Islands in the Sky: Bold New Ideas for Colonizing SpaceISBN: 978-0-471-13561-6
Paperback
272 pages
February 1996
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"These articles are not 'just science fiction.' They are things we can doand with any luck at all, and vision and determination, we will." Stanley Schmidt
Take off on a thrilling journey of space exploration and speculationto the realm where science fiction becomes science factas leading writers, researchers, and astronautic engineers describe a not-too-distant future of interstellar travel and colonization. From cable cars that ride "skyhooks" into space to rockets that can refuel out of Martian air, from "terraforming" planets (a process that makes them habitable for human life) to faster-than-light propulsion systems, Islands in the Sky offers an astonishing collection of challengingand plausibleideas and proposals from the pages of Analog magazine. Brilliant and provocative, here is fun-filled reading for everyone interested in science, technology, and the future.