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Beyond: Our Future in Space James Webb Telescope Orbiting through space nearly a million miles from Earth the Webb telescope will open up new expanses of the near and distant universe to our view. Exoplanet Exploration: Planets Beyond our Solar System Exoplanet Exploration: Planets Beyond our Solar System. Current news discoveries data and interactive 3-D visualizations of exoplanets from NASA. NASA's Journey to Mars NASA NASA.gov brings you the latest images videos and news from America's space agency. Get the latest updates on NASA missions watch NASA TV live and learn about our ... NASA Missions A-Z NASA NASA.gov brings you the latest images videos and news from America's space agency. Get the latest updates on NASA missions watch NASA TV live and learn about our ... Space.com: NASA Space Exploration and Astronomy News Get the latest space exploration innovation and astronomy news. Space.com celebrates humanity's ongoing expansion across the final frontier. 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Free wallpaper downloads. Rank: #699802 in BooksPublished on: 2016-03-07Original language: EnglishNumber of items: 1Dimensions: 8.30" h x .90" w x 5.60" l, .0 pounds Binding: Paperback336 pages 1 of 1 people found the following review helpful.A scientist's view of humanity's future among the starsBy Mal WarwickA colony on Mars ReallySome of us grasp the existential crisis humanity faces today, and fear that global climate change, an asteroid collision, a super volcano, a viral pandemic, or some other easily imaginable catastrophe could put an end to the human project — if not the human race — by the beginning of the next century. By contrast, congenital optimists foresee a glorious future for humanity among the stars. Here, for example, is astronomer Chris Impey, writing about Our Future in Space: “the space industry may be where the Internet was in 1995, ready to soar. . . Leaving Earth may soon be cheap and safe enough that it becomes an activity for the masses rather than the experience of a privileged few.” Others take a similar view — Stephen Hawking, for instance, who asserts that “the human race doesn’t have a future unless it goes into space.”So, if you’re wedded to a gloomy view of our species’ destiny, you probably won’t enjoy this book. For my part, there’s just enough of the optimist left in me to find Chris Impey’s vision intriguing. Not totally convincing — I’m still wringing my hands over climate change and a possible pandemic — but well argued and totally grounded in a deep understanding of science.Here is Impey’s thesis: “The itch that led our ancestors to risk everything to travel in small boats across large bodies of water like the Pacific Ocean is related to the drive that will one day lead us to colonize Mars.” This “itch,” Impey argues, arises from our DNA. Today, hardly more than 500 human beings have left our planetary home to venture into space, most of them barely so, in orbital and sub-orbital trips. Tomorrow — by mid-century, Impey believes — tens of thousands will have had that experience and dozens will be setting up our first permanent home on Mars.Don’t think for a minute that Impey is some starry-eyed fantasist: first and foremost, he’s a scientist. Our Future in Space is laid out in three parts: Present, Future, and Beyond. At each level, the author grounds his story in facts. He describes the origins of the US space program in Wernher von Braun’s V-2 rockets and the arms race with the USSR. In discussing the challenges of the next several decades, he is unrelentingly honest: “traveling into space is four hundred times more dangerous than flying but only twice as risky as driving.” This is not a throwaway line; Impey cites the statistics to prove this. In fact, he draws on a fount of fascinating numbers, explaining that today’s spacecraft are “mostly just hauling fuel around: the actual payload was 4 percent for the Saturn V and 1 percent for the Space Shuttle.” Even in Beyond, where Impey ventures far into a possible future among the stars, his feet remain firmly planted on terra firma. Though he draws analogies from Star Trek and science fiction novels, he never leaves the reader in any doubt that he is fully aware it’s all speculation.Chris Impey is a University Distinguished Professor and Deputy Head of the Department of Astronomy at the University of Arizona. He’s also a prolific author. Our Future in Space is his eighth book.1 of 1 people found the following review helpful.Interesting, but ultimately disappointingBy Bill B.While I found parts of this book interesting, it was mostly just a rehash of the same tired old information that would already be known by the kind of people who would be interested by it in the first place. It also failed to discuss in any detailed way actual proposals to explore and expand into space.Additionally, the book could use some judicious editing. It directly contradicts itself in places, the grammar is occasionally rough, and rather than flowing smoothly, it tends to meander and double back on itself, often repeating previous information or imparting facts and anecdotes that seem to have little to do with the subject at hand.Finally, I was disappointed by the length of the book. The book proper ends at 65 percent, with fully 35 percent dedicated to footnotes, bibliography, and acknowledgments. This ratio seems a little skewed to me.This book is not without merit, but this diamond in the rough needs a lot of polishing.1 of 1 people found the following review helpful.Good but a little unevenBy CustomerIf I could, I would give it 3 1/2 stars. Seemed somewhat uneven. I know it wasn't meant to be a history of space flight, but I thought there were some historical events that were either glossed over, or their implications weren't discussed. More so, I got a little tired of reading about the current space entrepreneurs. I suppose the author was trying to give us Americans the hint that this is the way of the future for the US space program, but he seemed to go on and on about them and it bordered on hero worship. The most interesting part of the book was the on the future of space exploration. The author offers some very interesting and novel ideas on how we can continue to explore space. Many of his ideas seem obtainable in the near future.It was a worthwhile read, I am not in a big rush to go out an read his other books on the subject of space and astrophysics.See all 30 customer reviews... Space News - Space Facts Updates and Information Get the latest on developments in space. ... 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