its relationship to U.S. politics, government policies. and regulations. International...
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The Science and Dangers of Outer Space
This chapter examines the outer space environment and specifically the dangers of long-term flight, focusing on manned missions. Threats due to space...
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Sustaining the Struggle, Taking Over the Space: Amazonian Women and the Indigenous Movement in Ecuador
This chapter centers on the struggle of a group of Indigenous women from the south-central Ecuadorian Amazon who have organized against oil and...
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Radar Detection of Meteors and the International Space Station
Debris left over by the tails of comets is stuck in orbit around the Sun. Mixed in with these cometary remains are small particles that have come...
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Patrons of the (Space) Arts
Almost from the very beginning, artists have depended upon patrons in order to work. The lucky artists who could survive on the sporadic sale of...
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The New 49ers Rush to Space
At the dawn of the electric age in the late 1880s, Thomas Edison and Nikola Tesla were commercial rivals advocating opposing notions about the best...
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Introduction to the Beauty of Space Art
The universe we live in is a breathtakingly complex and astonishingly beautiful place. More than just the one little world we occupy, our universe is...
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State of Play
If you haven’t noticed the degree of change in our world over the past 15–20 years, perhaps you’ve been living underground. Advertising faces a...