Entering Space : Creating a Spacefaring Civilization

by Zubrin, Robert

• ISBN13: 9781585420360
• ISBN10: 1585420360
• Edition: Reprint
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2000-08-07
• Publisher: Tarcher

Summary

"Robert Zubrin is a true engineering genius like the heroic engineers of the past." -- Frederick Turner, American Enterprise Using nuts-and-bolts engineering and a unique grasp of human history, Robert Zubrin takes us to the not-very-distant future, when our global society will branch out into the universe. From the current-day prospect of lunar bases and Mars settlements to the outer reaches of other galaxies, Zubrin delivers the most important and forward-looking work on space and the true possibilities of human exploration since Carl Sagan's Cosmos. Sagan himself said of Zubrin's humans-to-Mars plan, " Bob Zubrin really, nearly alone, changed our thinking on this issue." With Entering Space, he takes us further, into the prospect of human expansion to the outer planets of our own solar system--and beyond.

Author Biography

Robert Zubrin is an internationally renowned astronautical engineer and the acclaimed author of The Case for Mars. NASA recently adapted his humans-to-Mars mission plan. A former senior engineer at Lockheed Martin, Zubrin is the founder of Pioneer Astronautics, a successful space exploration and development firm. He lives in Indian Hills, Colorado.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	viii
Introduction	ix
TYPE I:COMPLETING GLOBAL CIVILIZATION
On the Threshold of the Universe	3	(18)
The Age of Dinosaurs	21	(18)
The New Space Race	39	(19)
Doing Business on Orbit	58	(21)
TYPE II: CREATING A SPACEFARING CIVILIZATION
The View from the Moon	79	(22)
Mars: The New World	101	(27)
Asteroids for Good and Evil	128	(29)
Settling the Outer Solar System	157	(30)
TYPE III: ENTERING GALACTIC CIVILIZATION
The Challenge of Interstellar Travel	187	(37)
Extraordinary Engineering	224	(23)
Meeting ET	247	(27)
North to the Stars	274	(10)
Appendix: Founding Declaration of the Mars Society	284	(2)
Glossary	286	(5)
References	291	(4)
Index	295