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Synopsis
With plans to launch hotels into orbit and experiments in suspending and reanimating life for ultra-long-distance travel, private companies and entrepreneurs have outpaced NASA which is bogged down by terrestrial concerns as the leaders in the new space race. With accessible prose and relentless curiosity, Chris Impey reports on China s plan to launch its own space station by 2020, proves that humans could survive on Mars, and unveils cutting-edge innovations such as the space elevators poised to replace rockets at a fraction of the cost. Setting mankind s urge toward exploration in the context of all human history and space travel thus far, he shows that the present-day scientists mapping billions of Earth-like exo-planets are the descendants of the first humans to venture out of Africa. We must forge ahead, argues Beyond, because exploration is in our DNA."
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In Beyond, by far my favorite of his books to date, Chris Impey speaks of an explorer gene that has propelled humanity from Africa to the Moon. I suspect Impey of harboring that particular gene himself, given the enthusiasm he brings to this swashbuckling story of the coming human presence in space. Though my own DNA may be lacking, this book prepares me to follow him into the inevitable. --Dava Sobel, author of Longitude
...an irresistible, highly readable book.-- Monica Grady, British space scientist Impey has done a brilliant job of introducing us to the entrepreneurs that have made and are making space exploration possible...a compelling book with great attention to detail and science that is awe-inspiring - it is a stellar read indeed. --Astronomy Now Magazine
[Impey's] vision of space includes noble colonists on interstellar adventures, but also zero gravity sex motels. It has nations working together for the good of humanity, but also battles over planetary property ownership. The space exploration of Impey s imagination is powered by a rocket fuel far more combustible than idealism: money. --The Times
From the Author
Chris Impey is a Distinguished Professor at the University of Arizona. In addition to his critically acclaimed books How It Begins and How It Ends, he has written two astronomy textbooks and has won many teaching awards. He lives in Tucson, Arizona.
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- PublisherW. W. Norton & Company
- Publication date2015
- ISBN 10 0393239306
- ISBN 13 9780393239300
- BindingHardcover
- Number of pages336
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