
The Traveler's Guide to Space
For One-Way Settlers and Round-Trip Tourists
By: Neil Comins
Paperback | 22 October 2024 | Edition Number 1
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If you have ever wondered about space travel, now you have the opportunity to understand it more fully than ever before. Traveling into space and even emigrating to nearby worlds may soon become part of the human experience. Scientists, engineers, and investors are working hard to make space tourism and colonization a reality. As astronauts can attest, extraterrestrial travel is incomparably thrilling. To make the most of the experience requires serious physical and mental adaptations in virtually every aspect of life, from eating to intimacy. Everyone who goes into space sees Earth and life on it from a profoundly different perspective than they had before liftoff.
Astronomer and former NASA/ASEE scientist Neil F. Comins has written the go-to book for anyone interested in space exploration. He describes the wonders that travelers will encounter-weightlessness, unparalleled views of Earth and the cosmos, and the opportunity to walk on another world-as well as the dangers: radiation, projectiles, unbreathable atmospheres, and potential equipment failures. He also provides insights into specific trips to destinations including suborbital flights, space stations, the Moon, asteroids, comets, and Mars-the top candidate for colonization. Although many challenges are technical, Comins outlines them in clear language for all readers. He synthesizes key issues and cutting-edge research in astronomy, physics, biology, psychology, and sociology to create a complete manual for the ultimate voyage.
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The Traveler's Guide to Space takes you on an amazing adventure and gives you the perspective that only a seasoned scientist can. Neil Comins presents a thorough and timely account of the incredible sights that await any solar system traveler, as well as scientific insight into the sensations, pitfalls, and wonders both geological and astronomical that he or she will encounter along the way. -- Andrew West, astronomer
Neil F. Comins has written the go-to book for anyone interested in space exploration. * Uncovered Books *
This makes an excellent primer for anyone, especially astronomy enthusiasts and budding astronauts, who can't afford a ticket to space and wish to visit in spirit. * Booklist *
The Traveler's Guide to Space is a delight... don't leave Earth without it. * New Scientist *
Reading The Traveler's Guide to Space will help the reader have a better grasp on what is happening in current events. -- Steve Canipe * National Science Teachers Association *
Recommended. -- J. Z. Kiss, UNC-Greensboro * Choice *
Recommended for space fans with active imaginations! * Read Well *
ISBN: 9780231219020
ISBN-10: 0231219024
Published: 22nd October 2024
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Number of Pages: 296
Audience: General Adult
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Country of Publication: GB
Edition Number: 1
Dimensions (cm): 23.0 x 15.0 x 1.8
Weight (kg): 0.47
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