Crossing the Threshold Advancing into Space to Benefit the Earth

Name: Crossing the Threshold
Author: Paul O Wieland Pe

Auteur: Paul O Wieland Pe

Taal: Engels

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Auteur: Paul O Wieland Pe P O Wieland

Co-auteur: Paul O Wieland Pe

Engels
Paperback
9780982512715
08 juni 2010
274 pagina's

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Ensuring a Sustainable World
We are on the cusp of a 21st century Age of Discovery - about the Earth, about the solar system, about ourselves and our place in the cosmos - with new opportunities to address age-old challenges, as well as to meet emerging ones. While advancing into space is not the answer to these challenges, it can be a significant and vital part of an answer, providing benefits that other answers cannot.
With a thoughtful program of space activities we can ensure a sustainable world with abundant energy and resources, a high standard of living, and unprecedented opportunity for all. However, to become a widely held vision that we must pursue now, rather than just interesting ideas for some distant time, we need to see space as integral to addressing societal issues. This book shows a way to do that.
There are abundant opportunities in space, but the only way to utilize them is to go there. As our ancestors crossed thresholds to inhabit the Earth, we can cross the threshold to become a space-faring civilization, and realize the benefits of those efforts. Space is only 100 km (62 miles) away, you just need to look up.
What people are saying:
"Crossing the Threshold is a carefully considered, insightful narrative that should interest anyone and everyone who cares about the future of spaceflight." - Homer Hickam, author of Rocket Boys/October Sky
"Crossing the Threshold is a NASA veteran's thoughtful and considered look at the value of space travel and exploration, not only for satisfying humanity's seemingly unquenchable thirst for adventure and knowledge but also for preparing and positioning us technically to begin to solve some of the greatest problems facing us on Earth." - Henry Petroski, Aleksandar S. Vesic Professor of Civil Engineering and Professor of History, Duke University, author of The Essential Engineer: Why Science Alone Will Not Solve Our Global Problems
Crossing the Threshold "is very impressive for the range of ideas and technical specifics." - Felix Godwin, author of The Exploration of the Solar System.

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Taal: en
Bindwijze: Paperback
Oorspronkelijke releasedatum: 08 juni 2010
Aantal pagina's: 274
Illustraties: Met illustraties

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Hoofdauteur: Paul O Wieland Pe
Tweede Auteur: P O Wieland
Co Auteur: Paul O Wieland Pe
Hoofduitgeverij: Threshold 2020 Press

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Extra groot lettertype: Nee
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Verpakking breedte: 152 mm
Verpakking hoogte: 229 mm
Verpakking lengte: 229 mm
Verpakkingsgewicht: 406 g

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EAN: 9780982512715

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