Beyond Earth: A Chronicle of Deep Space Exploration, 1958-2016 Tapa blanda - 2018

Used - Very Good. Used book that is in excellent condition. May show signs of wear or have minor defects.

Used - Very Good. Used book that is in excellent condition. May show signs of wear or have minor defects.

National Aeronautis & Space Administration, 2018-09-28. Paperback. Very Good. 11x8x0.

National Aeronautis & Space Administration, 2018-09-28. Paperback. Like New. Softcover. Shelf wear. Good binding and cover. Clean, unmarked pages.

Paperback which is in very good condition. Please see photos for condition. Seller will carefully wrap book in bubble wrap, box it, and ship it with tracking.(Black & White print) Humans abandoned their nomadic habits and moved into settlements about 40 to 50 thousand years ago. We have been using tools even longer. But our ability to send one of our tools into the heavens is of much more recent origin, spanning only the past 60 years. Yet, in that time, we have created new tools—we call them robotic spacecraft—and sent them into the cosmos, far beyond Earth. Of course, many never got very far. That's the cost of hubris and ambition. But most did. And many never came back to Earth and never will. In that sense, we as a species have already left a mark on the heavens; these small objects that dot the cosmos are a permanent legacy of our species, existing for millions of years, even if we as a planet were to disappear. This book is a chronicle of all these tools, both failed and successful, that… Leer más

Paperback / softback. New.

LIGHTNING SOURCE INC. New. Special order direct from the distributor

paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.