The Space Age is nearly 50 years old but exploration of the
outer planets and beyond has only just begun. Deep-Space Probes
Second Edition draws on the latest research to explain why we
should explore beyond the edge of the Solar System and how we can
build highly sophisticated robot spacecraft to make the journey.
Many technical problems remain to be solved, among them propulsion
systems to permit far higher velocities, and technologies to build
vehicles a fraction of the size of today 's spacecraft.
Beyond the range of effective radio control, robot vehicles for
exploring deep space will need to be intelligent, thinking craft
able to make vital decisions entirely on their own. Gregory Matloff
also looks at the possibility for human travel into interstellar
space, and some of the immense problems that such journeys would
entail.
This second edition includes an entirely new chapter on
holographic message plaques for future interstellar probes a
NASA-funded project.
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