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  • Architecture of Massively Parallel Microprocessor Systems

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  • The History of Spacecraft Computers

    from the V-2 to the Space Station

    Series series Space
    This book documents the development of missile and spacecraft guidance computers from the earliest efforts to the current Space Station and satellite onboard systems. This book developed from the author's presentation at the Johns Hopkins University’s Applied Physics Laboratory in 2009 for the Workshop on Flight Software. The second and third editions were expanded with new material and references ... Leer más

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  • Energy Storage

    This is a book on energy storage. Most electrical energy is AC, and is used when generated. Direct current is stored in battery, but there is no such things as an AC battery. There are other ways to store the energy. Solar cells only produce electricity during the day, and we might need the energy at night. Hydro power system generate power when there is a sufficient amount of water flow. Nuclear ... Leer más

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  • Computer Virtualization & the Cloud

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  • Apollo's Computers

    Series series Space
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  • Personal Robots

    Series series Robots
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  • Cubesats Constellation, Clusters, and Swarms

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  • Chain of gold

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  • Lonaconing Residency,

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    Series series Western Maryland
    The Town of Lonaconing was located centrally in the Georges Creek Valley, between Frostburg at the north, and Westernport at the south. Both towns at the extremes had rail junctions. There were plans to extend the canal through Westernport. Lonaconing became the largest among the dozen or so towns along the Georges Creek, serving as a manufacturing center, a home for companies and miners, and a ... Leer más

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  • Exploration of the Gas Giants and the Ice Giants, Space Missions

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  • CubeRovers

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    This book discusses the next generation of robot explorers for the surface of the Earth, our Moon and Mars. Up to this point, surface exploration has used one or two car-sized vehicles, operating on their own, or perhaps just a drone. Mars exploration has involved one or two rovers covering a small area around a landing site.A paradigm ship in spacecraft architecture has been the Cubesat approach, ... Leer más

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