Beyond

Our Future in Space

Chris Impey (University of Arizona in Tucson)

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Norton
15 May 2015

Mathematics & Sciences; Popular astronomy & space

Human exploration has been an unceasing engine of technological progress, from the first homo sapiens to leave our African cradle to a future in which mankind promises to settle another world. Beyond tells the epic story of humanity leaving home-and how humans will soon thrive in the vast universe beyond the earth.

A dazzling and propulsive voyage through space and time, Beyond reveals how centuries of space explorers-from the earliest stargazers to today's cutting-edge researchers-all draw inspiration from an innate human emotion: wanderlust. This urge to explore led us to multiply around the globe, and it can be traced in our DNA. Today, the urge to discover manifests itself in jaw-dropping ways: plans for space elevators poised to replace rockets at a fraction of the cost; experiments in suspending and reanimating life for ultra-long-distance travel; prototypes for solar sails that coast through space on the momentum of microwaves released from the Earth. With these ventures, private companies and entrepreneurs have the potential to outpace NASA as the leaders in a new space race.

Combining expert knowledge of astronomy and avant-garde technology, Chris Impey guides us through the heady possibilities for the next century of exploration. In twenty years, a vibrant commercial space industry will be operating. In thirty years, there will be small but viable colonies on the Moon and Mars. In fifty years, mining technology will have advanced enough to harvest resources from asteroids. In a hundred years, a cohort of humans born off-Earth will come of age without ever visiting humanity's home planet.

This is not the stuff of science fiction but rather the logical extension of already available technologies. Beyond shows that space exploration is not just the domain of technocrats, but the birthright of everyone and the destiny of generations to come. To continue exploration is to ensure our survival. Outer space, a limitless unknown, awaits us.

By: Chris Impey (University of Arizona in Tucson)
Imprint: Norton
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 244mm, Width: 165mm, Spine: 28mm
Weight: 509g
ISBN: 9780393239300
ISBN 10: 0393239306
Pages: 336
Publication Date: 15 May 2015
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Chris Impey is a Distinguished Professor at the University of Arizona. In addition to his critically acclaimed books How It Begins and How It Ends, he has written two astronomy textbooks and has won many teaching awards. He lives in Tucson, Arizona.

Reviews for Beyond: Our Future in Space

In Beyond, by far my favorite of his books to date, Chris Impey speaks of an explorer gene that has propelled humanity from Africa to the Moon. I suspect Impey of harboring that particular gene himself, given the enthusiasm he brings to this swashbuckling story of the coming human presence in space. Though my own DNA may be lacking, this book prepares me to follow him into the inevitable. --Dava Sobel, author of Longitude