Types of Spaceships: Past, Present, and Future
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This book is the seventh volume of “The Living in Space Series”. Each volume focuses on one particular technology of living in space.
In this book the focus is on spaceships used to access and travel in space. In my research I was pretty amazed at how many spaceships have been designed, the large number available in the current era, and that many more are already on the drawing boards.
Some spaceships like the Space Shuttle seemed like a great idea back in the 1970s and 1980s. But due to the compromises in design were very expensive for each flight and kind of dangerous too. Even though the Space Shuttle was flown for over 30 years it was eventually cancelled because of cost issues.
The newer transportation systems focus on lowering costs through reusability. This will lead to a much better long term paradigm for expanding people’s entry into space because of the lower costs reusability provides.
I also needed to determine what types of ships to include in this book. What is a valid spaceship? My decision was to use the Von Karmen Line which says that a spaceship flown higher than 50 miles (80 km) has entered space.
Using the Von Karmen Line includes one manned device—the X-15 experimental rocket plane as a spaceship although most people wouldn’t think so.
Lastly, I’ve included some notional spaceship designs which might be used to travel to Mars or other bodies in the Solar System.
Martin Ettington
The owner Martin K. Ettington is an Engineer by training and has had multiple careers. These include technical sales for GE and HP. Martin also Owns his own software and consulting business.Martin’s interest in the Paranormal and Occult goes back to his childhood. He has had many paranormal experiences and has been a student of Eastern Philosophies and Meditation for 35 years.Seeking Enlightenment; he knows that we are already all Enlightened. We just have to realize this deeply.His books are expressions of his creativity to help others understand what he has internalized through study, experience, and membership in different societies.Not many technical persons or scientists spend a lot of time in parallel studying the Metaphysical and have had many spiritual or psychic experiences too.Therefore, Martin believes that he can provide a unique vantage point to integrate Western Scientific thinking with Eastern exploration of the mind and spirit.
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Types of Spaceships - Martin Ettington
This book is the seventh volume of The Living in Space Series
. Each volume focuses on one particular technology of living in space.
In this book the focus is on spaceships used to access and travel in space. In my research I was pretty amazed at how many spaceships have been designed, the large number available in the current era, and that many more are already on the drawing boards.
Some spaceships like the Space Shuttle seemed like a great idea back in the 1970s and 1980s. But due to the compromises in design were very expensive for each flight and kind of dangerous too. Even though the Space Shuttle was flown for over 30 years it was eventually cancelled because of cost issues.
The newer transportation systems focus on lowering costs through reusability. This will lead to a much better long term paradigm for expanding people’s entry into space because of the lower costs reusability provides.
I also needed to determine what types of ships to include in this book. What is a valid spaceship? My decision was to use the Von Karmen Line which says that a spaceship flown higher than 50 miles (80 km) has entered space.
Using the Von Karmen Line includes one manned device—the X-15 experimental rocket plane as a spaceship although most people wouldn’t think so.
Lastly, I’ve included some notional spaceship designs which might be used to travel to Mars or other bodies in the Solar System.
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This book is copyrighted for 2020
Types of Spaceships: Past, Present, and Future
The Living in Space Series Book 7
By Martin K. Ettington
All Rights Reserved USA 2020
ISBN: 9780463816714
Printed in the United States of America
Other books by Martin K. Ettington
Spiritual and Metaphysics Books:
Prophecy: A History and How to Guide
God Like Powers and Abilities
Enlightenment for Newbies
Removing Illusions to Find True Happiness
Using the Scientific Method to Study the Paranormal
A Compendium of Metaphysics and How to Guides (Six books together in one volume)
Love from the Heart
The Enlightenment Experience
Learn Your Soul’s Purpose
Pursuing Enlightenment
A Modern Man’s Search for Truth
Use Intuition and Prophecy to Improve Your Life
The Handbook of Spiritual and Energy Healing
Longevity & Immortality:
Physical Immortality: A History and How to Guide
The Commentaries of Living Immortals
Records of Extremely Long Lived Persons
Enlightenment and Immortality
Longevity Improvements from Science
The 10 Principles of Personal Longevity
Telomeres & Longevity
The Diets and Lifestyles of the Worlds Oldest Peoples
The Longevity Six Books Bundle
Science Fiction:
Out of This Universe
Personal Freedom-Parts 1 & 2
The Psychic Soldier Series:
Book 1-Himalayan Journey
Book 2-A Soldier is Born
Book 3-Fighting For Right
Book 4-Earth Protector
The Immortality Sci Fi Bundle
The God Like Powers Series:
Human Invisibility
Invulnerability and Shielding
Teleportation
Psychokinesis
Our Energy Body, Auras, and Thoughtforms
The God Like Powers Series—
Volume 1 Compilation
The Yoga Discovery Series:
Yoga-An Ancient Art Form
Hatha Yoga-Helping you Live Better
Raja Yoga-Through the Ages
The Yoga Discovery Package
Business & Coaching Books:
Creating, Paublishing, & Marketing Practitioner Ebooks
Building a Successful Longevity Coaching Business
Why Become a Coach?
The Professional Coaching Success Trilogy
2020-Make Money Writing and Selling Books
The 2020 Handbook of High Paying Work Without a College Degree
Science, Technology, and Misc.
Future Predictions By and Engineer & Seer
The Unusual Science & Technology Bundle
The Real Atlantis-In the Eye of the Sahara
Are Cryptozoological Animals Real or Imaginary?
Real Time Travel Stories From a Psychic Engineer
Removing Limits On Our Consciousness-And Thinking Outside the Box
33 Incredible True Survival Stories
How to Survive Anything: From the Wilderness to Man Made Disasters
Building and Stocking a Nuclear Shelter for less than $10,000
All About Mars Journeys and Settlement
Mining the Asteroid Belt
Ancient History
The Real Atlantis-In the Eye of the Sahara
Ancient & Prehistoric Civilizations
Ancient & Prehistoric Civilizations-Book Two
The History of Antediluvian Giants
The Antediluvian History of Earth
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