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" Centauri dreams : "
Paul Gilster
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BL
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| Record Number
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582951
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03N132327b412170
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| Main Entry
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Gilster, Paul,1949-
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| Title & Author
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Centauri dreams : : imagining and planning interstellar exploration /\ Paul Gilster
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| Publication Statement
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New York :: Copernicus Books,, c2004
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xv, 302 p. ;; 25 cm
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| ISBN
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038700436X (alk. paper)
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: 9780387004365 (alk. paper)
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 259-288) and index
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| Contents
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Designing a mission -- The target : Alpha Centauri and other nearby stars -- The trouble with rockets -- The antimatter alternative -- Journey by starlight : the story of the solar sail -- Of lightsails, ramjets, and fusion runways -- Breaking through at NASA : science on the edge -- Interstellar communications and navigation -- A spacecraft that can think for itself -- The future of the interstellar idea
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| Subject
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Interstellar travel-- Planning, Popular works
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Outer space, Exploration, Popular works
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| Dewey Classification
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629.43
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| LC Classification
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TL788.7G55 2004
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TL788.7G55 2004
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