Deep-Space Probes will appeal to a wide audience, including non-technical readers as well as engineering/physics graduatesDrawing upon his experience as a Faculty Fellow at the NASA Marshall Spaceflight Center, the author has attempted to make the book as up to date as possible

InhaltsangabeMotivations for deep-space travel.- The realms of space.- Tomorrow's targets.- Space propulsion today.- The incredible shrinking spaceprobe.- The nuclear option.- 21st century starflight.- On the technological horizon.- Exotic possibilities.- Of stars, planets and life.- Life between the stars.- Conscious spacecraft.- Meeting ET.- Interstellar message plaques.- Appendix: Photon sail history, engineering and mission analysis.