An edition of Islands in the Sky (1996)

Islands in the Sky

Bold New Ideas for Colonizing Space

by Stanley Schmidt

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Bold New Ideas for Colonizing Space

by Stanley Schmidt

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1996

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Wiley

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266

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Introduction Page 1

Part One. Breaking the Bonds of the Earth

1. Comes the Revolution . . . . (by G. Harry Stine) Page 7

2. The Hypersonic Skyhook (by Robert M. Zubrin) Page 27

Part Two. Stepping Into the Solar System

3. Mars Direct: A Proposal for the Rapid Exploration and Colonization of the Red Planet (by Robert M. Zubrin and David A. Baker) Page 43

4. Inward Ho! (by Stephen L. Gillett) Page 71

5. Colonizing the Outer Solar System (by Robert M. Zubrin) Page 85

6. Islands in the Sky: Human Exploration and Settlement of the Oort Cloud (by Richard P. Terra) Page 95

7. Alien Life Between Here and the Stars (by Dr. Robert L. Forward) Page 117

Part Three. Creating New Worlds

8. Terraforming Mars (by Robert M. Zubrin and Christopher P. McKay) Page 125

9. A Planet Dweller's Dreams (by Martyn J. Fogg) Page 147

10. Astrophysical Engineering and the Fat of the Earth (by Martyn J. Fogg) Page 169

Part Four. Advanced Drives and Interstellar Travel

11. To the Stars! (by Gordon R. Woodcock) Page 183

12. The Magnetic Sail (by Robert M. Zubrin) Page 199

13. The Tachyon Drive: Infinite Exhaust Velocity at Zero Energy Cost (by John G. Cramer) Page 221

14. The Negative Matter Space Drive (by Dr. Robert L. Forward) Page 227

15. The Economics of Interstellar Commerce (by Warren Salomon) Page 243

References Page 261

Edition Notes

Published in: New York, USA

Classifications

Library of Congress: QB500 .I78 1996, QB500.I78 1996

Contributors

Editor: Stanley Schmidt
Editor: Robert Zubrin
Author: G. Harry Stine
Author: Robert Zubrin
Author: David A. Baker
Author: Stephen L. Gillett
Author: Richard P. Terra
Author: Robert L. Forward
Author: Christopher P. McKay
Author: Martyn J. Fogg
Author: Gordon R. Woodcock
Author: John G. Cramer
Author: Warren Salomon

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Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 266

ID Numbers

Open Library: OL26321769M
ISBN 10: 0471135615
LCCN: 95032914

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Islands in the Sky

Bold New Ideas for Colonizing Space

by Stanley Schmidt