Intro: Citizens of the Cosmos.- The Old Frontier.- The New Frontier.- Limitations of the Rocket.- The First Green Space Technologies.- Probes to the Planets a History.- Probes to the Stars Concept Studies.- Breaking Out into Space.- The NASA Interstellar Initiative and ISP.- Technological Readiness.- Space Brakes.- The Ion Trail.- The Orbital Steam Locomotive.- Sky Clippers.- Art or Science?- Space Beanstalks.- Advanced Chemical Rocketry.- ISP and The Space Exploration Initiative.- ISP and Earth-Defence.- Space Miners.- Some Exotic Possibilities.- Sights on Centaurus.
EAN/ISBN : 9780387683164
Publisher(s): Springer, Berlin, Springer, New York
Discussed keywords: Raumfahrt
Format: ePub/PDF

Author(s): Matloff, Gregory L. - Johnson, Les - Bangs, C.