Space, the Final Frontier?

by Michael J. Rycroft and Giancarlo Genta

What are our motivations for going into space? Where does our long-term space future lie? Why, and how, should we strive to reach, if not for the stars, at least for the Moon and Mars? This exciting book looks first at the progress that has already been made in our attempts to explore and expand beyond the Earth. Current and past space technologies and space stations are described, and the effects of the space environment on the human body are explained...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521814030
• ISBN13: 9780521814034
• Release Date: February 2003
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 430 Pages
• Weight: 1.89 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.3" x 9.4"