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This is a likeable little book.
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This is a likeable little book. Rocket designer Tribble takes readers through the countless problems involved in putting astronauts into space.
(Publishers Weekly )
It is very readable, is written for the curious beginner using an elementary but solid approach, and presents a good layperson's understanding of spaces uses and space travel . . . Highly recommended for lay audiences who want to see how things really work in space.
(Choice )
Unusually good reading . . . There is no better guide for a future rocket scientist or for anyone who just wants to understand what it means to be in space.
(American Scientist )
Tribble's book is a great read: a guide to space technology with a light touch for those who believe they do not understand what it takes to be a rocket scientist.
(Colin Pillinger Education Supplement )
A thorough explanation of basic concepts about the physical properties of space, offered up in layman's terms. . . . Guide to Space serves as an excellent primer for nonscientific readers.
(Maj Paul G. Nieson Air and Space Power Journal )
(Publishers Weekly )
It is very readable, is written for the curious beginner using an elementary but solid approach, and presents a good layperson's understanding of spaces uses and space travel . . . Highly recommended for lay audiences who want to see how things really work in space.
(Choice )
Unusually good reading . . . There is no better guide for a future rocket scientist or for anyone who just wants to understand what it means to be in space.
(American Scientist )
Tribble's book is a great read: a guide to space technology with a light touch for those who believe they do not understand what it takes to be a rocket scientist.
(Colin Pillinger Education Supplement )
A thorough explanation of basic concepts about the physical properties of space, offered up in layman's terms. . . . Guide to Space serves as an excellent primer for nonscientific readers.
(Maj Paul G. Nieson Air and Space Power Journal )
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Format:Hardcover
Tribbles guide to space is a clever and well written book about the basics of a manned presence in space. Although lacking a good stucture, the author uses references for Star Trek and such series as lost in space to prove that a lot of science fact, comes from science fiction.
Overall I throughly enjoyed this book and would reccommend it to anybody interest in space and how we get there. After all it is the next great frontier!
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
No Trouble with Tribble!
19 Oct 2000
Format:Hardcover
Tribble's book is wonderful. It describes the many challenges that engineers have faced, and overcome, in getting humans into space; it also explains some of the truly fascinating questions that are now being answered because scientists have access to space-based laboratories.
It's superb reading, as Tribble not only discusses real-world science and engineering, he also mentions classic movies like 2001, October Sky, and - of course - Star Trek.
If you're at all interested in space, go buy a copy.
2 of 3 people found the following review helpful
An Engaging Introduction to Issues of Spacefaring
15 Nov 2000
Format:Hardcover
_A Tribble's Guide to Space (How to Get to Space and What to do When You're There)_ is a succinctly and entertainingly written introduction to the core issues of manned and unmanned spaceflight, playing off the well- known technologies and plot devices of the Star Trek series. Author Alan Tribble, a Real Rocket Scientist, conveys to his reader what the main issues are, why they are issues in the first place, and what needs to be considered in addressing those issues. He does this
without scrutinizing any of his topics to the point of tedium. His discussion of orbits is a good example of how a topic progresses: he describes what an orbit is, gives something of the history and personalities involved in the development of our understanding of the physics of orbits, what it takes to get into orbit, why that depends on where you start from, and what the implications of all those things are. His discussion of orbits provides a useful vehicle for illuminating digressions on gravity, the history of rocketry, current launch vehicles and power sources, Trek power sources, and both real and fictional interplanetary and interstellar travel times. Along the way he uses examples from 20th century space endeavors, as well comparisons to Trek Mythology, to concretize these ideas. And that's all in Chapter 2! The remaining chapters are similarly rich in content, without being daunting, overburdened, or unduly academic, and cover the full spectrum of topics including the space environment, the uses of space, and manned and unmanned spacecraft design. Altogether, Tribble has produced an engaging volume appropriate for those seeking an introduction to the real core issues of manned and unmanned spaceflight. The book is most appropriate for the average intelligent (i.e., not adverse to thinking) person of high school age or greater, although I certainly would not hesitate to give a copy to an interested and motivated junior high student. One can only hope that this book will be well enough received to induce Tribble to write further on popular topics in the physical sciences.
easy and entertaining read
3 Jan 2007
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My husband bought me this book for my birthday, we are both engineers for NASA, and I truly appreciated the clear and concise way that Mr. Tribble presented the material. This is a great book for non-technical and technical people alike. A very pleasant, entertaing and informative read.
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