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Title:
New frontiers in space / [compiled by Grey House Publishing].
Author:
Grey House Publishing, Inc., compiler.
Publication Information:
Amenia, New York : Grey House Publishing, 2019.
Call Number:
TL789.8.U5 N49 2019
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ISBN:
9781642652222

9781642652178
Series:
The reference shelf / H.W. Wilson, a Division of EBSCO Information Services, Inc. ; volume 91, number 5

Reference shelf ; v. 91, no. 5.
Physical Description:
xiii, 184 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.
Contents:
Visions of space -- The military in space -- Legacy of the space race -- NASA and the international space station -- Space in popular culture.

1. Visions of space -- Space for sale -- Super fast travel using outer space could be $20 billion market, disrupting airlines, UBS predicts -- Moon 2069 : lunar tourism and deep space launches a century on from Apollo? -- Soon, hundreds of tourists will go to space: what should we call them? -- Space tourism could have big impact on climate -- Space tourism's rubbery rockets may spur climate change -- China plans a solar power play in space that NASA abandoned decades ago -- 2019 is the year that space tourism finally becomes a reality : no, really -- Space solar power : limitless clean energy from space - 2. The military in space -- In defense of space -- The moon's role in the new U.S. Space Force -- Trump's Space Force gets the final frontier all wrong -- A handshake in space changed US-Russia relations : how long will it last? -- The U.S. military has been in space from the beginning -- Space Force or Space Corps? -- Renewed space rivalry between nations ignores a tradition of cooperation -- Trump's Space Force isn't the only military space program : here's what China and Russia are up to - 3. Legacy of the space race -- Past and future missions -- Apollo was NASA's biggest win--but its legacy is holding the agency back -- Many people still believe the moon landing was fake : but who's profiting? -- Q&A : shuttle astronaut Mike Massimino on the legacy of Apollo 11 -- "A thrill ran through me" : your memories of the Apollo 11 moon landing -- The mission that changed everything -- Apollo 13 : lessons from the successful failure - 4. NASA and the International Space Station -- Space futures -- What's next for NASA? -- What space stations will look like in 2030 -- As NASA aims for the moon, an aging space station faces an uncertain future -- How Americans see the future of space exploration, 50 years after the first moon landing -- NASA seeks to break the "Tyranny of launch" with In-space manufacturing -- NASA chooses Saturn's moon Titan as its next destination -- With opportunity lost, NASA confronts the tenuous future of Mars exploration - 5. Space in popular culture -- Aliens, movies, and fiction -- Donald Trump's Space Force plans analysed by a sci-fi expert -- The science of Star Trek -- Would aliens look like us? -- More than 1 million people have RSVP'd to "Storm Area 51" in the name of memes -- Audacious & outrageous: space elevators.
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