{"product_id":"entering-space-isbn-9781585420360","title":"Entering Space","description":"\"Robert Zubrin is a true engineering genius like the heroic engineers of the past.\" \u003cbr\u003e--\u003cb\u003eFrederick Turner, American Enterprise\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003eUsing nuts-and-bolts engineering and a unique grasp of human history, \u003cb\u003eRobert Zubrin \u003c\/b\u003etakes us to the not-very-distant future, when our global society will branch out into the universe. From the current-day prospect of lunar bases and Mars settlements to the outer reaches of other galaxies, Zubrin delivers the most important and forward-looking work on space and the true possibilities of human exploration since Carl Sagan's Cosmos. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSagan himself said of Zubrin's humans-to-Mars plan, \"\u003cb\u003eBob Zubrin \u003c\/b\u003ereally, nearly alone, changed our thinking on this issue.\" With \u003cb\u003eEntering Space\u003c\/b\u003e, he takes us further, into the prospect of human expansion to the outer planets of our own solar system--and beyond.\u003c\/p\u003eAcknowledgments\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eType I: Completing Global Civilization\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter One: On the Threshold of the Universe\u003cbr\u003eChapter Two: The Age of Dinosaurs\u003cbr\u003eChapter Three: The New Space Race\u003cbr\u003eChapter Four: Doing Business on Orbit\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eType II: Creating a Spacefaring Civilization\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter Five: The View from the Moon\u003cbr\u003eChapter Six: Mars: The New World\u003cbr\u003eChapter Seven: Asteroids for Good and Evil\u003cbr\u003eChapter Eight: Settling the Outer Solar System\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eType III: Entering Galactic Civilization\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter Nine: The Challenge of Interstellar Travel\u003cbr\u003eChapter Ten: Extraordinary Engineering\u003cbr\u003eChapter Eleven: Meeting ET\u003cbr\u003eChapter Twelve: North to the Stars\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAppendix: Founding Declarations of the Mars Society\u003cbr\u003eGlossary\u003cbr\u003eReferences\u003cbr\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eRobert \u003c\/b\u003eZubrin is an internationally renowned astronautical engineer and the acclaimed author of \u003cb\u003eThe Case for Mars\u003c\/b\u003e. NASA recently adapted his humans-to-Mars mission plan. A former senior engineer at Lockheed Martin, \u003cb\u003eZubrin\u003c\/b\u003e is the founder of Pioneer Astronautics, a successful space exploration and development firm. He lives in Indian Hills, Colorado.","brand":"Tarcher","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46303406620901,"sku":"NP9781585420360","price":24.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781585420360.jpg?v=1767726309","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/entering-space-isbn-9781585420360","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}