Going Interstellar - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1451637780 ISBN 13: 9781451637786

Publisher: Baen Books, 2012

Synopsis

• Some humans may be content staying in one place, but many of us are curious about what’s beyond the next village, the next ocean, the next horizon. Are there others like us out there? How will we reach them? Others are concerned with the survival of the species. It may be that we have to get out of Dodge before the lights go out on Earth. How can we accomplish this? Wonderful questions. Now get ready for some answers.
• Here is the science behind interstellar propulsion: reports from top tier scientists and engineers on starflight propulsion techniques that use only means and methods that we currently know are scientifically possible. Here are in-depth essays on antimatter containment, solar sails, and fusion propulsion. And the human consequences? Here is speculation by a magnificent array of award-winning SF writers on what an interstellar voyage might look like, might feel like ― might be like. It’s an all-star cast abounding with Hugo and Nebula award-winners, including Ben Bova, Mike Resnick, Jack McDevitt, Michael Bishop, and Sarah Hoyt.

About this title

About the Author

Les Johnson is a futurist, author, and NASA technologist. Publishers Weekly noted that "The spirit of Arthur C. Clarke and his contemporaries is alive and well . . ." when describing his novel, Mission to Methone. His most recent novels, The Spacetime War and Saving Proxima (with coauthor Travis S. Taylor), were published in 2021. In his day job at NASA, Les is the Chief Technologist at the Marshall Space Flight Center where he leads the center's development of next-generation space technologies--including solar sails, which he believes will eventually take us to the stars.

Edition details

• Publisher: Baen Books
• Publication date: 2012
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1451637780
• ISBN 13: 9781451637786
• Binding: Mass Market Paperback
• Number of pages: 400