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A Vision of Future Space Transportation: A Visual Guide to Future Spacecraft Concepts (Apogee Books Space Series) (Paperback)

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  • Paperback: 208 pages
  • Publisher: Apogee Books; Pap/Cdr edition (14 Jul 2003)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 1896522939
  • ISBN-13: 978-1896522937
  • Product Dimensions: 25 x 17.6 x 1 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 2.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 690,668 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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"[The images] are in full colour and detailed, and anyone who has an interest in space transportation will find them worthwhile. I can see future space historians looking to these images to indicate how ideas developed, just as today we look at illustrations of von Braun's early work to see how the concept of the Saturn V and Apollo developed." -- Martin Turner, The Observatory, April 2004. "If the reader is looking for great illustrations this is a dream and let us hope it will stimulate a debate on how we can turn some of the concepts into reality" -- Spaceflight, December 2004.


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The glorious space age has come and gone. So what now? What's next? To go further, to go faster, we must take the next step. Space is still full of mystery and challenges humankind as much as ever. Ideas on what the next step is, or steps are, vary greatly and there is no shortage of concepts for the future of space transportation. Concepts include new engines, new strategies, harnessing gravity, electromagnetism, nuclear energy and more. This book will take you on a guided visual tour of the future of space transportation. From Earth to Orbit to In-Space transportation, you will sample what is being considered and get an easy-to-understand explanation of what the spacecraft will do and how it will work. Decades ago Dr. Wernher von Braun teamed with Walt Disney to animate a mission to Mars and inspired a generation. Today multimedia, animation and video serve a similar communications need. The CD-ROM included contains official NASA videos, vehicle concept animation, and dynamic multimedia. View spacecraft concepts in 3D, see mission animation and hear first hand what the visionaries of the aerospace industry hope to accomplish.

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2.0 out of 5 stars Sadly biased book, 14 Oct 2004
I found this book disappointing as it only deals exclusively with NASA ideas and is not a general overview of what is being developed by nations other than the USA or the new spacecraft companies being launched, like Scaled Composites and their Spaceship 1 vehicle. The graphics are beautifully realised and the 3-D animations well produced, but I feel the author should have made it clear that this is specifically a NASA book about NASA plans.
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2.0 out of 5 stars Out of date, 4 Oct 2009
By J. W. Treadaway "Gadget Boy" (Kent) - See all my reviews
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I know nothing dates as quickly as NASA and changing its mind about how not to bother putting things into space but this is already out of date. No mention of the Shuttle 'replacement' Orion (and of course no mention that Obama appears to be thinking of re-thinking the idea...). Lots of stuff about NASA not having any plans to retire the Shuttle just yet. That sort of thing.

So already out of date and woefully biased to 'US Only' on ideas. solutions and projects.

Pretty pictures and quite a simply put (the chart of how much a torch [flashlight] and other essentials costs in space wouldn't be out of place talking to 13 yearolds). That - of course - may be how it's deliberately aimed, but I was looking for something a little broader (ie not just US) and slightly more in depth.
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