Space Exploration: Past, Present, Future (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781445656038)

Humanity has always looked to the stars, but it hasn't been until relatively recently that we have managed to travel into space. Carolyn Collins Petersen takes us on a journey from the first space pioneers and their work, through the First World Warled technological advances in rocketry that formed the basis for the Space Age, to the increasing corporate interest in space. This detailed examination of our steps into space is viewed from our potential future there - on Mars to be exact - and considers how we will reach that point. The author concludes with our current advances and our immediate ambitions in space exploration. The future and its scientific possibilities are enthralling: who will be the first to step on Mars? Will matter/antimatter annihilations take us to the Kuiper Belt, or will it be ion propulsion? What is the Alcubierre Warp Drive? Will it take us to the stars?

Author: Carolyn Collins Petersen
ISBN-10: 1445656035
ISBN-13: 9781445656038
Publisher: Amberley Publishing
Language: English
Published: 11/15/2017
Pages: 288
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.25lbs
Size: 9.40h x 6.40w x 1.10d

Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 05/07/2018