In this remarkable book, David Ashford looks back at the story of space exploration, identifying the factors that were a driving force behind the eye-catching programmes of the cold war, and showing how now new driving forces are needed.

Table of Contents

• About the Author
• Declaration of Interest
• Acknowledgements
• 1 Introduction
• 2 Why space?
• 3 A brief history of launch vehicles
• 4 Getting to space
• 5 Revolution
• 6 The new space age
• 7 Your space tourism experience
• 8 Who owns space?
• 9 Space and the environment
• 10 Space colonization
• 11 Safety
• 12 Roadmap to the new space age
• 13 Finally
• 100 Ideas
• Glossary