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Human spaceflight : from Mars to the stars
- Title
- Human spaceflight : from Mars to the stars / Louis Friedman.
- Author
- Friedman, Louis
- Publication
- Tucson : The University of Arizona Press, [2015]
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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| Text | Request in advance | TL788.5 .F748 2015 | Off-site |
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- Description
- viii, 150 pages; 23 cm
- Summary
- "This book explores the future of human presence in space and the possibility of interstellar travel beyond Mars. Friedman offers viable, cost effective, and intriguing insights into current and future technologies that could expand humanity's concept of not only life on Earth but also life in space"--Provided by publisher.
- Subjects
- Note
- Includes index.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- Introduction -- The human future in space -- Lighting the path : solar sails and interstellar travel -- Sailcraft in turbulent political and technical waters -- The planetary society and solar sailing -- Interstellar precursors and the 100 Year StarshipTM -- A mission to the solar gravitational lens focus -- Extending human presence, not humans -- Creating a multi-planet species : humans to Mars -- Stepping stones to Mars -- Implications and conclusions -- Appendix : a human Mars mission.
- ISBN
- 9780816531462
- 0816531463
- LCCN
- 2015005908
- OCLC
- ocn907272392
- 907272392
- SCSB-5888391
- Owning Institutions
- Columbia University Libraries