01949ojm 2200241z- 450 99101362240033211-5247-0361-3(CKB)3710000000915959(VLeBooks)9781524703615(EXLCZ)99371000000091595920231107c2016uuuu -u- -engBeyond Earth: Our Path to a New Home in the PlanetsUnabridged edition.Random HouseFrom 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 travel-realities that have hampered NASA's efforts ever since the Challenger disaster.   In Beyond Earth, Charles Wohlforth and Amanda R.Hendrix offer groundbreaking research and argue persuasively that not Mars, but Titan-a moon of Saturn with a nitrogen atmosphere, a weather cycle, and an inexhaustible supply of cheap energy, where we will even be able to fly like birds in the minimal gravitational field-offers the most realistic and thrill-ing prospect of life without support from Earth. (With 8 pages of color illustrations)  Wohlforth Charles1128129Amanda R. Hendrix Ph.D1747617Damron Will1747618AUDIO9910136224003321Beyond Earth: Our Path to a New Home in the Planets4179764UNINA