Beyond :
Impey, Chris.
Beyond : our future in space / Chris Impey. - 1st ed. - New York ; London : W. W. Norton & Company, 2015. - xii, 321 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Human exploration has been an unceasing engine of technological progress, from the first homo sapiens to leave our African cradle to a future in which mankind promises to settle another world. Beyond tells the epic story of humanity leaving home-and how humans will soon thrive in the vast universe beyond the earth. A dazzling and propulsive voyage through space and time, Beyond reveals how centuries of space explorers-from the earliest stargazers to today's cutting-edge researchers-all draw inspiration from an innate human emotion: wanderlust. This urge to explore led us to multiply around the globe, and it can be traced in our DNA. Today, the urge to discover manifests itself in jaw-dropping ways: plans for space elevators poised to replace rockets at a fraction of the cost; experiments in suspending and reanimating life for ultra-long-distance travel; prototypes for solar sails that coast through space on the momentum of microwaves released from the Earth. - See dust jacket.
9780393239300 : (hbk.)
Astronautics--Forcasting--Popular works.
Astronautics--History.
Outer space--Exploration.
Manned space flights.
629.401
Beyond : our future in space / Chris Impey. - 1st ed. - New York ; London : W. W. Norton & Company, 2015. - xii, 321 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Human exploration has been an unceasing engine of technological progress, from the first homo sapiens to leave our African cradle to a future in which mankind promises to settle another world. Beyond tells the epic story of humanity leaving home-and how humans will soon thrive in the vast universe beyond the earth. A dazzling and propulsive voyage through space and time, Beyond reveals how centuries of space explorers-from the earliest stargazers to today's cutting-edge researchers-all draw inspiration from an innate human emotion: wanderlust. This urge to explore led us to multiply around the globe, and it can be traced in our DNA. Today, the urge to discover manifests itself in jaw-dropping ways: plans for space elevators poised to replace rockets at a fraction of the cost; experiments in suspending and reanimating life for ultra-long-distance travel; prototypes for solar sails that coast through space on the momentum of microwaves released from the Earth. - See dust jacket.
9780393239300 : (hbk.)
Astronautics--Forcasting--Popular works.
Astronautics--History.
Outer space--Exploration.
Manned space flights.
629.401