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Beyond : our future in space / Chris Impey.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York : W.W. Norton & Company, [2015]Edition: First editionDescription: 321 pages: 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780393239300
  • 0393239306 : HRD
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 629.401/12 23
Contents:
Dreaming of beyond -- Rockets and bombs -- Send in the robots -- Revolution is coming -- Meet the entrepreneurs -- Beyond the horizon -- A plethora of planets -- The next space race -- Our next home -- Remote sensing -- Living off-Earth -- Journey to thestars -- Cosmic companionship -- A universe made for us.
Summary: 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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Item type Current library Home library Collection Call number Status Date due Barcode
Book Chanute Public Library Adult Non-Fiction Chanute Public Library Adult Books 629.401 IMP (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 34316002380087
Book Independence Public Library Adult Non-Fiction Independence Public Library Adult Books 629.4 IMPEY (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 36123001575982

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Dreaming of beyond -- Rockets and bombs -- Send in the robots -- Revolution is coming -- Meet the entrepreneurs -- Beyond the horizon -- A plethora of planets -- The next space race -- Our next home -- Remote sensing -- Living off-Earth -- Journey to thestars -- 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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