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The girding premise of this book views life-everyone's-as our most important design activity.Intervening events, opportunities, challenges, and setbacks make life design a constant work-in-progress to fully become the person we wish to be.Our only limitations are determined by the walls of the boxes we, the architects, create.

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?A colorful page-turner.? ?Walter Isaacson, New York Times Book Review?As important a book on space as has ever been written.? ?Homer Hickam, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Rocket BoysThe dramatic inside story of the historic flights that launched SpaceX?and Elon Musk?from a shaky start-up into the world's leading-edge rocket company.SpaceX has enjoyed a miraculous decade. Less than 20 years after its founding, it boasts the largest constellation of commercial satellites in orbit, has pioneered reusable rockets, and in 2020 became the first private company to launch human beings into orbit. Half a century after the space race it is private companies, led by SpaceX, standing alongside NASA, pushing forward into the cosmos, and laying the foundation for our exploration of other worlds.But before it became one of the most powerful players in the aerospace industry, SpaceX was a fledgling start-up, scrambling to develop a single workable rocket before the money ran dry. The engineering challenge was immense; numerous other private companies had failed similar attempts. And even if SpaceX succeeded, they would then have to compete for government contracts with titans such as Lockheed Martin and Boeing, who had tens of thousands of employees and tens of billions of dollars in annual revenue. SpaceX had fewer than 200 employees and the relative pittance of $100 million in the bank.In Liftoff, Eric Berger, senior space editor at Ars Technica, takes readers inside the wild early days that made SpaceX. Focusing on the company's first four launches of the Falcon 1 rocket, he charts the bumpy journey from scrappy underdog to aerospace pioneer. We travel from company headquarters in El Segundo, to the isolated Texas ranchland where they performed engine tests, to Kwajalein, the tiny atoll in the Pacific where SpaceX launched the Falcon 1. Berger has reported on SpaceX for more than a decade, enjoying unparalleled journalistic access to the company's inner workings. Liftoff is the culmination of these efforts, drawing upon exclusive interviews with dozens of former and current engineers, designers, mechanics, and executives, including Elon Musk. The enigmatic Musk, who founded the company with the dream of one day settling Mars, is the fuel that propels the book, with his daring vision for the future of space.Filled with never-before-told stories of SpaceX's turbulent beginning, Liftoff is a saga of cosmic proportions.

Fünfzig Jahre nachdem Neil Armstrong, Besatzungsmitglied der Apollo 11, zum ersten Mal in der Geschichte der Menschheit seinen linken Fuß auf die Oberfläche des Mondes setzte, ist die Faszination für den Erdtrabanten ungebrochen. NASA Apollo 11 - Man on the Moon handelt von der Reise der Astronauten zum Mond und dokumentiert die visuellen Ergebnisse, die die drei Besatzungsmitglieder mitbrachten. Sie waren mit einer Hasselblad 500EL DATA Camera, mit Reseauplatten und einer Zeiss Biogon 60mm f/5.6 Linse ausgestattet, um vor und während der Mission Aufnahmen zu machen. Das entstandene Bildmaterial kann im Webarchiv der NASA eingesehen werden. NASA Apollo 11 - Man on the Moon zeigt es erstmals in seiner Vollständigkeit. Die Reihe Discovered ist eine Kooperation zwischen der Hochschule für bildende Künste Hamburg, der Hochschule für Grafik und Buchkunst Leipzig und der Staatlichen Akademie der Bildenden Künste Stuttgart, die ausgewählte studentische Projekte mit einer Veröffentlichung bei Spector Books auszeichnet.

Il libro presenta 180 immagini della superficie di Marte acquisite dallo strumento CaSSIS a bordo del veicolo spaziale ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter della Agenzia Spaziale Europea. Ogni immagine è stata processata in modo da evidenziare la diversità di colori e morfologie del pianeta rosso. Le immagini sono accompagnate da una breve descrizione in cinque lingue. Il libro include anche una breve descrizione dello strumento svizzero CaSSIS, e come riesce ad acquisire queste straordinarie immagini. Il testo è supportato da un glossario di riferimento per i termini tecnici (anche online).

Flot og spændende bog, om, hvordan Mars blev til, om solsystemet, om rumforskning, marslandinger, fremtiden på Mars og meget mere.Har der nogensinde været liv på Mars? Og kommer der en dag til at bo mennesker deroppe?Læs om hvordan Mars opstod og om den klippefulde røde planet, solsystemets højeste bjerg. Find desuden ud af, hvordan huse på Mars kunne se ud, og undersøg, om du ville kunne flyve til Mars?Bogen begynder med en side med korte forklaringer på vigtig viden om rummet.Desuden viden om Mars generelt, fx beliggenhed, klima, geologi og Mars sammenlignet med Jorden. Om Mars' historie og opståen, måner, vulkanudbrud med mere.Et afsnit om nutiden og om den viden, vi har fået om Mars gennem rumforskning. Marslandingen i foråret 2021 er med.Til sidst er der et kapitel om fremtiden og om de overvejelser, man har gjort sig om en fremtidig kolonisering af Mars.Bagest i bogen er der en ordforklaring og et stikordsregister.Bogen er gennemillustreret med grafik, tegninger og fotos.