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Space - The Passenger (Paperback)
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Space - The Passenger (Paperback)
Series: The Passenger
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List price R584
Loot Price R523
Discovery Miles 5 230
You Save R61 (10%)
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"Fresh and diverting, informative and topical." -Australian
Financial Review, Best Books of the Year Night, Sleep, Death and
the Stars by Lauren Groff The Universe Underground by Paolo
Giordano We All Hated Each Other So Much by Frank Westermann Plus:
discovering new planets and destroying satellites; returning to the
Moon (this time to stay); the Mars delusion; the hunt for
extra-terrestrial life, and much more... In the 1960s, the rivalry
between the superpowers brought us into space, adding a whole new
dimension to human life. The last frontier was open: between 1969
and 1972 twelve men (but no women) walked on the moon. No one has
since. The space race revealed itself for what it really was: a
political and military competition. Space agencies, however, have
not been idle and the exploration of the solar system has continued
with probes and robots. Without politics, science has thrived. But
the lack of government funding has opened space exploration to the
forces of capitalism: the race has started again, with different
rules and different players. For those of us who remain on Earth,
space offers a spiritual dimension, and the search for answers to
age-old questions. Colonizing Mars might not be the solution to
humanity's problems, but the promise of space-whether expressed in
a tweet by Elon Musk or a photo taken by a NASA rover on Mars-keeps
proving irresistible.
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