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Living Off the Land in Space

Green Roads to the Cosmos

Gebonden Engels 2007 2007e druk 9780387360546
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This book presents a visionary concept for future development of space travel. It describes the enabling technology for future propulsion concepts and demonstrates how mankind will ‘live off the land in space’ in migration from Earth. For the next few millennia at least (barring breakthroughs), the human frontier will include the solar system and the nearest stars. Will it be better to settle the Moon, Mars, or a nearby asteroid and what environments can we expect to find in the vicinity of nearby stars? These are questions that need to be answered if mankind is to migrate into space.

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ISBN13:9780387360546
Taal:Engels
Bindwijze:gebonden
Aantal pagina's:247
Uitgever:Springer New York
Druk:2007

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The Old Frontier.- The New Frontier.- The Rocket and Its Limits.- The First “Green” Space Technologies.- Probes to the Planets:Where We've Been on Our Journey.- Probes to the Stars:Concept Studies.- Breaking Out into Space:Visionary Futures.- Thinking Interstellar.- Technological Readiness.- Space Brakes(“Living of the Land” by Using a Planetary Atmosphere).- The Ion Trial.- The Orbital Steam Locomotive.- Sky Clippers.- Art or Science?.- Space Beanstalks.- Chemical Propulsion for Space Exploration: Good for Yesterday,Today and Tomorrow.- Human Exploration.- Defending the Earth.- Space Miners.- Some Exotic Possibilities.- Sights on Centauras.

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