Scientists Reach Out to Distant Worlds. / Natalie Angier and Dennis Overbye.
by Angier, Natalie; SIRS Publishing, Inc.
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BookSeries: SIRS Enduring Issues 2003Article 46Science. Publisher: New York Times, 2002ISSN: 1522-3264;.Subject(s): Interstellar travel | Life on other planets | Manned space flight | Outer space -- Exploration | SETI (Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence)DDC classification: 050 Summary: "According to a group of scientists for whom the term 'wildly optimistic dreamers' is virtually a job description, it will indeed be very difficult to travel to other stars, and nobody in either the public or private sector is about to try it any time soon. But as the researchers see it, the challenge is not insurmountable." (NEW YORK TIMES) This article discusses interstellar travel and examines what would be necessary to make such a journey.
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Originally Published: Scientists Reach Out to Distant Worlds, March 5, 2002; pp. D1+.
"According to a group of scientists for whom the term 'wildly optimistic dreamers' is virtually a job description, it will indeed be very difficult to travel to other stars, and nobody in either the public or private sector is about to try it any time soon. But as the researchers see it, the challenge is not insurmountable." (NEW YORK TIMES) This article discusses interstellar travel and examines what would be necessary to make such a journey.
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