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Title: |
The Farthest Shore |
| Sub-title: |
A 21st Century Guide to Space |
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| Edited by: |
Joseph N Pelton, Angelia P Bukley |
| ISBN10-13: |
1926592077 : 9781926592077 |
| Illustrations: |
39 b/w photos, 54 b/w illus, 12 charts & 10 tables |
| Format: |
Paperback |
| Size: |
175x255mm |
| Pages: |
416 |
| Weight: |
.650 Kg. |
| Published: |
Apogee Books (US) - March 2010 |
| List Price: |
17.99 Pounds Sterling |
| Availability: |
Reprint under Consideration
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| Subjects: |
Popular astronomy & space |
| This is a comprehensive new guide to space systems and exploration in the 21st century. Spanning a broad range of disciplines the reader can find out about all aspects of space, from how we use space to deal with global warming to the latest in space tourism. World experts, from astronauts and astrophysicists to space zoologists, tell us about the different ways we can use space to survive on Earth or create totally new industries. This book, largely written in narrative form, explains how we use space in our lives in ways that continue to expand wider and wider every year. The book is designed so that everyone from high school students to news reporters, from sci-fi fans to space groupies, can acquire a broad-based understanding of all the things that outer space represents to humans today -- and tomorrow. It is unique in its wide, thorough and international approach, with authors drawn from around the world. |
| Table of Contents: |
| The Farthest Shore: A 21st Century Guide to Space; Humans & Space, Stories, Images, Music & Dance; Space Stories; The Future of Space; The Universe & Us; Satellites in Service to Humanity; Systems & Spacecraft; Space Missions & Programs -- Why & How we Go to Space; Space Policy, Law & Security; Life in Space for Life on Earth; Creating Space Markets: Understanding the Economic Rationale; The Meaning of it All; Index. |
| Reviews: |
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"contains some black & white illustrations, but this is no picture book. It's a chance to read what some of the key players in the space endeavour think about prospects for space exploration & development in the 21st century. It's a largely optimistic tale." - Spaceflight, January 2011 Vol. 53
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