Ergebnis für "hard les" in Weltraumerkundung

In den finsteren Weiten des inneren Asteroidengürtels hoffen die Bergbauastronauten Walter Adams und Tiziana Fontana, reiche Vorkommen an Gold, Platin und Seltenen Erden im gerade freigegebenen neuen Sektor zu entdecken. Doch als sie ein rätselhaftes Signal empfangen, stoßen sie auf ein pechschwarzes, mysteriöses fremdes Objekt. Nicht nur Walters Arbeitgeber, Wayaki Industries, erwartet schnelle Antworten: Auch zwei konkurrierende Konzerne haben längst Kurs auf das Objekt genommen. Was als Wettlauf um Profit begann, verwandelt sich in eine grausame Prüfung um Leben und Tod.

A Fire Upon the Deep is the big, breakout book that fulfills the promise of Vinge's career to date: a gripping tale of galactic war told on a cosmic scale. Thousands of years hence, many races inhabit a universe where a mind's potential is determined by its location in space, from...

Die Mission: Einen toten Planeten retten – ein paar Tausend Jahre zu spät. Matt steht mitten im Leben, als ihm eine tödliche Diagnose nur noch wenige Monate lässt. Doch das Ende ist erst der Anfang: Eine mysteriöse Systeminstanz bietet ihm die Chance, als Held auf der paradiesischen Welt Gaia wiedergeboren zu werden. Die Realität: Ein System-Error. Anstelle eines Paradieses findet Matt eine karge und verlassene Einöde vor.

After thousands of years searching, humans stand on the verge of first contact with an alien race. Two human groups: the Qeng Ho, a culture of free traders, and the Emergents, a ruthless society based on the technological enslavement of minds.The group that opens trade with the aliens will reap...

Weaponized is a thrilling far-future adventure by acclaimed science fiction author Neal Asher. A bright new future for humanity – or a dark and inescapable past. Ursula has lived twice the normal human lifespan, courtesy of the latest technology. But now she’s struggling to find excitement...

This program includes original sound design. From science fiction visionary Annalee Newitz comes The Terraformers, a sweeping, uplifting, and illuminating exploration of the future. Destry's life is dedicated to terraforming Sask-E. As part of the Environmental Rescue Team, she cares for the...

The Three-Body Problem meets Annihilation in this epic science fiction novel by an astrophysicist, following an enclave of humans fighting for survival outside an alien megastructure, struggling to decode a cryptic language that will either return them to Earth or help them endure the savage...

Fresh from his latest collaboration with Terry Pratchett on the Long Earth sequence Stephen Baxter now returns to the mysteries and challanges first hinted at in his acclaimed novel PROXIMA. In PROXIMA we discovered ancient alien artifacts on the planet of Per Ardua - hatches that allowed us to...

In 2014, the ESA spacecraft Rosetta lands a small probe named Philae on 67P, a Jupiter-family comet. The lander goes radio-silent two years later. Suddenly, in 2026, scientists receive new transmissions from the comet. Motivated by findings that are initially sensational but soon turn frightening, NASA dispatches a crewed spacecraft to the comet. But as the ship approaches the mysterious celestial body, the connection to the astronauts soon breaks. Now it seems nothing can be done anymore to stop the looming dark danger that threatens Earth....

Master storyteller Ben Bova continues his multi-volume "Grand Tour" saga chronicling humanity's exploration of near space with TITAN, a fast-paced thriller focused on the first manned mission to the Solar System's most intriguing world. Skillfully blending high drama, passionate characters and...

In the far reaches of the solar system, the outer planets - billions of miles from Earth, unknown for millennia - are being settled. Neptune, the ice giant, is swathed in clouds of hydrogen, helium, and methane and circled by rings of rock and dust. Three years ago, Ilona Magyr’s father, Miklos, disappeared while exploring the seas of Neptune. Everyone believes he is dead - crushed, frozen, or boiled alive in Neptune’s turbulent seas.

The Dusahn Empire has been contained for the moment. But there is much work to be done in order to keep them from reasserting their dominance over the Pentaurus sector. As much as Captain Scott wants to see the Empire destroyed, he may have no choice but to find a way to coexist with them.

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