(Fiction in italics)
Starships: Reaching for the Highest Bar—James & Gregory Benford
THE BIG PERSPECTIVE
Our Only Chance—Stephen Hawking
Noah’s Ark Eggs and Warm-Blooded Plants—Freeman Dyson
To the Ends of the Universe—Martin Rees
Starships and the Fates of Humankind—Peter Schwartz
Cathedrals—Allen Steele
PATHWAYS TOWARD STARSHIPS
Atmosphæra Incognita—Neal Stephenson
Coda: Atmosphæra Incognita—Gregory Benford
On the Way to Starflight: Economics of Interstellar Breakout—Robert Zubrin
Knotweed & Gardenias—Nancy Kress
The Nuclear Rocket: Workhouse of the Solar System—Geoffrey Landis
The Man Who Sold the Stars—Gregory Benford
BUILDING STARSHIPS
Across the Dark, the Pioneers—Geoffrey Landis
Starship Pioneers—Adam Crowl
Sailships—James Benford
Living Large—Richard A. Lovett
THE STARSHIP ERA
Starship Destinations—Ian Crawford & Stephen Baxter
The Heavy Generation—David Brin
Starcall—Stephen Baxter
Tricentennial—Joe Haldeman
Exotic Technologies for Interstellar Travel—John Cramer
Afterword—Paul Davies
FOOTNOTES AND REFERENCES
AUTHORS, ARTISTS, ORGANIZATIONS & FURTHER READING
Authors
Interstellar Organizations
Artists
Further Reading
Index [Print edition]