The Starflight Handbook

By Eugene F. Mallove, Gregory L. Matloff,

Book cover of The Starflight Handbook: A Pioneer's Guide to Interstellar Travel

Book description

The Starflight Handbook A Pioneer's Guide to Interstellar Travel"The Starflight Handbook is an indispensable compendium of the manyand varied methods for traversing the vast interstellar gulf--don'tleave the Solar System without it!" --Robert Forward "Verysensible, very complete and useful. Its good use of references andtechnical 'sidebars' adds to the book and…

When you buy books, we may earn a commission that helps keep our lights on (or join the rebellion as a member).

Why read it?

1 author picked The Starflight Handbook as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?

One of my favorite topics is space exploration and the future of humanity on other stars. Will we ever be able to travel to Proxima Centauri (the closest star) and settle there? Is this type of interstellar travel feasible? The book is a dose of reality on this matter, exploring the possibilities and challenges of interstellar travel.

The book delves into propulsion methods, spacecraft designs, and the potential for human exploration beyond our solar system. The result is, in my point of view, an optimistic book that allows us to dream of a future among the stars.

From Fernando's list on humanistic answers from the skies.

Want books like The Starflight Handbook?

Our community of 12,000+ authors has personally recommended 88 books like The Starflight Handbook.

Browse books like The Starflight Handbook

Book cover of The Glass Universe: How the Ladies of the Harvard Observatory Took the Measure of the Stars
Book cover of The Reinvention Of Science: Slaying The Dragons Of Dogma And Ignorance
Book cover of An Introduction to Planetary Defense: A Study of Modern Warfare Applied to Extra-Terrestrial Invasion

Share your top 3 reads of 2024!

And get a beautiful page showing off your 3 favorite reads.

1,355

readers submitted
so far, will you?

5 book lists we think you will like!

Interested in spaceflight, interstellar travel, and humanism?

Spaceflight 22 books
Humanism 34 books