Beyond Earth Our Path to a New Home in the Planets

Name: Beyond Earth Our Path to a New Home in the Planets
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ISBN: 9780804172424

ISBN-10: 0804172420

ISBN-13: 9780804172424

Edition: N/A

Authors: Charles Wohlforth, Amanda R. Hendrix

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From a leading planetary scientist and an award-winning science writer, a propulsive account of the developments and initiatives that have transformed the dream of space colonization into something that may well be achievable. We are at the cusp of a golden age in space science, as increasingly more entrepreneurs--Elon Musk, Richard Branson, Jeff Bezos--are seduced by the commercial potential of human access to space. But Beyond Earth does not offer another wide-eyed technology fantasy: instead, it is grounded not only in the human capacity for invention and the appeal of adventure but also in the bureaucratic, political, and scientific realities that present obstacles to space…

Book details

List price: $23.00
Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Publication date: 10/17/2017
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 336
Size: 5.17" wide x 7.96" long x 0.71" tall
Weight: 0.638
Language: English