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  Title

  Space chronicles : facing the ultimate frontier

  Author

  Tyson, Neil deGrasse.  

  Publisher:

  W.W. Norton,

  Pub date:

  c2012.

  Pages:

  xv, 364 p. :

  ISBN:

  9780393082104

  Item info:

  1 copy available at Sugar Grove Campus --Todd Library.
  

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    Sugar Grove Campus --Todd Library	Copies	Material	Location	Map
    TL789.8 .U5 T97 2012	1	Book	Available, On shelf

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  ISBN:

  9780393082104 (hardcover)

  ISBN:

  0393082105 (hardcover)

  029:

  NZ1 13954748

  029:

  AU@ 000047744716

  Personal Author:

  Tyson, Neil deGrasse.

  Title:

  Space chronicles : facing the ultimate frontier / Neil deGrasse Tyson ; edited by Avis Lang.

  Edition:

  1st ed.

  Publication info:

  New York : W.W. Norton, c2012.

  Physical description:

  xv, 364 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.

  General Note:

  Includes index.

  Contents:

  Pt. 1: Why. The allure of space ; Exoplanet Earth ; Extraterrestrial life ; Evil aliens ; Killer asteroids ; Destined for the stars ; Why explore ; The anatomy of wonder ; Happy birthday, NASA ; The next fifty years in space ; Space options ; Paths to discovery -- Pt. 2: How. To fly ; Going ballistic ; Race to space ; 2001 : fact vs. Fiction ; Launching the right stuff ; Things are looking up ; For the love of Hubble ; Happy anniversary, Apollo 11 ; How to reach the sky ; The last days of the space shuttle ; Propulsion for deep space ; Balancing acts ; Happy anniversary, Star Trek ; How to prove you've been abducted by aliens ; The future of US space travel -- Pt. 3: Why not. Space travel troubles ; Reaching for the stars ; America and the emergent space powers ; Delusions of space enthusiasts ; Perchance to dream ; By the numbers ; Ode to Challenger, 1986 ; Spacecraft behaving badly ; What NASA means to America's future -- Epilogue: The cosmic perspective. -- Appendix A. National Aeronautics and Space Act of 1958, as ammended -- Appendix B. Selected statutory provisions applicable to NASA -- Appendix C. A half century of NASA spending 1959-2010 -- NASA spending 1959-2010 -- NASA spending as a percentage of US Federal Governement spending and of US GDP 1959-2010 -- Space budget: global 2010 -- Space budgets: US and non-US governments 2010.

  Summary:

  Astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson presents his views on the future of space travel and America's role in that future, giving his readers an eye-opening manifesto on the importance of space exploration for America's economy, security, and morale.

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  Corporate subject:

  United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration.

  Subject term:

  Astronautics and state--United States.

  Subject term:

  Manned space flight--Forecasting.

  Geographic term:

  Outer space--Exploration.

  Added Entry-Personal Name:

  Lang, Avis.

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