Beyond : : our Future in Space
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Prelude. Dreaming of beyond ; Rockets and bombs ; Send in the robots -- Present. Revolution is coming ; Meet the entrepreneurs ; Beyond the horizon ; A plethora of planets -- Future. The next space race ; Our next home ; Remote sensing ; Living off-Earth -- Beyond. Journey to the stars ; Cosmic companionship ; A universe made for us.
A report on humanity's imminent potential for living in space covers topics ranging from China's 2020 space station and the colonization of Mars to space-elevator innovations and the mapping of Earth-like exo-planets.
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PUBLISHED
New York, N.Y. : W.W. Norton & Company, [2015]
Year Published: 2015
Description: xii, 321 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.
Language: English
Format: Book
ISBN/STANDARD NUMBER
9780393239300
0393239306
SUBJECTS
Astronautics -- Forecasting.
Astronautics -- History.
Manned space flight.
Outer space -- Exploration.