Space Travel in Our Time

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So Far Away

• Space Travel in Our Time

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Overview

• History of Manned Space Exploration
• Getting Into Space
• Mass Drivers
• Orbital Elevators
• Back to the Moon
• International Space Station
• NASAs New Project
• Animation
• Extraterrestrial Launching Points (ETLPs)
• Exploring Our Solar System
• Solar Sailing
• Life Support
• Interstellar Travel
• Fuel Efficiency Concerns
• Slingshot Effect
• Time Conundrum Generation Ships

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Stellar Steppingstones

• Apr 12, 1961- Gargarin (Vostok 1)
• Oct 12, 1964- Leonov (Voskhod 1)
• Jul 16, 1969- Aldrin/Armstrong/Collins (Apollo
  11)
• Apr 12, 1981- Young/Crippen (Columbia)

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Escaping the earth

• Rockets
• Mass Drivers
• Ram Guns
• Rail Guns
• Coil Guns
• Space Elevators

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Return to the Sky

• International Space Station
• NASAs New Moon Plan
• Animation
• Extraterrestrial Launching Points
• Orbital Platforms
• Luna
• Mars

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Sols Kingdom

• Solar Sailing
• Photon Pressure
• Returning Home
• Laser or Microwave Propulsion
• Life Support
• Shielding
• Effects of Zero-Gravity on the Body
• Pressurization

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Into the Great Wide Open

• Fuel Efficiency Concerns
• A Long Time Coming Generation Ships
• Gravity Well Slingshot

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Bibliography

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