Entering Space: Creating a Spacefaring Civilization"Robert Zubrin is a true engineering genius like the heroic engineers of the past." --Frederick Turner, American Enterprise Using nuts-and-bolts engineering and a unique grasp of human history, Robert Zubrin takes us to the not-very-distant future, when our global society will branch out into the universe. From the current-day prospect of lunar bases and Mars settlements to the outer reaches of other galaxies, Zubrin delivers the most important and forward-looking work on space and the true possibilities of human exploration since Carl Sagan's Cosmos. Sagan himself said of Zubrin's humans-to-Mars plan, "Bob Zubrin really, nearly alone, changed our thinking on this issue." With Entering Space, he takes us further, into the prospect of human expansion to the outer planets of our own solar system--and beyond. |
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... extraterrestrial outposts could be quite nearby . If L is smaller , we may have a fair space of open range . But either way , one thing seems rather certain : They're out there . Plenty of them . THE SEARCH FOR EXTRATERRESTRIAL ...
... extraterrestrial intelligence but possibly reveal significant in- formation about the nature , location , and technological acumen of at least one ET variety . It must be assumed , however , that any such craft would be designed and ...
... extraterrestrial imperative , 275–76 extraterrestrial life , xvii , 247–73 detecting starships of , 262-69 , 266 , 267 , 268 on Europa , 174-75 on Mars , xv , 16 , 17 , 110-13 , 117 , 248 panspermia and , 250-53 population and ...