Going Interstellar

Informationen zum Autor Les Johnson is a futurist, author, and NASA technologist. Publishers Weekly noted that "The spirit of Arthur C. Clarke and his contemporaries is alive and well . . ." when describing his novel, Mission to Methon e. His most recent novels, The Spacetime War and Saving Proxima (with coauthor Travis S. Taylor), were published in 2021. In his day job at NASA, Les has recently unveiled a solar sail project for propelling small space craft. Klappentext This volume contains essays by space scientists and engineers teamed with a collection of tales by an all-star assortment of award-winning authors all taking on new methods of star travel. Original. Zusammenfassung Some humans may be content staying in one place, but many of us are curious about what's beyond the next village, the next ocean, the next horizon. Are there others like us out there? How will we reach them? This title offers essays on antimatter containment, solar sails, and fusion propulsion.

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Les Johnson, Jack McDevitt, Jack (EDT)/ Johnson McDevitt
• Mitarbeit: Les Johnson (Herausgeber), Jack McDevitt (Herausgeber)
• Verlag: Baen Books
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Taschenbuch
• Erschienen: 12.06.2012
• EAN: 9781451637786
• ISBN: 978-1-4516-3778-6
• Seiten: 400
• Thema: Belletristik > Science Fiction, Fantasy