Rocket Dreams

Rocket Dreams
Title Rocket Dreams PDF eBook
Author Marina Benjamin
Publisher Simon and Schuster
Total Pages 257
Release 2003-05-25
Genre Social Science
ISBN 0743254171

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In 1958, mankind's centuries-long flirtation with space flight became a torrid love affair. For a decade, tens of millions of people were enraptured -- first, by the U.S.-Soviet race to the moon, and finally, as America outstripped its rival, by Project Apollo alone. It is now more than three decades since the last man walked on the moon...more time than between the first moonwalk and the beginning of World War II. Apollo did not, as had been promised by a generation of visionaries, herald the beginning of the Space Age, but its end. Or did it? Project Apollo, like a cannonball, reached its apogee and returned to earth, but the trajectory of that return was complex. America's atmosphere -- its economic, scientific, and cultural atmosphere -- made for a very complicated reentry that produced many solutions to the trajectory problem. Rocket Dreams is about those solutions...about the places where the space program landed. In Rocket Dreams, an extraordinarily talented young writer named Marina Benjamin will take you on a journey to those landing sites. A visit with retired astronauts at a celebrity autograph show is a starting point down the divergent paths taken by the pioneers, including Edgar Mitchell, founder of the "church" of Noëtic Sciences. Roswell, New Mexico is a landing site of a different order, the "magnetic north" of UFO belief in the United States -- a belief that began its most dramatic growth precisely at the time that the path of the space program began its descent. In the vernacular, the third law of motion states that what goes up, must come down. Thus the tremendous motive force that energized the space program didn't just vanish; it was conserved and transformed, making bestsellers out of fantasy literature, spawning Gaia, and giving symbolism to the environmental movement. Everything from the pop cultural boom in ufology to the worldwide Search for Extra-Terrestrial Intelligence (SETI) feeds on the energy given off by America's leap toward space. Rocket Dreams is an eloquent tour of this Apollo-scarred landscape. It is also an introduction to some of the most fascinating characters imaginable: Some long dead, like the crackpot visionary Alfred Lawson, who saw in space flight a new stage of human evolution ("Alti-Man"), or Robert Goddard, the father of rocketry, whose workshop in Roswell stands only half a mile from shops selling posters of alien visitors. Others are very much alive -- like Stewart Brand, creator of the Whole Earth Catalog and partner with Gerard O'Neill in the drive to build free-floating space colonies, and SETI astronomer Seth Shostak, who has spent decades listening to the skies, hoping for the first contact with another intelligent species. Perceptive, original, and wonderfully written, informed by history, science, and an acute knowledge of popular culture, Rocket Dreams is a brilliant book by a remarkable talent.

A Stream of Dreams

A Stream of Dreams
Title A Stream of Dreams PDF eBook
Author Leon Nacson
Publisher Hay House, Inc
Total Pages
Release 2003-12-31
Genre Self-Help
ISBN 9781401929664

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This book by dream expert Leon Nacson is more than just a dream dictionary or a thesaurus. It is a definitive dream decoder. Finally, you can simply and effortlessly discover the true meaning behind the symbols in your dreams. Unlike traditional dream dictionaries, this book presents the meanings behind modern-day symbols such as mobile phones, boom boxes, and DVD players. For example, spiders are becoming more common in dreams because we spend more time on the World Wide Web these days. Traditional dictionaries might simply describe spiders as symbols of danger and entrapment. Ultimately, this book will become the benchmark for accurate dream interpretation.

Achieve Your Dreams

Achieve Your Dreams
Title Achieve Your Dreams PDF eBook
Author Tonny Rutakirwa
Publisher Lulu.com
Total Pages 190
Release 2020-03-28
Genre Self-Help
ISBN 024427164X

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This is the fourth book in the Awaken Series by Tonny Rutakirwa published by Tonniez Publishing Press on 25th March 2014. A new book release every birthday.

Diy Dreams

Diy Dreams
Title Diy Dreams PDF eBook
Author Sharon Robinson
Publisher Lulu.com
Total Pages 144
Release 2008-07
Genre Juvenile Fiction
ISBN 0955853400

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A fun book for 8 - 11 year olds following the fantastic adventure of two Irish boys into outer space.

10,000 Dreams Interpreted

10,000 Dreams Interpreted
Title 10,000 Dreams Interpreted PDF eBook
Author Gustavus Hindman Miller
Publisher Sterling Publishing Company
Total Pages 314
Release 1997-02-26
Genre Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN 9780760705254

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Includes index.

The Divinity Code to Understanding Your Dreams and Visions

The Divinity Code to Understanding Your Dreams and Visions
Title The Divinity Code to Understanding Your Dreams and Visions PDF eBook
Author Adam Thompson
Publisher Destiny Image Publishers
Total Pages 600
Release 2011-12-20
Genre Religion
ISBN 0768488788

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The Divinity Code to Understanding your Dreams and Visions Stop wondering what your dreams and visions mean—and start living the meanings! The Divinity Code to Understanding your Dreams and Visions is a Bible-based guide to dream interpretation that reveals the mysteries of the Kingdom of Heaven. With this set of Master keys, you can unlock the unseen realm! Led by the Holy Spirit, you can manifest God’s Kingdom on earth through Jesus Christ by knowing what your dreams and visions mean. The Divinity Code to Understanding your Dreams and Visions contains: The most extensive Christian dream dictionary on the market (with Scripture support). An important dictionary of names and places. A critical chapter on counterfeit interpretations by the occult. 101 interpreted dreams providing credible evidence. A fascinating metaphor dictionary. Embrace your supernatural communications with God and go deeper into the things of the Spirit—today!

Ship of Dreams

Ship of Dreams
Title Ship of Dreams PDF eBook
Author Dean Morrissey
Publisher Prospecta Press
Total Pages 0
Release 2016
Genre Juvenile Fiction
ISBN 9781632260512

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Trying to stay awake to see the sandman, a young boy finds himself sailing the star-filled night sky with him.