Beyond Earth: Our Path to a New Home in the Planets

• Pubblicazione: Random House
• Edizione: Unabridged edition.
• Altri autori: WohlforthCharles Amanda R. HendrixPh.D DamronWill
• Sommario/riassunto: From 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)
• Titolo autorizzato: Beyond Earth: Our Path to a New Home in the Planets
• ISBN: 1-5247-0361-3
• Formato: Musica
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910136224003321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II