planetary society (4 Ergebnisse)

Soft cover. Zustand: Near Fine. 1st. First edition. Trade softcover. Oblong folio, 11" x 10." 183pp., profusely illustrated in color. A near fine, unread copy.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. No Jacket. Minor shelf and handling wear, overall a clean solid copy with minimal signs of use. Secure packaging for safe delivery.

Paperback. Zustand: Brand New. 302 pages. 9.25x6.25x0.75 inches. In Stock.

Other--Decal. Zustand: Good. The format is approximately 4.5 inches by 3.625 inches, with a detachable decal portion that is approximately 3.25 inches by 3.625 inches. Increasingly scarce space-related ephemera. The text next to the detachable portion reads Please act as our Interplanetary ambassador by displaying this decal in our car, office or home. Thank you for your support. Printed in the U.S.A. The Planetary Society is an American internationally-active non-governmental nonprofit organization. It is involved in research, public outreach, and political space advocacy for engineering projects related to astronomy, planetary science, and space exploration. It was founded in 1980 by Carl Sagan, Bruce Murray, and Louis Friedman, and has about 60,000 members from more than 100 countries around the world. The Society is dedicated to the exploration of the Solar System, the search for near-Earth objects, and the search for extraterrestrial life. The society's mission is stated as: "Empowering the world's citizens to advance space science and exploration." The Planetary Society is a strong advocate for space funding and missions of exploration within NASA. They lobby Congress and engage their membership in the United States to write and call their representatives in support of NASA funding. In addition to public outreach, The Planetary Society has sponsored solar sail and microorganisms-in-space projects to foster space exploration. LightSail 1 launched in 2015, and demonstrated a test deployment of its solar sail on June 7, 2015. LightSail 2 launched in 2019, and successfully used sunlight to change its orbit. The Planetary Society was founded in 1980 by Carl Sagan, Bruce Murray, and Louis Friedman as a champion of public support of space exploration and the search for extraterrestrial life. Until the death of Carl Sagan in 1996, the Society was led by Sagan, who used his celebrity and political clout to influence the political climate of the time, including protecting SETI in 1981 from congressional cancellation. Throughout the 1980s and 1990s, the Society pushed its scientific and technologic agenda, which led to an increased interest in rover-based planetary exploration and NASA's New Horizons mission to Pluto. In addition to its political affairs, the Society has created a number of space related projects and programs. The SETI program began with Paul Horowitz's Suitcase SETI and has grown to encompass searches in radio and optical wavelengths from the northern and southern hemispheres of the Earth. SETI-at sign-home, the largest distributed computing experiment on Earth, is perhaps the Society's best-known SETI project. This could serve as an interesting exhibit item [or, which we DO NOT RECOMMEND] you can present yourself as a Member using this unused decal without actually becoming a member! A decal or transfer is a plastic, cloth, paper, or ceramic substrate that has printed on it a pattern or image that can be moved to another surface upon contact, often with the aid of heat or water. The word is short for decalcomania, a decorative technique by which engravings and prints are transferred to pottery or other materials. The technique was invented by Simon François Ravenet, an engraver from France who later moved to England and perfected the process he called "décalquer" (which means "to copy by tracing"); it became widespread during the decal craze or mania of the late 19th century. Presumed to be one of multiple originals.