Space chronicles : facing the ultimate frontier /
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| Author / Creator: | Tyson, Neil deGrasse. |
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| Edition: | 1st ed. |
| Imprint: | New York : W.W. Norton, c2012. |
| Description: | xv, 364 p. : ill. ; 25 cm. |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/8736472 |
Table of Contents:
- Editor's Note
- Prologue: Space Politics
- Part I. Why
- 1. The Allure of Space
- 2. Exoplanet Earth
- 3. Extraterrestrial Life
- 4. Evil Aliens
- 5. Killer Asteroids
- 6. Destined for the Stars
- 7. Why Explore
- 8. The Anatomy of Wonder
- 9. Happy Birthday NASA
- 10. The Next Fifty Years in Space
- 11. Space Options
- 12. Paths to Discovery
- Part II. How
- 13. To Fly
- 14. Going Ballistic
- 15. Race to Space
- 16. 2001-Fact vs. Fiction
- 17. Launching the Right Stuff
- 18. Things Are Looking Up
- 19. For the Love of Hubble
- 20. Happy Anniversary, Apollo 11
- 21. How to Reach the Sky
- 22. The Last Days of the Space Shuttle
- 23. Propulsion for Deep Space
- 24. Balancing Acts
- 25. Happy Anniversary, Star Trek
- 26. How to Prove You've Been Abducted by Aliens
- 27. The Future of US Space Travel
- Part III. Why Not
- 28. Space Travel Troubles
- 29. Reaching for the Stars
- 30. America and the Emergent Space Powers
- 31. Delusions of Space Enthusiasts
- 32. Perchance to Dream
- 33. By the Numbers
- 34. Ode to Challenger, 1986
- 35. Spacecraft Behaving Badly
- 36. What NASA Means to America's Future
- Epilogue
- The Cosmic Perspective
- Appendices
- A. National Aeronautics and Space Act of 19 5 8, As Amended
- B. Selected Statutory Provisions Applicable to NASA
- C. A Half Century of NASA Spending 1959-2010
- D. NASA Spending 1959-2010
- E. NASA Spending as a Percentage of US Federal Government Spending and of US GDP 1959-2010
- F. Space Budgets: US Government Agencies 2010
- G. Space Budget: Global 2010
- H. Space Budgets: US and Non-US Governments 2010
- Acknowledgments
- Index
