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Islands in the Sky Stanley Schmidt

Islands in the Sky By Stanley Schmidt

Islands in the Sky by Stanley Schmidt


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This volume contains selected articles, originally published in Analog Magazine, concerning intriguing new ideas for the exploration and colonization of space. These range from descriptions of new types of space vehicles to proposals for interstellar travel and planetary colonization.

Islands in the Sky Summary

Islands in the Sky: Bold New Ideas for Colonizing Space by Stanley Schmidt

This volume brings together a selection of articles from Analog Magazine about intriguing new ideas for the exploration and colonization of space, from descriptions of new types of rockets and space ships, to proposals for the colonization of the planets and for interstellar travel. Analog Magazine is a respected periodical for popular science readers. Its contributors produce a range of new proposals for space travel which are scientifically plausible, including plans for the exploration of Mars, proposals for interstellar travel at the speed of light, and the concept of terraforming other planets to make them hospitable for human life.

Table of Contents

Partial table of contents:; BREAKING THE BONDS OF THE EARTH; Comes the Revolution....(G; Stine); The Hypersonic Skyhook (R. Zubrin); STEPPING INTO THE SOLAR SYSTEM; Mars Direct: A Propasal for the Rapid Exploration and Colonization of the Red Planet (R. Zubrin & D. Baker); Inward Ho!; (S. Gillet); Alien Life Between Here and the Stars (R. Forward); CREATING NEW WORLDS; Terraforming Mars (R. Zubrin & C. McKay); A Planet Dweller's Dreams (M. Fogg); ADVANCED DRIVES AND INTERSTELLAR TRAVEL; To the Stars!; (G. Woodcock); The Magnetic Sail (R. Zubrin); The Tachyon Drive: Infinite Exhaust Velocity at Zero Energy Cost (J. Cramer); The Negative Matter Space Drive (R. Forward); References.

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GOR002976890
9780471135616
0471135615
Islands in the Sky: Bold New Ideas for Colonizing Space by Stanley Schmidt
Used - Very Good
Paperback
John Wiley & Sons Inc
19960322
272
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