Starbound by Ed Regis
This book is for anyone enthralled by the romantic dream of a voyage 'to the stars.' From our current viewpoint in the twenty-first century, crewed interstellar travel will be an exceptionally difficult undertaking. It will require building a spacecraft on a scale never before attempted, at vast cost, relying on unproven technologies. Yet somehow, through works of science fiction, TV and movies, the idea of human interstellar travel being easy or even inevitable has entered our popular consciousness. In this book, Ed Regis critically examines whether humankind is bound for distant stars, or if instead we are bound to our own star, for the indefinite future. How do we overcome the main challenge that even the nearest stars are unimaginably far away? He explores the proposed technologies and the many practical aspects of undertaking an interstellar journey, finishing with his reflections on whether such a journey should be planned for.
'Ed Regis's Starbound offers a rich analysis of the rationales used by advocates to support future interstellar travel as well as the scientific, technological, and biological challenges to be met in the endeavorIn so doing Regis injects into the vision of becoming a multiplanetary species an important dose of reality missing from most discussions of such human migration.' Roger D. Launius, former NASA chief historian
'A deeply researched, fascinating, and sobering look at the possibility of interstellar travel.' Kelly Weinersmith, co-author of A City on Mars
'A deeply researched, fascinating, and sobering look at the possibility of interstellar travel.' Kelly Weinersmith, co-author of A City on Mars
Ed Regis holds a Ph.D. in philosophy from New York University and is the author of ten previous books about science and technology. He has also written for Scientific American, Wired, Nature, Harper's, Omni, Discover, and Air & Space Smithsonian. He lives with his wife, Pam, in the Maryland mountains.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781009457590 |
| ISBN 10 | 1009457594 |
| Title | Starbound |
| Author | Ed Regis |
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| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
| Year published | 2024-12-19 |
| Number of pages | 300 |
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