Doomsday Asteroid: Can We Survive? (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781573922715)

""One of their more frightening conclusions is that the risk of death in the next 50 years from a collision with an asteroid is greater than that from an airline crash or any other type of natural catastrophe. This very readable book looks at not only the horrors involved in a collision, but at the great benefits we could accumulate from mining and capturing these celestial neighbors."Rocky Mountain News". . . informative, reasoned and interesting."San Diego Union-Tribune". . . a serious look at the possibilities of asteroid and comet impacts on Earth and what can be done to predict and prevent them. . . . a comprehensive look at the threats these objects are to the Earth. They also do a good job showing the limitless possibilities for developing these asteroids in space - a combination not usually found in other books."Spaceviews

Author: Donald W. Cox, P. E. James H. Chestek
ISBN-10: 1573922714
ISBN-13: 9781573922715
Publisher: Prometheus Books
Language: English
Published: 06/01/1998
Pages: 342
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.18lbs
Size: 8.97h x 6.03w x 0.90d