Islands in the Sky: Bold New Ideas for Colonizing SpaceISBN: 978-0-471-13561-6
Paperback
272 pages
February 1996
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Partial table of contents:
BREAKING THE BONDS OF THE EARTH.
Comes the Revolution....(G.
Stine).
The Hypersonic Skyhook (R. Zubrin).
STEPPING INTO THE SOLAR SYSTEM.
Mars Direct: A Propasal for the Rapid Exploration and Colonization of the Red Planet (R. Zubrin & D. Baker).
Inward Ho!
(S. Gillet).
Alien Life Between Here and the Stars (R. Forward).
CREATING NEW WORLDS.
Terraforming Mars (R. Zubrin & C. McKay).
A Planet Dweller's Dreams (M. Fogg).
ADVANCED DRIVES AND INTERSTELLAR TRAVEL.
To the Stars!
(G. Woodcock).
The Magnetic Sail (R. Zubrin).
The Tachyon Drive: Infinite Exhaust Velocity at Zero Energy Cost (J. Cramer).
The Negative Matter Space Drive (R. Forward).
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