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Beyond Earth: The Future of Humans in Space
by Bob Krone
Available from Powells Used Books
$27.95
on 8-23-2008
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Features
ISBN Number: 9781894959414
Subtitle: The Future of Humans in Space
Author: Krone, PhD, Bob
Foreword: Mitchell, Edgar, PhD
Editor: Krone, PhD, Bob
Editor: Cox, Kenneth
Editor: Krone, Bob, PhD
Editor: Morris, Langdon
Publisher: Apogee Books
Subject: Astrophysics & Space Science
Copyright: 2006
Publication Date: May 2006
Cover Type: Paperback
Written in: English
Illustrations: Y
Number of Pages: 296
Book Size: 992x708x68 119
Providing a foundation for space planners and anyone interested in human settlement in the solar system, this book theorizes about the near future, when the heretofore significant steps of humankind-- traveling to the moon and building space stations-- will be dwarved by new progress. Scholars and scientists raise and answer such questions as "Why does space matter to us? What will ordinary life be like in space?" and "What will our homes be like on Mars or the Moon? "This collection of findings by professionals documents important research, laying the bricks for space-faring civilizations and even consults future space-dwellers-- kids-- for their visions. Working from the assumption that humankind has a biological need to explore and improve the quality of life, the wide variety of contributors successfully argue that space as a future human habitat is not simply possible, but manifest.
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