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''Islands in the Sky: Bold New Ideas for Colonizing Space'' (Stanley Schmidt and Robert Zubrin, eds., Wiley, 1996, ISBN 0-471-13561-5) is a book composed of a collection of factual articles on space colonization, several from recognized experts in the field. The articles range from colloquial to fairly technical, occasionally deriving results after a series of calculus equations. Their subject matter ranges from colonization of the inner solar system to the outer solar system and interstellar colonization, and from novel application of well-understood engineering principles, to speculative physics theories. It includes five articles authored or co-authored by Zubrin; other notable authors include Robert L. Forward, Martyn J. Fogg, and Christopher McKay. The book is also notable for including a publication of Robert Zubrin's Mars Direct mission architecture (first formulated in 1990), which was soon expanded into a book of its own, ''The Case For Mars: The Plan to Settle the Red Planet and Why We Must'', and which provided the impetus for the founding of the Mars Society. ==Contents== *Introduction, Stanley Schmidt *Part One: Breaking the Bonds of the Earth * *"Comes the Revolution...", G. Harry Stine * *"The Hypersonic Skyhook", Robert Zubrin *Part Two: Stepping Into the Solar System * *"Mars Direct: A Proposal for the Rapid Exploration and Colonization of the Red Planet", Robert Zubrin and David A. Baker * *"Inward Ho!", Stephen L. Gillett * *"Colonizing the Outer Solar System", Robert Zubrin * *"Islands in the Sky: Human Exploration and Settlement of the Oort Cloud", Richard P. Terra * *"Alien Life Between Here and the Stars", Robert L. Forward *Part Three: Creating New Worlds * *"Terraforming Mars", Robert Zubrin and Christopher P. McKay * *"A Planet Dweller's Dreams", Martyn J. Fogg * *"Atrophysical Engineering and the Fate of the Earth", Martyn J. Fogg *Part Four: Advanced Drives and Interstellar Travel * *"To the Stars!", Gordon R. Woodcock * *"The Magnetic Sail", Robert Zubrin * *"The Tachyon Drive: Infinite Exhaust Velocity at Zero Energy Cost", John G. Cramer * *"The Negative Matter Space Drive", Robert L. Forward * *"The Economics of Interstellar Commerce", Warren Salomon 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Islands in the Sky: Bold New Ideas for Colonizing Space」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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