Space 2069: After Apollo: Back to the Moon, to Mars, and Beyond
Autor David Whitehouseen Limba Engleză Hardback – 26 aug 2020
Nearing
half
a
century
since
the
last
Apollo
mission,
mankind
has
yet
to
return
to
the
Moon,
but
that
is
about
to
change.
With
NASA’s
Artemis
program
scheduled
for
this
decade,
astronomer
David
Whitehouse
takes
a
timely
look
at
what
the
next
50
years
of
space
exploration
have
in
store.
The thirteenth man and the first woman to walk on the Moon will be the first to explore the lunar south pole – the prime site for a future Moon base thanks to its near-perpetual sunlight and the presence of nearby ice.
The first crewed mission to Mars will briefly orbit the red planet in 2039, preparing the way for a future landing mission. Surviving the round trip will be the greatest challenge any astronaut has yet faced.
In the 2050s, a lander will descend to the frozen surface of Jupiter’s moon Europa and attempt to drill down to its subsurface ocean in search of life.
Based on real-world information, up-to-date scientific findings and a healthy dose of realism, Space 2069 is a mind-expanding tour of humanity’s future in space over the next 50 years.
The thirteenth man and the first woman to walk on the Moon will be the first to explore the lunar south pole – the prime site for a future Moon base thanks to its near-perpetual sunlight and the presence of nearby ice.
The first crewed mission to Mars will briefly orbit the red planet in 2039, preparing the way for a future landing mission. Surviving the round trip will be the greatest challenge any astronaut has yet faced.
In the 2050s, a lander will descend to the frozen surface of Jupiter’s moon Europa and attempt to drill down to its subsurface ocean in search of life.
Based on real-world information, up-to-date scientific findings and a healthy dose of realism, Space 2069 is a mind-expanding tour of humanity’s future in space over the next 50 years.
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9781785786464
ISBN-10: 1785786466
Pagini: 304
Ilustrații: 16 Page colour plate section
Dimensiuni: 135 x 216 x 32 mm
Greutate: 0.43 kg
Editura: Icon Books Ltd
Colecția Icon Books Ltd
Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom
ISBN-10: 1785786466
Pagini: 304
Ilustrații: 16 Page colour plate section
Dimensiuni: 135 x 216 x 32 mm
Greutate: 0.43 kg
Editura: Icon Books Ltd
Colecția Icon Books Ltd
Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom
Notă biografică
David
Whitehouse
is
a
former
BBC
Science
Correspondent
and
BBC
Science
Editor.
He
is
the
author
of
the
bestsellingApollo
11:
The
Inside
Story,and
has
written
forThe
Times,
The
Guardian,
Focus,
New
ScientistandThe
Economist.
Recenzii
‘[A]
skilful
history
of
space
exploration
…
A
realist,
Whitehouse
emphasizes
that,
without
a
major
breakthrough
in
rocket
technology,
travel
to
Mars
will
test
the
limits
of
human
endurance
and
willingness
to
bear
the
expense.
His
forecast
for
2069
is
a
struggling
18-man
international
base
on
Mars.
China
will
have
its
own.
A
fine
overview
of
the
past
and
future
of
human
space
exploration.’
'It is rare to read something that so closely mixes science fiction with reality, but Space 2069 does just that ... [It] packs a sizeable punch ... an intelligent portrait of where we may be in the next half-century.'
'Rich, topical and informative'
'It is rare to read something that so closely mixes science fiction with reality, but Space 2069 does just that ... [It] packs a sizeable punch ... an intelligent portrait of where we may be in the next half-century.'
'Rich, topical and informative'
Descriere
A
hundred
years
on
from
the
first
Moon
landing,
where
will
space
exploration
have
taken
us?