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Islands in the Sky: Bold New Ideas for Colonizing Space
Stanley Schmidt (Editor), Robert Zubrin (Editor)
ISBN: 978-0-471-13561-6
Paperback
266 pages
February 1996
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Partial table of contents:

BREAKING THE BONDS OF THE EARTH.

Comes the Revolution....(G.

Stine).

The Hypersonic Skyhook (R. Zubrin).

STEPPING INTO THE SOLAR SYSTEM.

Mars Direct: A Propasal for the Rapid Exploration and Colonization of the Red Planet (R. Zubrin & D. Baker).

Inward Ho!

(S. Gillet).

Alien Life Between Here and the Stars (R. Forward).

CREATING NEW WORLDS.

Terraforming Mars (R. Zubrin & C. McKay).

A Planet Dweller's Dreams (M. Fogg).

ADVANCED DRIVES AND INTERSTELLAR TRAVEL.

To the Stars!

(G. Woodcock).

The Magnetic Sail (R. Zubrin).

The Tachyon Drive: Infinite Exhaust Velocity at Zero Energy Cost (J. Cramer).

The Negative Matter Space Drive (R. Forward).

References.