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Ashley, Michael (Author of We have liftoff), author.

We have liftoff : envisioning your place in the orbital age / Michael Ashley and Tom Vice ; foreword by the Honorable Lori Garver, former Deputy Administrator of NASA.

New York, New York : Fast Company Press, [2023]

©2023

xvi, 253 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

In 'We have liftoff', positive futurist Michael Ashley and visionary space exploration leader Tom Vice envisage a near future where regular people live and work in space, exploring untold entrepreneurial opportunities and scientific developments. Switching between genres with each chapter, 'We have liftoff' will take you on a unique, exciting voyage through a movie script filmed in space, a gourmet menu best consumed in microgravity, journals recording medical advances through 2088, and more--all to imagine the coming marvels of space travel.

Space tourism -- Forecasting.

Astronautics and civilization.

Outer space -- Civilian use.

Vice, Tom, author.

Garver, Lori, 1961- writer of foreword.

We have lift off

Includes bibliographical references (pages 235-239) and index.

Foreword -- Chasing the dream of space -- Welcome to the Orbital Age -- Medicine in the year 2088 -- Dancing in the stars -- You'll soon eat the best meal of your life in space -- The Silicon Valley of space -- The need for speed : special issue -- Human space training takes flight -- Earth Base One : space's Grand Central Station -- The great choice -- Appendix: Cooking in space recipes.

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