
Title: | The hazards of space travel : a tourist's guide |
Authors: | Neil F. Comins |
Material Type: | book |
Publisher: | [S.l.] : Villard, 2007 |
ISBN / ISSN / EAN : | 978-1-4000-6597-4 |
Size: | xvi, 253 p. / ill. / 21 cm |
Bibliography note: | Includes bibliographical references (p. [221]-240) and index. |
Languages: | English |
Class number: | TL1489 |
Subjects: | Manned space flight ; Space environment ; Space tourism |
Description: | The physicist and astronomer Neil F. Comins, has written a hands-on guide to outer space for potentil tourists and armchair travelers. Bringing to life the hard science are the fictional log entries of Mack Richardson, an imaginary astronaut from the future. Together, fact and fiction reveal the risks and challenges that await tourists in the days they would spend orbiting the Earth, the weeks required for a trip to the Moon, and the years needed to go anywhere else in the solar system. |
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Copies in the Library (1)
Barcode | Call number | Media type | Location | Section | Status | Donated by | Digital Bookplate |
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010946 | TL1489.C65 2007 | Book | ISU Library | Closed-stack | Available |