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Space 2069 : after Apollo: back to the Moon, to Mars, and beyond / David Whitehouse.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: London : Icon Books Ltd, 2020Description: xv, 271 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 23 cmContent type:
  • text
  • still image
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781785786464
  • 1785786466
Other title:
  • Space twenty sixty-nine
  • Space two thousand sixty-nine
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Contents:
Part 1: Back to the Moon. Exiles ; Drifting ; Goddess of the Moon ; The subtle accomplice ; Darkness and light ; Passport to the planets ; The living daylights ; Building the Moon base ; The lifeguards of space ; Digging, drilling and driving on the moon ; The balance of power on Earth -- Part 2: To Mars. Wheels and shadows ; Twenty-two images ; Faster, better, cheaper ; Climbing Mount Sharp ; The gulf of space ; The weakest link ; Entry corridor -- Part 3: And beyond. Down to a sunless sea ; Tiger stripes ; Pilots of the purple twilight ; The man from Sulaymaniyah ; A dimly lit world ; Posadka ; Adjacent and identical ; Visitors from distant stars ; 2069.
Summary: Half a century after Apollo 11 we have still not returned to the Moon, but that is about to change. The thirteenth person to walk on the Moon could soon be part of a crew establishing a base on the lip of a crater at the lunar south pole. The discovery of ice in the eternal shadows of the polar regions transforms our ability to live on the Moon. From bases on the Moon we can make the long, lonely and dangerous voyage to Mars, where there is also ice. The obstacles are many, not least the fragilities of the human body. And what type of world would the first Mars explorers find?
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

Nearing half a century since the last Apollo mission, mankind has yet to return to the Moon, but that is about to change. With NASA's Artemis program scheduled for this decade, astronomer David Whitehouse takes a timely look at what the next 50 years of space exploration have in store.

The thirteenth man and the first woman to walk on the Moon will be the first to explore the lunar south pole - the prime site for a future Moon base thanks to its near-perpetual sunlight and the presence of nearby ice.

The first crewed mission to Mars will briefly orbit the red planet in 2039, preparing the way for a future landing mission. Surviving the round trip will be the greatest challenge any astronaut has yet faced.

In the 2050s, a lander will descend to the frozen surface of Jupiter's moon Europa and attempt to drill down to its subsurface ocean in search of life.
Based on real-world information, up-to-date scientific findings and a healthy dose of realism, Space 2069 is a mind-expanding tour of humanity's future in space over the next 50 years.

Includes bibliographical references (page 262) and index.

Part 1: Back to the Moon. Exiles ; Drifting ; Goddess of the Moon ; The subtle accomplice ; Darkness and light ; Passport to the planets ; The living daylights ; Building the Moon base ; The lifeguards of space ; Digging, drilling and driving on the moon ; The balance of power on Earth -- Part 2: To Mars. Wheels and shadows ; Twenty-two images ; Faster, better, cheaper ; Climbing Mount Sharp ; The gulf of space ; The weakest link ; Entry corridor -- Part 3: And beyond. Down to a sunless sea ; Tiger stripes ; Pilots of the purple twilight ; The man from Sulaymaniyah ; A dimly lit world ; Posadka ; Adjacent and identical ; Visitors from distant stars ; 2069.

Half a century after Apollo 11 we have still not returned to the Moon, but that is about to change. The thirteenth person to walk on the Moon could soon be part of a crew establishing a base on the lip of a crater at the lunar south pole. The discovery of ice in the eternal shadows of the polar regions transforms our ability to live on the Moon. From bases on the Moon we can make the long, lonely and dangerous voyage to Mars, where there is also ice. The obstacles are many, not least the fragilities of the human body. And what type of world would the first Mars explorers find?

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