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Kerbal Space Program (KSP) is a critically acclaimed, bestselling space flight simulator game that has a bit of a learning curve. In this book, five KSP nerds—including an astrophysicist—teach you everything you need to know to get a nation of tiny green people into space
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KSP is incredibly realistic. When running your space program, you’ll have to consider delta-V budgets, orbital mechanics, Hohmann transfers, and more. This book is perfect for video game players, simulation game players, Minecrafters, and amateur astronomers.
Author: Jon Manning, Tim Nugent, Paul Fenwick, Alasdair Allan and Paris Buttfield-Addison
Publisher: O'Reilly
Date: December 2016
Pages: 428
ISBN: 978-1491913055
Print: 1491913053
Kindle: B01N0BN7WU
Audience: Space fans
Level: intermediate
Category: Graphics & Games
- Design, launch, and fly interplanetary rockets
- Capture an asteroid and fly it into a parking orbit
- Travel to distant planets and plant a flag
- Build a moon rover, and jump off a crater ridge
- Rescue a crew-mate trapped in deep space
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PostgresSQL 14 Administration Cookbook
Author: Simon Riggs and Gianno Ciolli
Publisher: Packt Publishing
Pages: 608
ISBN: 978-1803248974
Print:1803248971
Kindle: B09R4VBHX3
Audience: PostgresSQL developers and administrators
Rating: 4.5
Reviewer: Kay Ewbank
While this book describes itself as a cookbook, the recipes in it work through the nec [ ... ]
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Functional Design (Addison-Wesley)
Author: Robert C. Martin
Publisher: Addison-Wesley
Date: September 2023
Pages: 384
ISBN: 978-0138176396
Print: 0138176396
Kindle: B0CGHQKGYG
Audience: General
Rating: 4.5
Reviewer: Kay Ewbank
This book sets out to explain the principles, patterns and practices of functional design, and why functional prog [ ... ]
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