ISBN: 9781068484841 - how space changed your life: from nasa labs to your living room: the surprising story of space tech in health & home (11 resultados)

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Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. nach der Bestellung gedruckt Neuware - Printed after ordering - Your weather forecast. Your phone camera. Your GPS. Your glasses. Your mattress.They all have a space story behind them.Most of us think of space as something distant: rockets, astronauts, Moon landings, images from far beyond Earth. But space exploration has also shaped ordinary life in ways most people never notice. The systems behind navigation, communications, weather forecasting, environmental monitoring, medical imaging, food safety, water recovery, and even some of the materials in our homes all carry part of that story.In How Space Changed Your Life, Nicola Biggs traces the surprising path from space labs, satellites, spacecraft, and life-support systems to the technologies and infrastructure now woven into everyday life on Earth.This is not just a book of quirky spinoffs or familiar NASA trivia. It is a wider story about how the effort to survive and work in space pushed science and engineering into new territory, and how those advances then spread through medicine, public systems, communications, food, materials, and consumer products.Inside, you'll discover:how space research helped shape modern weather forecasting, satellite navigation, and communicationswhy food safety systems developed for astronauts now influence how food is managed on Earthhow work on bone loss, remote monitoring, imaging, and rehabilitation in space fed into medical progress at homehow space-driven advances in materials, sensors, and water recovery found practical uses far beyond orbithow public investment, open data, licensing, and technology transfer helped turn difficult space problems into everyday benefitsIt is also a book about how those benefits reached the public in the first place, and what may change as more of space shifts from public agencies to private companies.If you've ever wondered what space exploration has really done for life on Earth, this book offers a clear and often surprising answer. …

Paperback. Condición: new. Paperback. Your weather forecast. Your phone camera. Your GPS. Your glasses. Your mattress.They all have a space story behind them.Most of us think of space as something distant: rockets, astronauts, Moon landings, images from far beyond Earth. But space exploration has also shaped ordinary life in ways most people never notice. The systems behind navigation, communications, weather forecasting, environmental monitoring, medical imaging, food safety, water recovery, and even some of the materials in our homes all carry part of that story.In How Space Changed Your Life, Nicola Biggs traces the surprising path from space labs, satellites, spacecraft, and life-support systems to the technologies and infrastructure now woven into everyday life on Earth.This is not just a book of quirky spinoffs or familiar NASA trivia. It is a wider story about how the effort to survive and work in space pushed science and engineering into new territory, and how those advances then spread through medicine, public systems, communications, food, materials, and consumer products.Inside, you'll discover: how space research helped shape modern weather forecasting, satellite navigation, and communicationswhy food safety systems developed for astronauts now influence how food is managed on Earthhow work on bone loss, remote monitoring, imaging, and rehabilitation in space fed into medical progress at homehow space-driven advances in materials, sensors, and water recovery found practical uses far beyond orbithow public investment, open data, licensing, and technology transfer helped turn difficult space problems into everyday benefitsIt is also a book about how those benefits reached the public in the first place, and what may change as more of space shifts from public agencies to private companies.If you've ever wondered what space exploration has really done for life on Earth, this book offers a clear and often surprising answer. Discover the secret cosmic origins of your GPS, mattress, and even your phone camera. The future you live in was invented for the stars. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability.…

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. How Space Changed Your Life | Nicola Biggs | Taschenbuch | Englisch | 2026 | Twenty Squares Publishing | EAN 9781068484841 | Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, 36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr[at]libri[dot]de | Anbieter: preigu Print on Demand.