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Sleeping in space requires that astronauts sleep in a crew cabin, a small room about the size of a shower stall. They lie in a sleeping bag which is strapped to the wall. [5] Astronauts have reported having nightmares and dreams, and snoring while sleeping in space. [6] Sleeping and crew accommodations need to be well-ventilated. [7]
On Christmas Eve, 1968 astronauts Bill Anders, Jim Lovell, and Frank Borman read from the Book of Genesis as Apollo 8 orbited the Moon. [3] A lawsuit by American Atheists founder Madalyn Murray O'Hair alleged that the observance amounted to a government endorsement of religion in violation of the First Amendment, [4] but the case was dismissed.
The Manifold Trilogy is a series of science fiction books by British author Stephen Baxter.The series was published from 1999 to 2003. It consists of three novels and an anthology of short stories relating to the three.
Orbital is a 2023 novel by English writer Samantha Harvey that incorporates elements of science fiction, [3] [4] literary fiction, and philosophical drama, published by Jonathan Cape in the UK and by Grove Atlantic in the US.
Book 2-Starships, by Marc W. Miller (1977) Book 3-Worlds and Adventures, by Marc W. Miller (1977) Book 4 Mercenary, by Frank Chadwick and Marc Miller (1978) [2]: 161 Book 5 High Guard, by Marc Miller, Frank Chadwick, and John Harshman (1980) [2]: 158 Book 0 An Introduction to Traveller, by Loren K. Wiseman (1981)
Lauren Weisberger’s novel, based on the author’s stint as a PA to Vogue editor Anna Wintour, became a publishing sensation upon its release in 2003; its white cover adorned with a huge red ...
Skylark is a science fiction/space opera series by American writer E. E. Smith.In the first book, The Skylark of Space (first published in Amazing Stories in 1928), a scientist discovers/accidentally invents a space-drive, builds a starship, and flies off with three companions to encounter alien civilizations and fight a larger-than-life villain.
There are several reasons that IBM provided a system generation process rather than simply providing a mechanism to restore the system from tape to disk. System/360 did not have self-identifying I/O devices, and the customer could request installation of I/O devices at arbitrary addresses.