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  • Mars One: Humanity's Next Great Adventure

    Inside the First Human Settlement on Mars

    Edited by Norbert Kraft, James R Kass ...
    Human curiosity has led us to explore our solar system, landing on the moon and sending spacecraft to study distant planetary objects.The next step in our great adventure is putting humans on Mars, but what will it really take to achieve this?In 2011, Mars One announced its intentions to establish a permanent human settlement on Mars beginning as early as 2024; in 2013 it launched its astronaut ... Read more

    $7.99 USD

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    Simple Strategies You Can Use to Make Giant Leaps in Work and Life

    by Ozan Varol ...
    * Adam Grant's # 1 pick of his top 20 books of the yearThis is not just an engrossing read--it's bursting with practical insights. Ozan Varol's dazzling debut might change how you approach problems. Houston, this book has solutions."―Adam GrantRocket science is often celebrated as the ultimate triumph of technology. But it's not. Rather, it's the apex of a certain thought process -- a way to ... Read more

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  • Mission to Mars

    My Vision for Space Exploration

    Can astronauts reach Mars by 2035? Absolutely, says Buzz Aldrin, one of the first men to walk on the moon. Celebrated astronaut, brilliant engineer, bestselling author, Aldrin believes it is not only possibly but vital to America's future to keep pushing the space frontier outward for the sake of exploration, science, development, commerce, and security. What we need, he argues, is a commitment by ... Read more

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  • Trekonomics

    The Economics of Star Trek

    by Manu Saadia ...
    "Manu Saadia has managed to show us one more reason, perhaps the most compelling one of all, why we all need the world of Star Trek to one day become the world we live in." — Chris Black, Writer and Co-Executive Producer, Star Trek: EnterpriseWhat would the world look like if everybody had everything they wanted or needed? Trekonomics, the premier book in financial journalist Felix Salmon's ... Read more

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  • Mars Direct

    Space Exploration, the Red Planet, and the Human Future: A Special from Tarcher/Penguin

    by Robert Zubrin ...
    “Bob Zubrin really, nearly alone, changed our thinking on this issue.”—Carl Sagan, The Denver PostIf you ever daydream about space travel and human space flight—or hope to one day rove the Red Planet alongside Curiosity—then MARS DIRECT will teach you how we can get thereThe human race is at a crossroads. In the coming decades, we will make decisions regarding our human spaceflight program that ... Read more

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  • We Are as Gods

    A Survival Guide for the Age of Abundance

    Series series Exponential Technology Series
    National BestsellerFrom the New York Times bestselling authors of Abundance, Bold, and The Future Is Faster Than You Think comes a bold exploration of what it means to stay human in a world where technology has granted us godlike power.In 1968, Stewart Brand declared: “We are as gods—and we might as well get good at it.” Half a century later, that prophecy has come true.We can rewrite gen... ... Read more

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  • Beyond Earth

    Our Path to a New Home in the Planets

    From a leading planetary scientist and an award-winning science writer, a propulsive account of the developments and initiatives that have transformed the dream of space colonization into something that may well be achievable.We are at the cusp of a golden age in space science, as increasingly more entrepreneurs—Elon Musk, Richard Branson, Jeff Bezos—are seduced by the commercial potential of ... Read more

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  • Surfing Rogue Waves

    How to paddle out into the 21st Century

    Humanity is at a crossroads between the world as we know it and the rapid pace of disruption. The smallest changes are reshaping our world faster than we can comprehend. Over the next few years, we will experience more disruption than in the previous 100 years. Do we notice this change happening? Are we numb or oblivious to this change? Are things changing too fast and too regularly to notice? ... Read more

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  • Once Upon a Time I Lived on Mars

    Space, Exploration, and Life on Earth

    by Kate Greene ...
    "Enlightening . . . [this] eloquent memoir" about a woman's experiences on a NASA research mission "is equal parts escape and comfort" ( Publishers Weekly).In 2013, Kate Greene moved to Mars. That is, along with five fellow crew members, she embarked on NASA's first HI-SEAS mission, a simulated Martian environment located on the slopes of Mauna Loa in Hawai'i. For four months she lived, worked, ... Read more

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  • Robots

    Series series The MIT Press Essential Knowledge series
    An accessible and engaging account of robots, covering the current state of the field, the fantasies of popular culture, and implications for life and work.Robots are entering the mainstream. Technologies have advanced to the point of mass commercialization—Roomba, for example—and adoption by governments—most notably, their use of drones. Meanwhile, these devices are being received by a public ... Read more

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  • History of Space Exploration

    by Blake Carson ...
    Series series History of Science and Technology
    What drives humanity to reach for the stars? The history of space exploration is a tale of ambition, curiosity, and technological brilliance. From ancient astronomers mapping the stars to the Space Race between the U.S. and the Soviet Union, our desire to explore beyond Earth has always been strong. The launch of Sputnik, the Apollo moon landing, and the development of space stations marked key ... Read more

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  • The Peter Diamandis Handbook - Everything You Need To Know About Peter Diamandis

    This book is your ultimate Peter Diamandis resource. Here you will find the most up-to-date information, facts, quotes and much more.In easy to read chapters, with extensive references and links to get you to know all there is to know about Peter Diamandis's whole picture right away. Get countless Peter Diamandis facts right at your fingertips with this essential resource.The Peter Diamandis ... Read more

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