-Fresh and diverting, informative and topical.-
-Australian Financial Review, Best Books of the Year
Night, Sleep, Death and the Stars by Lauren Groff-The Universe Underground by Paolo Giordano-We All Hated Each Other So Much by Frank Westermann-Plus: discovering new planets and destroying satellites; returning to the Moon (this time to stay); the Mars delusion; the hunt for extra-terrestrial life, and much more-
In the 1960s, the rivalry between the superpowers brought us into space, adding a whole new dimension to human life. The last frontier was open: between 1969 and 1972 twelve men (but no women) walked on the moon. No one has since. The space race revealed itself for what it really was: a political and military competition.
Space agencies, however, have not been idle and the exploration of the solar system has continued with probes and robots. Without politics, science has thrived. But
