01888cam a2200289 4500 513084418 TxAuBib 20120327120000.0 120227s2012||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2011032481 9780393082104 hc 0393082105 hc (OCoLC)738350129 DLC eng DLC BTCTA YDXCP TxAuBib Tyson, Neil deGrasse. Space chronicles : facing the ultimate frontier / Neil deGrasse Tyson ; edited by Avis Lang. New York : W.W. Norton, 2012. xv, 361 p. ; 25 cm. Includes index. Neil deGrasse Tyson is a rare breed of astrophysicist, one who can speak as easily and brilliantly with popular audiences as with professional scientists. Now that NASA has put human space flight effectively on hold-with a five- or possibly ten-year delay until the next launch of astronauts from U.S. soil-Tysons views on the future of space travel and Americas role in that future are especially timely and urgent. This book represents the best of Tysons commentary, including a candid new introductory essay on NASA and partisan politics, giving us an eye-opening manifesto on the importance of space exploration for Americas economy, security, and morale. Thanks to Tysons fresh voice and trademark humor, his insights are as delightful as they are provocative, on topics that range from the missteps that shaped our recent history of space travel to how aliens, if they existed, might go about finding us. 20120327. United States National Aeronautics and Space Administration. Astronautics and state United States. Manned space flight. Outer space Exploration. Lang, Avis.