A Traveler's Guide to the Stars /

A brief guide to the real science of interstellar travelWith known exoplanets now numbering in the thousands and initiatives like 100 Year Starship and Breakthrough Starshot advancing the idea of interstellar travel, the age-old dream of venturing forth into the cosmos and perhaps even colonizing di...

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Autor principal: Johnson, Les (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press, [2022]
Temas:
SCIENCE / Space Science.
100 Year Starship.
Aerospace engineering.
Alpha Centauri.
Andromeda Galaxy.
Antimatter.
Asteroid belt.
Astrobiology.
Astronaut.
Astronomer.
Astronomical object.
Astronomical unit.
Astronomy.
Be star.
Celestial navigation.
Colonization of Mars.
Comet tail.
Dwarf planet.
Ecliptic.
Einstein Cross.
Electrically powered spacecraft propulsion.
Elongation (astronomy).
Eris (dwarf planet).
Exoplanet.
Exploration of Mars.
Extraterrestrial intelligence.
GPS navigation device.
Galactic Center.
Gamma ray.
Gravitational lens.
Gravity of Earth.
Gravity well.
Hubble Space Telescope.
Intercontinental ballistic missile.
Interplanetary mission.
Interstellar medium.
Interstellar probe.
Interstellar travel.
Journey to Jupiter.
Launch vehicle.
Local Interstellar Cloud.
Low Earth orbit.
Luke Skywalker.
Luna 1.
Mars 2.
Mars and Beyond.
Mars landing.
Meteoroid.
Milky Way.
Nebula.
Newton's law of universal gravitation.
Nuclear fission.
Nuclear fusion.
Orbit.
Orbital mechanics.
Orbital plane (astronomy).
Orbital spaceflight.
Outer planets.
Photon rocket.
Photon.
Pioneer 10.
Planet.
Planetary flyby.
Project Gemini.
Propellant.
Propulsion.
Proxima Centauri.
Radio telescope.
Rocket launch.
Rocket propellant.
Saturn.
Science fiction.
Semi-major and semi-minor axes.
Solar System.
Solar eclipse.
Solid-fuel rocket.
Space Age.
Space Launch System.
Space Odyssey.
Space Shuttle external tank.
Space environment.
Space exploration.
Space telescope.
Space vehicle.
SpaceX.
Spacecraft propulsion.
Spacecraft.
Spaceflight.
Star Drive.
Star cluster.
Star system.
Technology.
To the Moon.
Trantor.
Tritium.
Tsiolkovsky rocket equation.
Uranus.
V-2 rocket.
Voyager 1.
Voyager 2.
Voyager program.
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • List of Illustrations
  • Preface
  • Acknowledgments
  • Abbreviations
  • Introduction
  • 1. The Universe Awaits
  • 2. Interstellar Precursors
  • 3. Putting Interstellar Travel into Context
  • 4. Send the Robots, People, or Both?
  • 5. Getting There with Rockets
  • 6. Getting There with Light
  • 7. Designing Interstellar Starships
  • 8. Scientific Speculation and Science Fiction
  • Epilogue
  • Glossary
  • Notes
  • References
  • Index

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