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1. Interstellar travel
   Interstellar travel Interstellar space travel is unmanned or manned travel between stars, though the term usually denotes the latter. The concept of interstellar travel has appeared in many science fiction literature and films. There is a major difference between interstellar travel and interplanetary travel, mainly in the distances involved. As a practical
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2. Interplanetary travel
   Interplanetary travel By definition, interplanetary travel is travel between bodies in a given star system. For our solar system, the velocities involved are significantly higher than those needed for orbital maneuvers. All objects in a star system are in orbit around the star; if they were not, they would have "left" the
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3. International Association of Travel Agents Network
   International Association of Travel Agents Network IATAN stands for the International Association of Travel Agents Network. They are an industry association designed to represent the interests of their member companies. In addition, they (along with the IATA are the body responsible for the standard international codes for airlines, airports, hotels, cities, and car
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4. Have Spacesuit, Will Travel
   Have Spacesuit, Will Travel Have Spacesuit - Will Travel is a science fiction novel by Robert A. Heinlein published in 1958. A boy enters an advertising-jingle contest and wins a second-hand spacesuit. He fixes it up and is walking around in it playing with the radio when a flying saucer lands, and he's
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5. Karl May
   - March 30, 1912) was a German writer noted chiefly for his wild west books set in the American West. He visited North America in 1908, well after writing his books, never getting west of Buffalo, New York. His very influential fictional accounts of the Western milieu have no direct basis in experience, but in his ingenious use of creativity, imagination and source literature (travel books, anthropological guides etc.). He wrote under many different pen names, including Capitain Ramon Diaz de la Escosura, M. Gisela, Hobble-Frank, Karl Hohenthal, D. Jam, Prinz Muhamel Lautréamont, Ernst von Linden, P. van der Löwen, Emma
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6. Karl Otfried Müller
   Böckh. In 1817, after the publication of his first work, Aegineticorum liber, he received an appointment at the Magdaleneum in Breslau, and in 1819 he was made adjunct professor of ancient literature in the university of Göttingen, his subject being the archaeology and history of ancient art. His aim was to form a vivid conception of Greek life as a whole; and his books and lectures marked an epoch in the development of Hellenic studies. Müller's position at Göttingen being rendered unpleasant by the political troubles which followed the accession of Ernest Augustus (duke of Cumberland) to the throne of Hanover
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7. Karen Connelly
   Karen Connelly Karen Connelly (b. 1969) is a Canadian poet and travel writer. Her poetry and non-fiction deals with the ideas the interaction of cutlures and languages. She currently lives in Vancouver, British Columbia. Works: The Small World's In My Body - 1990 (Winner of the Pat Lowther Award) Touch the Dragon: A Thai Journal - 1992 (Winner
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8. Kaled
   of the Daleks. In the later serial, the race are called Kaleds and have been involve 1000 d in a generations-long war of attrition with the Thals, not the short nuclear winter described previously. (The serial also suggests that the Kaleds' mutations were not as bad as implied by the earlier account, and that their development into the Daleks was engineered by the Kaled scientist Davros for his own purposes.) All later serials treated Genesis of the Daleks as the true story and used "Kaled". Several theories exist to explain the discrepencies, outside of the real one in which different production teams simply
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9. Katharine Lee Bates
   we had to leave the wagon and go the rest of the way on mules. I was very tired. But when I saw the view, I felt great joy. All the wonder of America seemed displayed there, with the sea-like expanse." The words to her one famous poem first appeared in print in The Congregationalist, a weekly journal, for Independence Day, July 4, 1895. The poem reached a wider audience when her revised version was printed in the Boston Evening Transcript, November 19, 1904. Her final expanded version was written in 1913. The hymn has been sung to other music, but
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10. Karl-Maria Kertbeny
    when he was a child—he was equally at home in Austria, Hungary or Germany. As a young man, while working as a bookseller's apprentice, Benkert had a close friend who was a homosexual. This young man killed himself after being blackmailed by an extortionist. Benkert later recalled that it was this tragic episode which led him to take a close interest in the subject of homosexuality, following what he called his "instinctive drive to take issue with every injustice." After a stint in the Hungarian army, Benkert made a living as a journalist and travel writer, and wrote at least twenty-five
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11. Kansai Gaidai University
    KGU for students who have abundant experience in the global community. The students of KGU are trying hard every year and they have had a high annual rate Clubs At Nakamiya Campus, There are 25 kinds of sports clubs. American football, Archery, Karate, Ski, Kendo, Golf, Baseball, Tennis, Soccer, Judo, Kung fu, Water sports, Soft tennis, Table tennis, Japanese karate, Handball, Basketball, Badminton, Volleyball, Boxing, Rugby, Track and field, Cheerleadering, Aviation, and Outdoors club. There are also 36 kinds of cultural clubs. FBS(radio station), Brass band, Research of English, German, Spanish, and Chinese, Flower arrangement, Calligraphy, International Communication, Guide, Tea ceremony,
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12. Kathy Tyers
    Kathy Tyers Kathy Tyers was born on July 21, 1952 in Long Beach, California. She is noted for writing science fiction and has also written a travel book and recorded two folk music CDss with her husband Mark. They currently live in Montana. Tyers graduated from Montana State University with a degree in macrobiology and, after marrying Mark, became certified to teach K-12. When her church opened a private school,
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13. Kaolack region
    Kaolack region The Kaolack region is a region in Senegal. It borders Gambia and is a common stopping point for travel between Dakar and Banjul'. Kaolack city (1988 pop. 150,961)is the administrative centre for the region. It is a port on the Saloum River. Lying in a farm area, Kaolack is a major peanut marketing and exporting center and has a large
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14. Kamisese Mara
    especially the indigenous Fijian landowners. International Achievements In the 1960s, Mara led a revolt by Pacific Islands delegates that brought about a restructuring of the South Pacific Commission. He also helpe 1000 d to launch the Pacific Islands Producers' Association. This evolved into the South Pacific Bureau for Economic Cooperation, which grew into the South Pacific Forum, an association of Pacific nations, of which Mara was a founder member. Yet another significant Mara achievement was his contribution to the negotiations that led to the signing of a new United Nations International Law of the Sea Convention in 1982. On the global stage, Mara
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15. Kent
    is about the English county of Kent. See also Kent (disambiguation). Kent is a county in England, south-east of London. The county town is Maidstone. Kent was originally one of the Saxon kingdoms of England (see Kingdom of Kent), although its name derives from one of the Celtic tribes of Britain, the Cantiaci. As the closest part of England to the continent of Europe, it has frequently been the focal point for invasion attempts, and is traditionally the major embarkation point for overseas travel. Because of its agricultural influence, extensive orchards and hop-gardens, Kent is sometimes known as the 'Garden of
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16. Keyboard technology
    Keyboard technology There are several types of keyboard, usually differentiated by the switch technology employed in their operation. Since there are so many switches needed (usually about 80-110) and because they have to be highly reliable, this usually defines the keyboard. The choice of switch technology affects key response (the positive feedback that a key has been pressed) and travel (the distance needed to push the key to reliably enter a character). Newer models use hybrids of various technologies to achieve greater cost savings. Dome switch keyboard Dome switch keyboards are kind of
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17. Kepler's laws of planetary motion
    line joining a planet and its star, sweeps out equal areas during equal intervals of time. Kepler's Third Law (1618): The square of the sidereal period, of an orbiting planet, is directly proportional to the cube of the orbit's semimajor axis. Kepler's First Law Kepler's First Law (1609): The orbit, of a planet about a star, is an ellipse with the star at one focus. There is no object at the other focus of a planet's orbit. The semimajor axis, a, is the average distance between the planet and its star. Kepler's Second Law Kepler's Second Law (1609): A line joining
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18. Kes (Star Trek)
    1/10 that of humans. She was taken into the Starship Voyager crew with her partner, Neelix. Kes has mysterious metaphysical powers that were relatively unknown, even to herself. Kes developed a close relationship with The Doctor during her time as an assistant medical technician. She left the Voyager crew when she "evolved" into a different state, but before she left she threw Voyager 20 years closer to Earth. (The Gift). She visited Voyager one more occasion, in a time-travel story.
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19. KE-penetrator
    KE-penetrator KE-penetrator is a type of ammunition using kinetic energy as the primary means of penetrating armour. Ammunition of this kind lacks explosive, so in order to successfully penetrate modern armour, the round must travel at a high velocity and the force of impact must be concentrated to a small area. These requirements have led to the round commmonly being shaped as a long sleek rod with fins at the end, similar to a dart. The
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20. Vera Caslavska
    gold at the 1966 World Championships, breaking the Soviet monopoly in that event. She was again dominant at the 1968 Summer Olympics, winning medals in all six events, winnning four (individual all-arou 1000 nd, floor, uneven bars, horse vault) and finishing twice second (team all-around and balance beam). Her use of the "Mexican Hat Dance" as the music for her floor routine made her immensly popular with the Mexican crowd. Shortly after the competitions had ended, Čáslavská married with Josef Odložil, winner of the 1500 m Olympic silver medal in 1964. For her consistent support of the Czechoslovak democratization movement (the so-called "Prague
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