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Starbound : interstellar travel and the limits of the possible / Ed Regis.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Regis, Edward, 1944- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Interstellar travel.
- Manned space flight.
- Physical Description:
- xiii, 240 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2025.
- Summary:
- "Is humankind bound for distant stars or are we inextricably bound to our own star? Can we overcome the main challenge, that even the nearest stars are unimaginably far away? This is a critical exploration of the proposed technologies and practicalities of undertaking an interstellar journey"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Origins of the dream
- The 100 year starship
- Three icons of star travel
- Project Orion
- Where to?
- The world ship
- Hail Mary Propulsion Systems, Inc.
- The fate of the crew
- The moral status of the trip
- Let us hibernate
- Why go?
- The odds.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781009457590
- 1009457594
- OCLC:
- 1465270654
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