Title:
Space 2069 : after Apollo : back to the Moon, to Mars, and beyond
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Publication Date:
2020
Publication Information:
London : Icon Books Ltd, 2020.
Physical Description:
xv, 271 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 23 cm
ISBN:
9781785786464
Abstract:
Half a century after Apollo 11 we have still not returned to the Moon, but that is about to change. The thirteenth person to walk on the Moon could soon be part of a crew establishing a base on the lip of a crater at the lunar south pole. The discovery of ice in the eternal shadows of the polar regions transforms our ability to live on the Moon. From bases on the Moon we can make the long, lonely and dangerous voyage to Mars, where there is also ice. The obstacles are many, not least the fragilities of the human body. And what type of world would the first Mars explorers find?
Contents:
Part 1: Back to the Moon. Exiles ; Drifting ; Goddess of the Moon ; The subtle accomplice ; Darkness and light ; Passport to the planets ; The living daylights ; Building the Moon base ; The lifeguards of space ; Digging, drilling and driving on the moon ; The balance of power on Earth -- Part 2: To Mars. Wheels and shadows ; Twenty-two images ; Faster, better, cheaper ; Climbing Mount Sharp ; The gulf of space ; The weakest link ; Entry corridor -- Part 3: And beyond. Down to a sunless sea ; Tiger stripes ; Pilots of the purple twilight ; The man from Sulaymaniyah ; A dimly lit world ; Posadka ; Adjacent and identical ; Visitors from distant stars ; 2069.
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Language:
English
