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• Lost Spacecraft: The Search for Liberty Bell 7: Apogee Books Space Series 28

  When Gus Grissom’s Mercury spacecraft sank in the Atlantic Ocean, it created a controversy still rippling through NASA’s space program to this day. Virgil I. “Gus” Grissom, veteran of the Korean War and professional test pilot, wrote the book on what it took to have the “right stuff.” He also had the unwanted distinction of [...]

• Philosophy and Animal Life

  Philosophy and Animal Life offers a new way of thinking about animal rights, our obligation to animals, and the nature of philosophy itself. Cora Diamond begins with “The Difficulty of Reality and the Difficulty of Philosophy,” in which she accuses analytical philosophy of evading, or deflecting, the responsibility of human beings toward nonhuman animals. Diamond [...]

• Solar Generated Electricity: Effects of Sunlight Hours and Sun Angle (part 6)

  There is encouraging information for those homeowners who live in areas of the country covered with snow or, clouds due to frequent storms, for much of the year. The following article explains in some detail how how the sun angle effects solar energy out put in the form of electric for home solar power units. [...]

• How to Use your New Telescope for Best Results

  Feeling frustrated with your first telescope? Don’t know how to get the best out of your first telescope? In this article, I will give you my tips that I have learnt in the last decade with Astronomy. Related posts 32 NEW PLANETS IN OTHER SOLAR SYSTEMS ARE DISCOVERED – REVEAL HOW PLANETS ARE FORMED [...]

• Planetary Tectonics (Cambridge Planetary Science)

  This book describes the tectonic landforms resulting from major internal and external forces acting on the outer layers of solid bodies throughout the Solar System. It presents a detailed survey of tectonic structures at a range of length scales found on Mercury, Venus, the Moon, Mars, the outer planet satellites, and asteroids. A diverse range [...]