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200   $aBeyond Earth: Our Path to a New Home in the Planets
205   $aUnabridged edition.
210   $cRandom House
330   $aFrom 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)  
701   $aWohlforth$b Charles$01128129
701   $aAmanda R. Hendrix$b Ph.D$01747617
701   $aDamron$b Will$01747618
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