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Perfect for independent study, personal advancement or homeschooling students, the Proxima Manual of Space Exploration is a full color manual on CD ROM taken from the Astronautics curriculum of the International Institute of Space Exploration. This comprehensive, lavishly illustrated CD resource - 34 chapters in length - on front-line issues and cutting edge techniques in space exploration, covers topics only previously offered in government astronaut courses. For the first time ever, a manual has been produced that will allow anyone to learn what has been the private domain of the rich and famous or the government astronaut. This manual has been used for over a decade by students worldwide to learn the principles of Astronautics. The Proxima Manual can be used to learn the techniques of space exploration from suiting up in a spacesuit and how to use an airlock on a distant planet, to planning and designing space colonies. It can be taken as a formal course through the International Institute of Space Exploration, or it can be enjoyed as an extraordinary personal adventure in learning how to explore the space frontier. As you utilize the Proxima Manual, you will embark on a 21st century reading experience. This book on CD-ROM could not be adaquately produced on paper. It is filled with color, sounds and video clips that could not be bound between covers. This work is specifically produced to be explored on computer, laptop, tablet or one of many other eBook reading devices. The Proxima Manual of Space Exploration truly represents the future of reading, of learning and of exploring. Hard-bound books will NOT travel into space but electronic media like you now hold in your hand will! How do I put on a spacesuit? How do I use an airlock? How do I plan a lunar or Mars expedition? How do I operate a spacecraft in orbit? How do I land a spacecraft? How do I design a Mars habitat? How do I design and run a space colony? What do I do in a space emergency? “…these techniques and processes will set the standard for human space exploration in the not-to-distant future!†The New Worlds Explorer “The most comprehensive manual on space exploration available – a must for students of astronautics and those interested in the subject.†Dr. Robert Tarquinio What do the 34 chapters of the Proxima Manual actually cover? Space Life Support Systems: A comprehensive overview of space life support systems. A review of Apollo and Space Shuttle era systems. Describes simple and advanced life support systems of the future. Space Mission Planning: Learn how the pros plan real space missions from the idea stage to the return to earth. The module offers the opportunity to plan one yourself. Spacecraft and Habitat Design: How a spacecraft and planetary habitat is designed from the plans to turning the final bolt. This module also lets you design one for yourself! Space Colony Design: Things can really get exciting when we begin thinking about colonies on the Moon and Mars. This module lets you be the planner for your own colony using the principles of real colony design. Spacecraft and Habitat Operations: What to do and how to do it. How do you operate that craft that is about to take you to Mars and when you get there, how do you make your habitat safe and operational? Space Mission Supply and Logistics: How much oxygen will you need and food and water on a 1000 day mission to Mars? How will you get it there and get back? How will the colony you establish be resupplied? These questions are explored and you participate in the project to make it happen. Planetary Exploration and Excursions: What do you do when its time to put on the spacesuit and go for a walk on the moon or Mars? This module explains how we did it on the moon and how you will plan for it and then make it happen in the future. Emergency Planning: What do you do when the lights go out and its 35 million miles home? What happens when Murphy shows up in your habitat and sets up his headquarters? This module explains the process of emergency planning what what to do if... And - as a bonus - the CD ROM also includes the incredible - HISTORY OF MANNED SPACEFLIGHT VIDEO AND AUDIO CD! Included as one of the features onboard the Proxima Manual CD is a complete multimedia history of manned spaceflight in a single comprehensive disk of audio and video clips from the most dramatic moments in the history of space exploration. From the stirring words of President John F. Kennedy that started it all to the first human spaceflight of Uri Gargarin, the Mercury and Gemini programs, and the Apollo 11 landing on the moon, this disk has it all! In over 50 multimedia clips, this disk contains dramatic sounds and/or video from all Apollo moon landing missions and the famous “Houston we have a problem†tape from Apollo 13. It also contains dramatic footage of the Challenger explosion, spectacular shuttle launches and missions, video and sound from the near tragic Mir fire and collision with the Progress probe. It also features multimedia from Skylab and even awesome computer simulations from Mars and the outer planets. The disk also features multimedia from the International Space Station. Imagine, watching a moon landing from inside the lunar module, and a blast-off from the surface of the moon filmed from inside the spacecraft as it lifted off from the moon! It's all here on this incredible disk! This multimedia disk was assembled by the experts at I2SE as the perfect complement to your learning experience. It even features a central on-screen command console for easy viewing of each multimedia clip! ALL THE MATERIALS ASSEMBLED FROM THE WORLD'S ONLY PRIVATE ASTRONAUT TRAINING PROGRAM Buyer pays shipping. Payment due within 7 days after auction ends. 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