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Weapons in Space
Technology, Politics, and the Rise and Fall of the Strategic Defense Initiative
ISBN: 9780262547369
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: May 7, 2024
A new and provocative take on the formerly classified history of accelerating superpower military competition in space in the late Cold War and beyond.
Rational Accidents
Reckoning with Catastrophic Technologies
ISBN: 9780262546997
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: January 16, 2024
An unflinching look at the unique challenges posed by complex technologies we cannot afford to let fail—and why the remarkable achievements of civil aviation can help us understand those challenges.
Perspectives in Space Surveillance
Perspectives in Space Surveillance
ISBN: 9780262549950
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: December 5, 2023
The development of deep space surveillance technology and its later application to near-Earth surveillance, covering work at Lincoln Laboratory from 1970 to 2000.
Into the Anthropocosmos
A Whole Space Catalog from the MIT Space Exploration Initiative
ISBN: 9780262046374
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: October 19, 2021
A lavishly illustrated catalog of space technology of the future: lab-tested devices, experiments, and habitats for the age of participatory space exploration.
Digital Apollo
Human and Machine in Spaceflight
ISBN: 9780262516105
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: September 30, 2011
How human pilots and automated systems worked together to achieve the ultimate in flight—the lunar landings of NASA's Apollo program.
The Simple Science of Flight, revised and expanded edition
The Simple Science of Flight
From Insects to Jumbo Jets
ISBN: 9780262513135
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: September 4, 2009
An investigation into how machines and living creatures fly, and of the similarities between butterflies and Boeings, paper airplanes and plovers.
The Simple Science of Flight
From Insects to Jumbo Jets
ISBN: 9780262700658
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: July 29, 1997
From the smallest gnat to the largest aircraft, all things that fly obey the same aerodynamic principles. The Simple Science of Flight offers a leisurely introduction to the mechanics of flight and,...
Aircraft Engines and Gas Turbines
Aircraft Engines and Gas Turbines
ISBN: 9780262110648
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: November 15, 1977
Weapons in Space
Technology, Politics, and the Rise and Fall of the Strategic Defense Initiative
ISBN: 9780262547369
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: May 7, 2024
A new and provocative take on the formerly classified history of accelerating superpower military competition in space in the late Cold War and beyond.
Rational Accidents
Reckoning with Catastrophic Technologies
ISBN: 9780262546997
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: January 16, 2024
An unflinching look at the unique challenges posed by complex technologies we cannot afford to let fail—and why the remarkable achievements of civil aviation can help us understand those challenges.
Perspectives in Space Surveillance
Perspectives in Space Surveillance
ISBN: 9780262549950
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: December 5, 2023
The development of deep space surveillance technology and its later application to near-Earth surveillance, covering work at Lincoln Laboratory from 1970 to 2000.
Into the Anthropocosmos
A Whole Space Catalog from the MIT Space Exploration Initiative
ISBN: 9780262046374
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: October 19, 2021
A lavishly illustrated catalog of space technology of the future: lab-tested devices, experiments, and habitats for the age of participatory space exploration.
Digital Apollo
Human and Machine in Spaceflight
ISBN: 9780262516105
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: September 30, 2011
How human pilots and automated systems worked together to achieve the ultimate in flight—the lunar landings of NASA's Apollo program.
The Simple Science of Flight, revised and expanded edition
The Simple Science of Flight
From Insects to Jumbo Jets
ISBN: 9780262513135
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: September 4, 2009
An investigation into how machines and living creatures fly, and of the similarities between butterflies and Boeings, paper airplanes and plovers.
The Simple Science of Flight
From Insects to Jumbo Jets
ISBN: 9780262700658
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: July 29, 1997
From the smallest gnat to the largest aircraft, all things that fly obey the same aerodynamic principles. The Simple Science of Flight offers a leisurely introduction to the mechanics of flight and,...
Aircraft Engines and Gas Turbines
Aircraft Engines and Gas Turbines
ISBN: 9780262110648
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: November 15, 1977