BEYOND Our Future in Space Chris Impey New York: W. W. Norton & Co., April 2015 |
Rating: 4.5 High |
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ISBN-13 978-0-393-23930-0 | ||||
ISBN-10 0-393-23930-6 | 321pp. | HC/BWI | $27.95 |
PREFACE | xi | |
PART I. PRELUDE | 1 | |
1. | Dreaming of Beyond | 5 |
2. | Rockets and Bombs | 21 |
3. | Send in the Robots | 27 |
PART II. PRESENT | 59 | |
4. | Revolution Is Coming | 63 |
5. | Meet the Entrepreneurs | 81 |
6. | Beyond the Horizon | 99 |
7. | A Plethora of Planets | 118 |
PART III. FUTURE | 135 | |
8. | The Next Space Race | 139 |
9. | Our Next Home | 157 |
10. | Remote Sensing | 173 |
11. | Living Off-Earth | 192 |
PART IV. BEYOND | 209 | |
12. | Journey to the Stars | 213 |
13. | Cosmic Companionship | 233 |
14. | A Universe Made for Us | 248 |
NOTES | 265 | |
CREDITS | 295 | |
INDEX | 297 |