Binding: Paperback
Description: Interstellar Travel: Purpose and Motivations is a comprehensive technical look at the necessary considerations for interstellar travel addressed by leading experts in the field from scientists studying possible destinations (exoplanets) and the vast distances between to those concerned with building institutions and capabilities in society that could sustain such endeavors. In addition to the technical medical and anthropological aspects of deep space travel the ethics and morality of spreading Earth - based life to other worlds is also examined. In the first book of a three - book compilation Interstellar Travel: Purpose and Motivations offers in - depth up - to - date and realistic technical and scientific considerations in the pursuit of interstellar travel and is an integral reference for scientists engineers researchers and academics working on or interested in space development and space technologies. With a renewed interest in space exploration and development evidenced by the rise of the commercial space sector and various governments now planning to send humans back to the moon and to Mars so also is interest in taking the next steps beyond the Solar System and to the ultimate destination planets circling other stars.
Title: Interstellar Travel Purpose And Motivations
Brand: Elsevier - Health Sciences Division
Barcode: 9780323913607
Pages: 316 Pages
Publication Date: 3/28/2023
Category: Space Science