Final frontier : the pioneering science and technology of exploring the universe /

"Human beings are natural explorers, and nowhere is this frontier spirit stronger than in the United States of America. It almost defines the character of the US. But the Earth is running out of frontiers fast. Star Trek was right -- there is only one final frontier, and that is space. In Brian...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Clegg, Brian (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York : St. Martin's Press, 2014.
Edition:	First edition.
Subjects:	Astronautics. Interplanetary voyages. Outer space > Exploration. Popular works. Exploration of outer space. Outer space.
Online Access:	Cover image

Table of Contents:

New pioneers
Space opera
Seeing further
Escaping the well
Backyard explorers
Frontier colonies
The Red Planet
The new gold rush
Probing the galaxy
Breaking the light barrier
Frontier spirit.