Thomas Gangale

The Martian Almanac 221, Volume 1 (eBook, ePUB)

For The Martian Year 221, Volume 1

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Produktbeschreibung

Book description:

What does it mean to be "Martian?" Alien, exotic, otherworldly... menacing, harsh, challenging.

The Martian Almanac 221 continues the chronicle begun in The Martian Almanac 220, presenting a 669-sol almanac of the coming Martian, drawing from writings of the 19th and early 20th centuries, when it was widely believed that the planet Mars harbored an advanced civilization, and "first contact" was thought to be only a few years in the future.

Explore the human history of Mars. The hopes and fears we have projected on the Red Planet for two centuries. The adventure of encountering an alien civilization. The possibilities for fresh beginnings on a new world without repeating the mistakes we have made on Earth. The mysteries of Mars have inspired spiritual epiphanies, sparked socials movements, and stoked conspiracy theories: canals... pyramids... faces carved into mountains, even the name of the Almighty written across thousands of miles of its surface.

Follow sol-by-sol the journeys of robotic rovers braving the sand traps and dust storms of Mars as they climb challenging heights and descend into treacherous craters. But Mars isn't just for robots. Throughout the 1960's, NASA and its contractors detailed plans for sending humans to Mars in the 1970s. Nuclear rocket engines were being tested that would have made the journey feasible. Ever since, Mars has been waiting for us. In exploring an alien world through our own eyes and walking its surface, what may we discover about ourselves? New ideas of community, new forms of expression, new concepts of love. All that may await us... on Mars.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Amazon Pro Hub
• Seitenzahl: 269
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. Februar 2023
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781088091357
• Artikelnr.: 67474042

Autorenporträt

Thomas Gangale holds a Bachelor of Science degree in aerospace engineering from the University of Southern California, a Master of Arts degree in international relations from San Francisco State University, and a Juridical Sciences Doctorate in space, cyber, and telecommunications law from the University of Nebraska.Upon graduating from USC, Gangale reluctantly turned down an offer from the Jet Propulsion Laboratory to join the Voyager mission control team due to his prior commitment to the United States Air Force. He was both an airman and an officer in the USAF, serving as an air traffic controller, an F-4 weapon systems officer, and an historian. Also while on active duty, he served on the technical management teams of several satellite projects of the highest national priority involving national technical means of verification of strategic arms control agreements, as well as a Strategic Defense Initiative satellite program and two Space Shuttle payloads (STS-4 and STS-39).He has published numerous articles in aerospace and social science journals, has presented papers at several aerospace symposia, has written opinion editorials in major metropolitan newspapers, and has appeared as a guest on international radio and television programs. He is a leading authority on timekeeping systems for other planets, and is the inventor of a class of orbits that will be essential to communication between Earth and crews in the vicinity of Mars. He was an original member of the Design and Project Management Team for the Mars Arctic Research Station, a NASA-related Mars analog research facility located near the Haughton Meteor Crater on Devon Island in the Canadian Arctic. His work on property rights and the international law of outer space has been briefed to senior NASA leaders. His soon-to-be-published doctoral dissertation addresses a fundamental question in space law which has confounded jurists for 60 years: where does sovereign national airspace end and outer space begin?Along with space exploration, Gangale has had a lifelong interest in history, politics, and international relations. He is the author of the American Plan for reforming the presidential nomination process, which is has the support of the California Democratic Party and has been recommended for consideration within the Democratic National Committee.