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• But only men can be astronauts
• Far from home
• Still warming up the bench
• NASA catches up
• Are you still interested in coming to work for NASA?
• Jet-setting
• The dawn of the space shuttle
• Working with men
• Choosing "The One"
• Ready, set . . .
• Sally's ride
• Take two
• A walk into the void
• Anna to the rescue
• The heist
• The prince and the frog
• Turning point
• Closing a chapter.

"When NASA sent astronauts to the moon in the 1960s and 1970s the agency excluded women from the corps, arguing that only military test pilots--a group then made up exclusively of men--had the right stuff. It was an era in which women were steered away from jobs in science and deemed unqualified for space flight. Eventually, though, NASA recognized its blunder and opened the application process to a wider array of hopefuls, regardless of race or gender. From a candidate pool of 8,000 six elite women were selected in 1978--Sally Ride, Judy Resnik, Anna Fisher, Kathy Sullivan, Shannon Lucid, and Rhea Seddon. In The Six, acclaimed journalist Loren Grush shows these brilliant and courageous women enduring claustrophobic--and sometimes deeply sexist--media attention, undergoing rigorous survival training, and preparing for years to take multi-million-dollar payloads into orbit. Together, the Six helped build the tools that made the space program run. One of the group, Judy Resnik, sacrificed her life when the Space Shuttle Challenger exploded at 46,000 feet. Everyone knows of Sally Ride's history-making first space ride, but each of the Six would make their mark" -- Provided by publisher.

• Introduction
• Findings From Traffic Accident Analysis
• Analysis Of Poor Visibility Real-World Test Scenarios
• Technical, Legal, And Economic Risks
• Qualitative Interviews With Developers
• Consulting Concept To Develop New Systems
• Summary And Discussion.

"This open-access-book synthesizes a supportive developer checklist considering sustainable Team and agile Project Management in the challenge of Artificial Intelligence and limits of image recognition. The study bases on technical, ethical, and legal requirements with examples concerning autonomous vehicles. As the first of its kind, it analyzes all reported car accidents state wide (1.28 million) over a 10-year period. Integrating of highly sensitive international court rulings and growing consumer expectations make this book a helpful guide for product and team development from initial concept until market launch. The author Thomas Winkle (Prof. Dr.-Ing., MBA Communication & Leadership) is a multiple author in best-selling Springer books such as "Autonomous Driving: Technical, Legal and Social Aspects" or the "Handbook of Driver Assistance Systems". His work bases on three decades in sustainable team consulting as employee and researcher in the legal departments of three car manufacturers as well as a professor at IU International University and TU Munich. Thomas Winkle received the Volkswagen research award for his significant Human-Centered Design into the development of the Automatic Emergency Brake. He was responsible to prepare the ADAS Code of Practice. As consultant at international courts, he links Artificial Intelligence, Ethics, Sustainable Agile Management, Mindful Communication and Law using Autonomous Vehicles example definition requirements"-- Provided by publisher.

• Intro; Welcome; Dedication; Acknowledgments; Author's Note; Foreword;
• Chapter 1: About My Father;
• Chapter 2: The Seed Germinates;
• Chapter 3: Gaining Traction;
• Chapter 4: Following My Dream;
• Chapter 5: For My Mother;
• Chapter 6: He Who Perseveres Will Achieve;
• Chapter 7: Happy New Millennium;
• Chapter 8: Harvesting the Dream; Epilogue; Photos; Newsletters; Table of Contents; Copyright Page.

Born into a family of migrant workers, toiling in the fields by the age of six, Jose M. Hernández dreamed of traveling through the night skies on a rocket ship. [The book] is the inspiring story of how he realized that dream, becoming the first Mexican-American astronaut. Hernández didn't speak English till he was 12, and his peers often joined gangs, or skipped school. And yet, by his twenties he was part of an elite team helping develop technology for the early detection of breast cancer. He was turned down by NASA eleven times on his long journey to donning that famous orange space suit. Hernández message of hard work, education, perseverance, of "reaching for the stars," makes this a classic American autobiography.

• Introduction: Into the Vortex
• Part I: 1914-1920
• Balloon Work George hopes to fight in France
• Autumn Flies Tamara survives civil war in Ukraine
• Blood of the Earth Harry learns the oil business in Romania
• Tramp Trade Manuel watches the Great War tear Spain apart
• Interlude: New York to Bermuda Sully greets his passengers
• Part II: 1920-1939
• Free Lunches Frank competes in the Amsterdam Olympics
• Unfinished People Tamara struggles in the Bronx
• The Silk-Stocking Revolt George runs for Congress against
• the New Deal
• Twelve Mile River Ben falls in love with Roosevelt's
• Washington
• Woman and Bird Tamara finds fame on Broadway
• Tea-Time Frank moves to the Philippines
• Stolen Soil Manuel's schemes reach Mexico and Cuba
• Interlude: Bermuda to the Azores Sully flies past the Point of
• No Return
• Part III: 1939-1942
• Three-Minute Channel Ben endures the London Blitz
• Back to Porridge Frank contends with the fall of the
• Netherlands
• Ship's Stores Manuel is arrested for smuggling
• Easy Dish Frank braves the invasion of Java
• Red Mississippi Ben reports from Russia
• Hold Your Hats George joins the army
• Interlude: The Azores to Portugal Sully prepares for
• arrival
• Part IV: 1942-1943
• Patent Denials Harry manages his company's German ties
• Dangerous Acts Tamara volunteers to entertain troops
• The Charter Offer Manuel makes a bargain
• Small Potatoes Frank broadcasts from Australia
• Acid Test Ben witnesses the Quit India campaign
• Hot Questions George testifies before Congress
• Conclusion: A Strange and Frightening World.

"On February 21, 1943, Pan American Airways' celebrated seaplane, the Yankee Clipper, took off from New York's Marine Air Terminal and island-hopped its way across the Atlantic Ocean. Arriving at Lisbon the following evening, it crashed in the Tagus River, killing twenty-four of its thirty-nine passengers and crew. Americans in a World at War traces the backstories of seven worldly Americans aboard that plane, their personal histories, their politics, and the paths that led them toward war. Combat soldiers made up only a small fraction of the millions of Americans, both in and out of uniform, who scattered across six continents during the Second World War. This book uncovers a surprising history of American noncombatants abroad in the years leading into the twentieth century's most consequential conflict. Long before GIs began storming beaches and liberating towns, Americans had forged extensive political, economic, and personal ties to other parts of the world. These deep and sometimes contradictory engagements, which preceded the bombing of Pearl Harbor, would shape and in turn be transformed by the US war effort. As the Yankee Clipper's passengers' travels take them from Ukraine, France, Spain, Panama, Cuba, and the Philippines to Java, India, Australia, Britain, Egypt, the Soviet Union, and the Belgian Congo, among other hot spots, their movements defy simple boundaries between home front and war front and upend conventional American narratives about World War II"-- Provided by publisher.

The documentary tells the personal stories of current and former Black Astronauts, of their journey to achieve the impossible with their tenacity and courage and overcoming barriers to allow others to follow. From the heartbreaking story of Ed Dwight, first African American to be considered by NASA only later to be rejected, to Guion "Guy" Bluford becoming the First African American Astronaut to fly into space. Learn about these decorated heroes and find out about their commitment and fortitude and overcoming obstacles to lead the way for African Americans in Space Exploration.

Using spectacular NASA archive footage, mission audio, and rare astronaut interviews, this documentary comprehensively chronicles one of the greatest moments in history.

被誉为"新一代两弹一星"的北斗卫星导航工程, 在美国GPS系统设置的"太空封锁线"下悲壮启航, "北斗人"胸怀"北斗一号"解决有无问题, "北斗二号"赶上GPS, "北斗三号"比肩或者略超GPS的宏伟目标, 攻克种种技术难关.本书作为非虛构的报告文学作 品, 将"北斗"工程幕后的故事, 包括星间链路, 星载氢钟, 快速卫星组网等世界领先的关键技术的攻克过程 呈现在读者眼前.作品资料详实, 真挚感人, 将中国"北斗人"身上"自主创新, 团结协作, 攻坚克难, 追求卓越"的精神展现的淋漓尽致. 被誉为"新一代两弹一星"的北斗卫星导航工程, 在美国GPS系统设置的"太空封锁线"下悲壮启航, "北斗人"胸怀"北斗一号"解决有无问题, "北斗二号"赶上GPS, "北斗三号"比肩或者略超GPS的宏伟目标, 攻克种种技术难关.本书作为非虛构的报告文学作 品, 将"北斗"工程幕后的故事, 包括星间链路, 星载氢钟, 快速卫星组网等世界领先的关键技术的攻克过程 呈现在读者眼前.作品资料详实, 真挚感人, 将中国"北斗人"身上"自主创新, 团结协作, 攻坚克难, 追求卓越"的精神展现的淋漓尽致.