SPACE EXPLORATION RESEARCH -- SPACE EXPLORATION RESEARCH -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- SPACE: THE PROVINCE OF MANKIND A BRIEF PHILOSOPHICAL APPROACH TO SPACE EXPLORATION -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION: MAN, THE WALKER -- 1. A NEW EARTH -- 2. NOAH'S ARK -- 3. RIDERS OF THE CLOUDS -- 4. I DID IT! -- 5. ASTRONAUTS NOW, BUT WHAT NEXT? -- 6. LIVING IN SPACE - TOMORROW? -- 7. THINKING ABOUT THE END -- CONCLUSION: WISDOM -- REFERENCES -- A LEGAL REGIME FOR SPACE TOURISM: THE FUTURE FOR COMMERCIALIZATION OF SPACE STATIONS -- ABSTRACT -- 1. INTRODUCTION -- 2. SPACE TRAVEL AND AIR TRANSPORTATION: DIFFERENT APPLICABLE LAW -- 3. REGISTRATION AND LICENSING REGIME -- 4. THE STATUS OF SPACE TOURISTS (SPACE HOTEL RULES) -- 5. CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- HYPOMETABOLISM AS A RESOURCE FOR MANNED LONG-TERM SPACE FLIGHTS: A CHALLENGING PERSPECTIVE -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- NATURAL HYPOMETABOLISM: STRATEGIES OF HIBERNATION IN MAMMALS -- FACTORS INDUCING HYPOMETABOLISM -- HYPOMETABOLISM: THE HUMAN IMPACT -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- C. ELEGANS: A MODEL SYSTEM FOR STUDYING BIOLOGICAL EFFECTS OF THE SPACE ENVIRONMENT -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- C. ELEGANS - A MODEL SYSTEM -- CHANGES IN GENE EXPRESSION -- SPACE-BASED C. ELEGANS MUTAGENESIS TESTING SYSTEMS -- ARRAY COMPARATIVE GENOMIC HYBRIDIZATION (ACGH) AS AN AID TO HIGH RESOLUTION GENOMIC ANALYSIS OF MUTATED GENOMES -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- STRUCTURE AND TRANSPORT OF THE MARTIAN SURFACE MATERIAL -- ABSTRACT -- 1. INTRODUCTION -- 2. MARS SIMULATION, MODELING AND IN-SITU MEASUREMENT -- 3. THEORETICAL AND COMPUTATIONAL MODELING OF GRAIN TRANSPORT ON MARS -- 4. IN-SITU MEASUREMENTS AND NEW INSTRUMENTATION -- 5. TRANSPORT OF MARTIAN SURFACE MATERIAL -- 6. STRUCTURE AND COMPOSITION OF THE MARTIAN SURFACE MATERIAL -- 7. WATER AND HEAT TRANSPORT THROUGH THE UPPER SURFACE.

8. DUST ADHESION AND HAZARDS TO ROBOTIC/MANNED MISSIONS TO MARS -- 9. CONCLUSION -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- REFERENCES -- SUPERNOVAE AS PROBES FOR DARK ENERGY -- Abstract -- 1.Introduction -- 2.From Type-Ia Supernovae to the Evolution of the Universe -- 3.Observations of Dark Energy by Supernovae -- 4.Complementary Constraints by Other Cosmological Probes -- 5.Theoretical Interpretations of Dark Energy -- 6.Future of Supernova Cosmology -- 7.Conclusion -- References -- FINGERPRINTS OF A LOCAL SUPERNOVA -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- SUPERNOVA FINGERPRINTS -- IV. SOLAR LUMINOSITY, SOLAR NEUTRINOS, AND SOLAR HYDROGEN -- V. THE IRON-RICH PLASMA DIFFUSER WITH A HYDROGEN-RICH VENEER -- VI. MIRROR IMAGE ISOTOPE ANOMALIES: EXCESSES AND DEFICITS: -- VII. LINKED CHEMICAL AND ISOTOPIC HETEROGENEITIES IN PLANETS -- VIII. LINKED CHEMICAL AND ISOTOPIC HETEROGENEITIES IN METEORITES -- IX. UBIQUITOUS ISOTOPE ANOMALIES FROM NUCLEOSYNTHESIS -- X. SHORT-LIVED NUCLIDES AT THE BIRTH OF THE SOLAR SYSTEM -- CONCLUSION -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- REFERENCES -- THE STUDY FOR BLACK HOLE IN M-THEORY -- Abstract -- 1.Introduction -- 2.Basic Equation and Killing Spinor Formalism -- 3.Null Killing Spacetime -- 4.Time-like Killing Spacetime -- 5.Conclusion -- References -- ON THE 5D EXTRA-FORCE ACCORDING TO BASINI-CAPOZZIELLO-PONCE DE LEON FORMALISM AND FOUR IMPORTANT FEATURES: STRONG GRAVITATIONAL FIELDS, KAR-SINHA GRAVITATIONAL BENDING OF LIGHT IN EXTRA DIMENSIONS, GRAVITATIONAL RED SHIFT AFFECTED BY EXTRA DIMENSIONS AND THE EXPERIMENTAL RESEARCH OF EXTRA DIMENSIONS ON-BOARD INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION(ISS) USING LASER BEAMS -- Abstract -- 1.Introduction -- 2.The Basini-Capozziello Ponce De Leon Formalism and Resemblances with Mashoon-Wesson-Liu and Overduin-Wesson Formalisms.

3.Dimensional Reduction from 5D to 4D According to Basini-Capozziello Ponce De Leon, Mashoon-Wesson-Liu and Overduin-Wesson. Possible Experimental Detection of Ex-tra Dimensions in Strong Gravitational Fields or On-Board the International Space Station (ISS) Using the Gravitational Bending of Light in Extra Dimensions -- 4.Experimental Detection of Extra Dimensions Using Gravita-tional Red-Shifts On-Board the International Space Station ISS -- 5.Conclusion-Physics of Extra Dimensions as an Experimental Branch of Physics for the First Time -- 6.Epilogue -- 7.Remarks -- 8.Legacy -- References -- HISTORY OF THE DISCOVERY OF SATURN'S RINGS AND MOONS -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION: OBSERVATIONS OF SATURN IN ANTIQUITY -- HISTORY OF THE DISCOVERY OF SATURN ́S RINGS -- PARTICULARITIES ABOUT DISCOVERIES OF SATURN'S MOONS -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- ORIGIN OF THE SATURN RINGS: ELECTROMAGNETIC MODEL OF THE SOMBRERO RINGS FORMATION -- ABSTRACT -- 1. INTRODUCTION -- 2. AN EXPERIMENTAL DATA OBSERVATION -- 3. THEORETICAL SOLUTION OF THE SATURN'S RINGS ORIGIN -- 4. SEPARATION AND COLLISION OF THE PARTICLES WITHIN THE SOMBRERO OF RINGS -- 4. CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- PERIODIC FINE-SCALE STRUCTURE IN SATURN'S RINGS: A THEORY OF SELF-GRAVITY DENSITY WAVES -- Abstract -- 1.Introduction -- 2.Dynamical Equilibrium -- 3.Oscillation Spectrum -- 4.Turbulent Heating -- 5.Turbulent Viscosity -- 6.Numerical Simulations -- 7.Conclusion -- Acknowledgements -- Appendix A: The Effect of Collisions -- Appendix B: On the Solutions of Gasdynamical Equations in the Form of Normal Modes -- References -- CONTINUOUS WAVELET TRANSFORM AS AN EFFECTIVE TOOL FOR THE DETECTING OF SATURN RINGS' STRUCTURE -- Abstract -- 1.Introduction: Various Structures in Saturn Rings -- 2.Wavelet Methods for Extraction of Structures -- 3.Complex Continuous Wavelet Transform and Fields of Its Applications.

4.Conclusion and Perspectives -- References -- SPACE SCIENCE APPLICATIONS OF AEROGELS -- ABSTRACT -- 1. AEROGELS -- 2. HYPERVELOCITY PARTICLE CAPTURE -- 3. THERMAL INSULATION -- 4. CRYOGENIC FLUID CONTAINMENT -- 5. CONCLUSION -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- REFERENCES -- ORIGIN AND EARLY EVOLUTION OF THE ATMOSPHERES AND OCEANS ON THE TERRESTRIAL PLANETS -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- DEHYDRATION AND DECARBONATION DURING ACCRETION -- THERMAL MODELS OF THE PLANETS -- H2O AND CO2 IN/ON THE TERRESTRIAL PLANETS -- ESTIMATE OF THE CO2 INVENTORY -- CONCLUSION -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- REFERENCES -- DYNAMICS AND DISRUPTION MECHANISMS OF ASTEROIDS: ORIGIN OF NEAR-EARTH OBJECTS AND CONSEQUENCES ON THEIR PHYSICAL PROPERTIES -- Abstract -- 1.Introduction -- 2.Origin and Characterization of the Near-Earth Object Population -- 3.Material Strength of Asteroids: Basic Concepts -- 4.Rotation Rates and Implications on the Strength of Small Bodies -- 5.Tidal Disruption of Small Bodies -- 6.Collisional Disruption of Small Bodies -- 7.Conclusion -- References -- HILDA ASTEROIDS IN THE JUPITER NEIGHBORHOOD -- Abstract -- 1.Introduction -- 2.Hilda Asteroid Group -- 3.Dynamical Evolution of Hilda Asteroids Removed from the Resonance -- 4.Relation with JFCs -- 5.Impact Cratering on the Galilean System -- 6.Conclusion -- References -- OBSERVATION OF CHAOTIC PROCESSES IN EARTH ROTATION -- ABSTRACT -- 1. INTRODUCTION -- 2. THE EARTH'S ROTATION: SYNTHETIC DESCRIPTION -- 3. LIMITATIONS OF THE METHOD OF ANALYSIS USED -- 4. NONLINEAR TIME SERIES ANALYSIS: OVERVIEW, SYNTHETIC DESCRIPTION -- 5. APPLICATION TO EARTH ROTATION STUDIES -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- AGRICULTURE ON EARTH AND ON MARS -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- CHARACTERISTICS OF AGRICULTURE ON EARTH AND ON MARS -- CREATION OF AGRICULTURE ON MARS -- ARK FOR INITIATING MARTIAN AGRICULTURE -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES.

THE GEOLOGY OF THE VENUSIAN PLAINS -- ABSTRACT -- 1. INTRODUCTION -- 2. VOLCANISM -- 3. TECTONISM -- 4. CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- EUROPA: NEW HORIZONS FOR ASTROBIOLOGY -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- EUROPA'S SURFACE: A COMPLEX GEOLOGIC RECORD -- THICKNESS OF THE ICY SHELL -- THERMAL STATE OF THE ICY SHELL -- LIMITING FACTORS FOR LIFE IN EUROPA -- WHERE LOOK FOR? -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- NEUTRON DOSIMETRY INSIDE THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- EXPERIMENTS -- RESULTS -- DOSE EQUIVALENT -- FUTURE PLAN FOR NEUTRON DOSIMETRY IN SPACE -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- INDEX.