The Future of Space Exploration

I’ve been reading James Michner’s novel Space and it’s left me wondering about the future of human space exploration – at least during the remaining decades of my expected lifespan.

The novel is a fictional telling of the history of space flight from the V2 rockets at the end of WWII to the landings on the moon and the launch of the space shuttle. It follows a series of fictional characters, scientists, engineers, test pilots, and their wives through the decades as the United States space prog...