Futures: 50 Years in Space: The Challenge of the Stars

by David A. Hardy, Patrick Moore

It was in 1954, shortly after their first collaboration, that astronomer Patrick Moore and illustrator David A. Hardy first agreed to undertake an illustrated book to show how humans would expand into space via orbiting space stations, moon-landings, voyages to the planets and stars.By the time such a project could become a reality, though, men had walked on the moon for the first and last time and space exploration had revealed discoveries wondrous, awesome, and unexpected. Now, in 2004, it is an ideal time to review the many ways in which our visions of space, the universe, and all things astronomical have changed over those fifty years. 50 Years in Space -- The Challenge of the Stars is a unique book which only this author and artist could produce. Bringing together their combined wealth of experience and expertise in revealing the wonders of the cosmos to a wide audience, along with a cautiously optimistic forecast of our future in space./p>

Genres: Nonfiction

Hardcover

First published May 1, 2004

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[Leroy Erickson · Rating 4 out of 5]

I like so many of the covers that David Hardy has done for The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction that I decided to look for any books that he might have done with collections of his pictures. It turns out that he has done a few. I found this book in a used book store online and decided to check it out. While the book is a little dated (barely 10 years old, but so much has happened in space research in the last 10 years!), it's still a nice nice little reference with a lot of very beautiful pictures.