Blueprints for 21st century space exploration.
With the turn of the century upon us, it's fair to ask "where are we going". The answer, in a word, is up - up from the Earth's gravity well and out into that playground, work site and frontier otherwise known as outer space. 'Designs on Space' is the introduction to the soon-to-be implemented, cutting-edge machinery that will get us there - a new generation of space probes and rockets that will hurl us into the next Space Age, that of the twenty-first century.
In this graphically rich handbook of near-term space exploration, the authors serve up a ragout of intriguing space missions that illustrate "the art of discovery and the craft of exploration" that lies at the heart of humanity's drive into space.
'Designs on Space' is a fascinating and cutting edge look at the science and engineering behind NASA's next generation of space probes and missions.
