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A brief guide to the real science of interstellar travelWith known exoplanets now numbering in the thousands and initiatives like 100 Year Starship and Breakthrough Starshot advancing the idea of interstellar travel, the age-old dream of venturing forth into the cosmos and perhaps even colonizing distant worlds may one day become a reality. A Traveler’s Guide to the Stars reveals how.Les Johnson takes you on a thrilling tour of the physics and technologies that may enable us to reach the stars. He discusses the latest exoplanet discoveries, promising interstellar missions on the not-so-distant horizon, and exciting new developments in space propulsion, power, robotics, communications, and more. But interstellar travel will not be easy, and it is not for the faint of heart. Johnson describes the harsh and forbidding expanse of space that awaits us, and addresses the daunting challenges—both human and technological—that we will need to overcome in order to realize tomorrow’s possibilities.A Traveler’s Guide to the Stars is your passport to the next great frontier of human discovery, providing a rare inside look at the remarkable breakthroughs in science and technology that will help tomorrow’s space travelers chart a course for the stars.

Interstellar travel. --- Space vehicles --- 100 Year Starship. --- Aerospace engineering. --- Alpha Centauri. --- Andromeda Galaxy. --- Antimatter. --- Asteroid belt. --- Astrobiology. --- Astronaut. --- Astronomer. --- Astronomical object. --- Astronomical unit. --- Astronomy. --- Be star. --- Celestial navigation. --- Colonization of Mars. --- Comet tail. --- Dwarf planet. --- Ecliptic. --- Einstein Cross. --- Electrically powered spacecraft propulsion. --- Elongation (astronomy). --- Eris (dwarf planet). --- Exoplanet. --- Exploration of Mars. --- Extraterrestrial intelligence. --- GPS navigation device. --- Galactic Center. --- Gamma ray. --- Gravitational lens. --- Gravity of Earth. --- Gravity well. --- Hubble Space Telescope. --- Intercontinental ballistic missile. --- Interplanetary mission. --- Interstellar medium. --- Interstellar probe. --- Journey to Jupiter. --- Launch vehicle. --- Local Interstellar Cloud. --- Low Earth orbit. --- Luke Skywalker. --- Luna 1. --- Mars 2. --- Mars and Beyond. --- Mars landing. --- Meteoroid. --- Milky Way. --- Nebula. --- Newton's law of universal gravitation. --- Nuclear fission. --- Nuclear fusion. --- Orbit. --- Orbital mechanics. --- Orbital plane (astronomy). --- Orbital spaceflight. --- Outer planets. --- Photon rocket. --- Photon. --- Pioneer 10. --- Planet. --- Planetary flyby. --- Project Gemini. --- Propellant. --- Propulsion. --- Proxima Centauri. --- Radio telescope. --- Rocket launch. --- Rocket propellant. --- Saturn. --- Science fiction. --- Semi-major and semi-minor axes. --- Solar System. --- Solar eclipse. --- Solid-fuel rocket. --- Space Age. --- Space Launch System. --- Space Odyssey. --- Space Shuttle external tank. --- Space environment. --- Space exploration. --- Space telescope. --- Space vehicle. --- SpaceX. --- Spacecraft propulsion. --- Spacecraft. --- Spaceflight. --- Star Drive. --- Star cluster. --- Star system. --- Technology. --- To the Moon. --- Trantor. --- Tritium. --- Tsiolkovsky rocket equation. --- Uranus. --- V-2 rocket. --- Voyager 1. --- Voyager 2. --- Voyager program. --- Propulsion systems.