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Space chronicles : facing the ultimate frontier
- Title
- Space chronicles : facing the ultimate frontier / Neil deGrasse Tyson ; edited by Avis Lang.
- Author
- Tyson, Neil deGrasse
- Publication
- New York : W.W. Norton, [2012]
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Details
- Additional Authors
- Lang, Avis
- Description
- xv, 364 pages : illustrations; 25 cm
- Summary
- Astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson presents his views on the future of space travel and America's role in that future, giving his readers an eye-opening manifesto on the importance of space exploration for America's economy, security, and morale.
- Subject
- Note
- Includes index.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- pt. 1: Why. The allure of space ; Exoplanet Earth ; Extraterrestrial life ; Evil aliens ; Killer asteroids ; Destined for the stars ; Why explore ; The anatomy of wonder ; Happy birthday, NASA ; The next fifty years in space ; Space options ; Paths to discovery -- pt. 2: How. To fly ; Going ballistic ; Race to space ; 2001 : fact vs. Fiction ; Launching the right stuff ; Things are looking up ; For the love of Hubble ; Happy anniversary, Apollo 11 ; How to reach the sky ; The last days of the space shuttle ; Propulsion for deep space ; Balancing acts ; Happy anniversary, Star Trek ; How to prove you've been abducted by aliens ; The future of US space travel -- pt. 3: Why not. Space travel troubles ; Reaching for the stars ; America and the emergent space powers ; Delusions of space enthusiasts ; Perchance to dream ; By the numbers ; Ode to Challenger, 1986 ; Spacecraft behaving badly ; What NASA means to America's future -- Epilogue: The cosmic perspective. -- Appendix A. National Aeronautics and Space Act of 1958, as ammended -- Appendix B. Selected statutory provisions applicable to NASA -- Appendix C.A half century of NASA spending 1959-2010 -- NASA spending 1959-2010 -- NASA spending as a percentage of US Federal Governement spending and of US GDP 1959-2010 -- Space budget: global 2010 -- Space budgets: US and non-US governments 2010.
- Call Number
- Sc E 15-1769
- ISBN
- 9780393082104
- 0393082105
- LCCN
- 2011032481
- OCLC
- 738350129
- Author
- Tyson, Neil deGrasse, author.
- Title
- Space chronicles : facing the ultimate frontier / Neil deGrasse Tyson ; edited by Avis Lang.
- Publisher
- New York : W.W. Norton, [2012]
- Edition
- First edition
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Local Note
- Schomburg copy with dust jacket.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Local Subject
- Black author.
- Added Author
- Lang, Avis, editor.
- Research Call Number
- Sc E 15-1769JBE 18-1079