Description
Springer Reasoning Web by Grigoris Antoniou
This book contains a collection of thoroughly revised tutorial papers based on lectures given by leading researchers at the Second International Summer School on the Reasoning Web in Dresden, Germany, September 2007. The nine tutorial papers cover methods and research issues of the Semantic Web, ontology languages and their relation to description logics, techniques in Web information extraction, employing ontologies to ease construction of software applications, and more. Table of Contents (Specimen): FOREWORD by a flown Astronaut or CosmonautDedicationForeword by a flown astronaut or cosmonautAuthors prefaceAcknowledgementsGlossary & AbbreviationsList of tablesList of illustrationsPrologue1. The profile of manned spaceflight Methods of leaving EarthMethods of spaceflightMethods of returning to EarthThis section briefly documents the methods of leaving Earth and entering space; the techniques of moving in space, rendezvous and docking and landing on the moon; and how crews are recovered either on the sea or land or, as with the shuttle on a runway.2. Manned Spaceflight Programmes X-15 Rocket Research aircraft and the X-20 Dyna SoarVostok and VoskhodMercuryGemini and the USAF Manned Orbiting LaboratoryApollo and SkylabSoyuz and ZondSalyut and AlmazMirShuttle and SpacelabBuran and HermesInternational Space StationEach manned space programme is summarized in this section, including the elements of hardware comprising up the spacecraft and the launch vehicle or systems used to put them into space. There is also a description of how the role of the crew member has changed over the decades - Astronaut or Cosmonaut; pilot, engineer or scientist ; passenger or tourist?3. Quest for Space X-15 Astro Flights 1962-1968Mercury Sub Orbital missions 1961 Mercury 3 and Mercury 4Apollo 1 Pad Fire in January 1967Launch Pad Aborts including the 1983 Soyuz Pad explosion and various Shuttle Pad Aborts These are the missions that reached space but not orbit, or those who encountered serious problems aborting the launch prior to leaving the pad. Apollo 1 was a fatal spacecraft fire on the launch pad two weeks prior to the planned launch.4. Manned Spaceflight Log 1961 - 2006Each successful manned orbital spaceflight listed in chronological order also includes the 1975 Soyuz launch abort, and the 1986 Challenger accident both classified as orbital missions in progress when they encountered launch difficulties. When resident space station resident crew are launched on the Shuttle (1 x Mir; 5 to date for ISS these have a separate entry in the book].Conclusion The next 45 years? The future of manned spaceflight perhaps provided by a flown astronaut or cosmonautAppendix World Manned Space Missions 1961-2006World Space Explorers 1961-2006World Spaceflight Experience 1961-2006Bibliography and referencesIndex