ISBN: 9780323916370 - interstellar travel: after arrival (3 Ergebnisse)

Zustand: New. In English.

Zustand: New. Features detailed discussions of the technical challenges to be overcome in establishing self-sufficient settlements on planets isolated from EarthDescribes the challenges and technical options available for establishing settlements on othe.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Interstellar Travel: After Arrival is a comprehensive, technical look at the necessary considerations for settlement on an extra solar planet following interstellar travel, addressed by leading experts in the fields of space development. The book features the current and future plans for lunar, Mars, and asteroid settlement, and how what we learn from such future endeavors might apply to settlement at destinations around other stars. In addition, scientists who have been considering the construction of large space structures and terraforming discuss realistic options to be considered.Other chapters cover necessary considerations such as whether terraforming is possible and how it might be accomplished, the ethical issues and scientific constraints to interacting with an alien biosphere, and what we might learn from settling within our own Solar System that would apply to settling elsewhere. The third book of a three-book compilation, this new release presents up-to-date and realistic technical and scientific considerations of the challenges that settling on an exoplanet would bring, including review of the current technological capabilities and how they might be put towards life on an extra solar planet.…