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Informationen zum Autor Brian O'Leary, Ph. D., has been tracking the development of space station planning through active involvement with its initial studies. He is a respected astrophysicist and specialist in space colonization, as well as a lecturer and writer. The author of The Making of an Ex-Astronaut and The Fertile Stars, Dr. O'Leary has, in addition, been widely published in scientific literature and regularly contributes to various industry magazines. He has also taught at Princeton, the University of Pennsylvania, Caltech, and Cornell, among other schools. A former astronaut, he is currently a senior scientist for Science Applications, Inc. Klappentext It¿s happening now¿plans are being formulated under the coordination of NASA to launch a permanent, manned space station by the year 1990. Studies surveying user requirements, system attributes, and architectural options have been conducted, and you¿re on the top of these far-reaching considerations on the next big step taken within space! Now that the Shuttle and Spacelab are realities, NASA has set sights on a new horizon¿a permanent, manned space station in the high frontier. The precedents have been set¿Skylab hosted human visits for up to 84 days, and the Soviet¿s Salyut was and is a temporary base for cosmonaut crew. The differences are the term and scope of space station living and the accomplishments that can be realized with a permanent site and continuous experimentation within its facilities.Brian O¿Leary, writer, astrophysicist, and former astronaut, describes the ¿tinkermodules¿ that will be carried to the earth¿s orbit to be assembled as a space station. His inside track information also lay
