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  Spaceflight - The Mit Press...

  Michael J. Neufeld

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  Spaceflight is one of the greatest human achievements of the twentieth century. The Soviets launched Sputnik, the first satellite, in 1957; less than twelve years later, the American Apollo astronauts landed on the Moon.Michael Neufeld explains that "the space program" should not be equated only with human spaceflight. Since the 1960s, unmanned military and commercial spacecraft have been orbiting near the Earth, and robotic deep-space explorers have sent back stunning images of faraway planets. Neufeld begins with the origins of space ideas and the discovery that rocketry could be used for spaceflight. He then discusses the Soviet-U.S. Cold War space race and reminds us that NASA resisted adding female astronauts even after the Soviets sent the first female cosmonaut into orbit. He analyzes the two rationales for the Apollo program: prestige and scientific discovery (this last something of an afterthought). He describes the internationalization and privatization of human spaceflight after the Cold War, the cultural influence of space science fiction, including Star Trek and Star Wars, space tourism for the ultra-rich, and the popular desire to go into space. Whether we become a multiplanet species, as some predict, or continue to call Earth home, this book offers a useful primer.

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  The Airplane - How Ideas Gave Us...

  Jay Spenser

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  In this entertaining history of the jetliner, Jay Spenser traces aviation's challenges from the outset, and follows the flow of the simple yet powerful ideas that led us to defy gravity. Here are the pioneers—innovators such as Otto Lilienthal, Igor Sikorsky, Louis Blériot, Hugo Junkers, and Jack Northrop—whose amazing contributions collectively solved the puzzle of flight. Along the way, Spenser demystifies the modern jetliner, examining the airplane from wings to flight controls to fuselages to landing gear, to show how each part came into being and evolved over time. And finally The Airplane addresses the future of aviation, outlining the breathtaking possibilities that await us tomorrow, many miles above the earth.Who were aviation's dreamers, and where did they get their inspiration?How did birds, insects, marine mammals, and fish help us to fly?How did the bicycle beget the airplane, and hot water heaters lead to metal fuselages?Who figured out how to fly without seeing the ground, enabling airline travel in all weather conditions?

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  Tomorrow's Air Force - Tracing...

  Jeffrey J. Smith

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  “A bold and courageous clarion call from a highly respected serving officer that should be read and heeded by anyone interested in the future of the US Air Force.” —Everett Dolman, School of Advanced Airpower Studies   Looking ahead to future airpower requirements, this engaging and groundbreaking book on the history and future of American combat airpower argues that the US Air Force must adapt to the changes that confront it or risk decline into irrelevance. To provide decision makers with the necessary analytical tools, Jeffrey J. Smith uses organizational modeling to help explain historical change in the USAF and to anticipate change in the future. While the analysis and conclusions it offers may prove controversial, the book aims to help planners make better procurement decisions, institute appropriate long-term policy, and better organize, train, and equip the USAF for the future.   “Those airmen willing to actively engage such discussions would do well to turn to Smith’s book as the basic point of departure for debates concerning the intricate relationship between the Air Force’s past, present, and future.” —Strategic Studies Quarterly   “This book is ‘out of the box’ thinking and is very timely given the recent and evolving Air Force roles and missions.” —Brigadier General Al Rachel, USAF (Ret.)   “Colonel Smith has a great grasp of what the forthcoming debate will require. The Congress must reduce the spending at the very time our enemies are overtaking our capabilities. The debate needs to be engaged now. This book comes on the scene at just the right time.” —Denny Smith former US Congressman and Air Force F-4 pilot

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  Operate Your Rifle Like a Pro –...

  Defense U.S. Department of

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  This illustrated e-book is meticulously edited and formatted to the highest digital standard. It provides detailed and clear guidance for the training on the 5.56-mm M16-rifle series (M16A1/A2/A3/A4) and M4 carbine. The edition offers you the core knowledge, all necessary information and shows the best techniques needed for one to become an exceptional rifleman:
  Content: 
  Introduction and Training Strategy:
  Strategy 
  Phases
  Marksmanship Training 
  Mission-Essential Tasks 
  Training the Trainer
  Duties of the Instructor-Trainer
  Trainer Certification Program…
  Troubleshooting and Destruction:
  Stoppages
  Malfunctions
  Destruction Procedures
  Preliminary Rifle Instructions:
  Clearing
  Cycles of Functioning
  Modes of Fire
  Peer Coaching
  The Four Fundamentals 
  Firing Positions
  Training Devices and Exercises
  Downrange Feedback:
  Grouping Procedures 
  Zeroing Procedures
  Known-Distance Range 
  Effects of Wind and Gravity
  Ballistics 
  Field Fire:
  Locating 
  Marking 
  Range Determination 
  Field-Fire Standards
  Alternate Qualification Courses… 
  Advanced Rifle Marksmanship: 
  Alternate Prone Firing Position 
  Kneeling Supported Firing Position 
  Standing Firing Position 
  Urban Operations Firing Positions 
  Rapid Semiautomatic 
  Automatic
  Quick 
  Nuclear, Biological, and Chemical Firing 
  Night Fire Training 
  Unassisted Night Fire Training
  Training with Artificial Illumination 
  Moving Target Engagement 
  Short-Range Marksmanship 
  Squad Designated Marksman Training … 
  Characteristics, Ammunitions, and Accessories:
  Rail Adapter System 
  Rail Grabbers and MILES Training Extender
  Backup Iron Sight 
  M68, Close-Combat Optic
  AN/PAQ-4B/C Infrared Aiming Light 
  AN/PEQ-2A Target Pointer/Illuminator/Aiming Light
  AN/PAS-13 (V2) Medium Thermal Weapon Sight and AN/PAS-13 (V3) Heavy Thermal Weapon 
  AN/PVS-4 Night Vision Sight
  Advanced Optics, Lasers, and Iron Sight:
  Training Strategies and Qualification Standards 
  Borelight 
  Back-Up Iron Sight…

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  Choosing To Stay - How Cancer...

  Mo Haque

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  Being diagnosed with cancer is frightening; learning that the cancer is late stage takes that fear to unknown depths. After a year of brutal treatment, Mo Haque heard the dreaded words, 'There is nothing else we can do for you.' His cancer was terminal and left him questioning the price we put on life. Three years on from the 'small chance' of survival the experts had given him, Mo shares his incredible story: of despair and suffering, of hope and healing, of vulnerability and authenticity. This audiobook is for anyone going through the most challenging of times. When you listen to Choosing To Stay, Mo hopes you will: Appreciate the gift of choice in any moment, however dire the circumstances Understand you aren't alone in your pain, and that your suffering has meaning See that your life is a masterpiece when you connect the dots Feel the power of hope and love that exists throughout the world Know that you are enough and that you are worthy If you want to live an empowered new life, liberated and full of meaning, this audiobook takes you there.

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  Morality for Humans - Ethical...

  Mark Johnson

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  “A welcome renewal and defense of John Dewey's ethical naturalism, which Johnson claims is the only morality ‘fit for actual human beings.’” —Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews 
   
  What is the difference between right and wrong? This is no easy question to answer, yet we constantly try to make it so, frequently appealing to absolutes, whether drawn from God, universal reason, or societal authority. Combining cognitive science with a pragmatist philosophical framework, Mark Johnson argues that appealing solely to absolute principles is not only scientifically unsound but even morally suspect. He shows that the standards for the kinds of people we should be and how we should treat one another are frequently subject to change. Taking context into consideration, he offers a nuanced, naturalistic view of ethics that sees us creatively adapt our standards according to given needs, emerging problems, and social interactions. 
   
  Ethical naturalism is not just a revamped form of relativism. Indeed, Johnson attempts to overcome the absolutist-versus-relativist impasse that has been one of the most intractable problems in the history of philosophy. Much of our moral thought, he shows, is automatic and intuitive, gut feelings that we attempt to justify with rational analysis and argument. However, good moral deliberation is not limited to intuitive judgments supported after the fact by reasoning. Johnson points out a crucial third element: we imagine how our decisions will play out, how we or the world would change with each action we might take. Plumbing this imaginative dimension of moral reasoning, he provides a psychologically sophisticated view of moral problem solving, one perfectly suited for the embodied, culturally embedded, and ever-developing human creatures that we are.

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