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Название книги: Time
Автор(ы): Stephen Baxter
Жанр: Научная Фантастика
Адрес книги: http://www.6lib.ru/books/Time-150846.html
To two space cadets:My nephew, James BaxterKent Joosten, NASAReid Malenfant:You know me. And you know I’m a space cadet.You know I’ve campaigned for, among other things, private mining expeditions to the asteroids. In fact, in the past I’ve tried to get you to pay for such things. I’ve bored you with that often enough already, right?So tonight I want to look a little farther out. Tonight I want to tell you why I care so much about this issue that I devoted my life toil.The world isn’t big enough any more. You don’t need me to stand here and tell you that. We could all choke to death, be extinct in a hundred years.Or we could be on our way to populating the Galaxy.Yes, the Galaxy. Want me to tell you how?Turns out it’s all a question of economics.Let’s say we set out to the stars. We might use ion rockets, solar sails, gravity assists. It doesn’t matter.We’ll probably start as we have in the Solar System, with automated probes. Humans may follow. One percent of the helium-3 fusion fuel available from the planet Uranus, fo
Название книги: Time
Автор(ы): Stephen Baxter
Жанр: Научная Фантастика
Адрес книги: http://www.6lib.ru/books/Time-150846.html
To two space cadets:My nephew, James BaxterKent Joosten, NASAReid Malenfant:You know me. And you know I’m a space cadet.You know I’ve campaigned for, among other things, private mining expeditions to the asteroids. In fact, in the past I’ve tried to get you to pay for such things. I’ve bored you with that often enough already, right?So tonight I want to look a little farther out. Tonight I want to tell you why I care so much about this issue that I devoted my life toil.The world isn’t big enough any more. You don’t need me to stand here and tell you that. We could all choke to death, be extinct in a hundred years.Or we could be on our way to populating the Galaxy.Yes, the Galaxy. Want me to tell you how?Turns out it’s all a question of economics.Let’s say we set out to the stars. We might use ion rockets, solar sails, gravity assists. It doesn’t matter.We’ll probably start as we have in the Solar System, with automated probes. Humans may follow. One percent of the helium-3 fusion fuel available from the planet Uranus, fo
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