Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS vii
3. PREFACE xi
4. A SHORT INTRODUCTION TO THE SCIENCE OF SPACE EXPLORATION 1
5. PART 1. HINDSIGHT AND FORESIGHT
6. 1. MEN AND MACHINES 13
7. 2. A SPACE LEXICON 25
8. 3. THE EXPLORERS 45
9. 4. TWENTIETH-CENTURY SPACE 68
10. 5. BACK TO THE MOON 88
11. PART 2. A HOME AWAY FROM HOME
12. 6. LIVING OFF THE LAND 117
13. 7. ROUND AND ROUND IT GOES . . . WHERE IT STOPS, NOBODY KNOWS 140
14. 8. BY FORCE OF GRAVITY 152
15. 9. THE COSMIC RAY DILEMMA 169
16. 10. TINY BUBBLES 188
17. PART 3. WHERE ARE WE GOING?
18. 11. THE CASE FOR MARS 203
19. 12. BIG PLANETS, DWARF PLANETS, AND SMALL BODIES 219
20. 13. NEW STARS, NEW PLANETS 236
21. BIBLIOGRAPHY AND ADDITIONAL READING 251
22. INDEX 269