Beyond Earth: Our Path to a New Home in the Planets
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| Rating | : | 4.78 (845 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B01M9FDYSM |
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| Number of Pages | : | 278 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-10-21 |
| Language | : | English |
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From a leading planetary scientist and an award-winning science writer: a propulsive account of the developments and initiatives that have transformed the dream of space colonization into something that may well be achievable.We are at the cusp of a golden age in space science, as increasingly more entrepreneurs - Elon Musk, Richard Branson, Jeff Bezos - are seduced by the commercial potential of human access to space. But Beyond Earth does not offer another wide-eyed technology fantasy: instead it is grounded not only in the human capacity for invention and the appeal of adventure but also in the bureaucratic, political, and scientific realities that present obstacles to space travel - realities that have hampered NASA's efforts ever since the Challenger fiasco. In Beyond Earth, the authors offer groundbreaking research and argue persuasively that not Mars but Titan - a moon of Saturn with a nitrogen atmosphere, a weather cycle, and an inexhaustible supply of cheap energy, where we will be able to fly like birds in the minimal gravitational field - offers the most realistic and thrilling prospect of life without support from Earth.
Wikileaker said Interesting concept but flaky science, alot of hype and magical thinking, ignores all other space concepts. Beyond Earth is an interesting project but with some major problems in its science. To make these easier to find, first allow me to mention four other books having to do with long-duration spaceflight that the beginner will benefit from more: The High Frontier: Human Colonies in Space, Prospects for Interstellar Travel), The Starflight Handbook, and Entering Space: Creating a Sp. "The basic premise and writing is good, but it is a bit too slanted in" according to Michel Poulin. The basic premise and writing is good, but it is a bit too slanted in order to support nearly exclusively the authors' proposition that Titan, rather than Mars, should be colonized by humans in the future. Some actual facts are kind of 'overlooked' so that they would not impinge the authors' pet project. Also, the idea of writing sub-chapters showing what the future could bring . Bad science Pär Tyskling Interesting ide with titan but the author got it all wrong. He believes you can extract unlimited energy by burning the local hydrocarbones with oxygen extracted by electrolyting water. Makes no sense at all. The energy requiered to do the electrolysys process is the same or higher than what you gain from burbing that fuel. The hydrocarbones on titan is of no use to us energy wi