Astronautics: In 1918, Robert H Goddard writes about the use of suspended animation for interstellar travel in his unpublished manuscript entitled “The Ultimate Migration”.
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For discussion of Goddard’s manuscript see the following:
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Powers, Robert M in his “The Coattails of God: The Trip to the Stars” (1981) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page xiii (in the Preface) of the Warner paperback edition. |
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Sagan, Carl in his “Broca’s Brain” (1979) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 280 (in Chapter 18) of the Coronet paperback edition. |
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For discussion of suspended animation see the following:
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Asimov, Isaac in his “Extraterrestrial Civilizations” (1979) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 230-232 (in Chapter 12) of the Crown hardback edition, at pages 261-263 of the Pan paperback edition. |
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Berry, Adrian in his “The Giant Leap” (1999) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 216-222 (in Chapter 17) of the revised Headline softcover edition. |
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Clarke, Arthur C in his “By Space Possessed” (1993) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 76 (in Chapter 7) of the Victor Gollancz hardback edition. |
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Crawford, Ian in “Extraterrestrials: Where are they?” (1982) (edited by Michael Hart and Ben Zuckerman) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 61 (in Chapter 8) of the Cambridge softcover second edition. The relevant chapter is a revised and abridged version of an article published under the title “Interstellar Travel: A Review for Astronomers” in Quarterly Journal of the Royal Astronomical Society, Volume 31 (1990) at pages 377-400. The text of that article is available free online at: http://www.star.ucl.ac.uk/~iac/isflight/isflight.html |
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Feinberg, Gerald and Shapiro, Robert in their “Life Beyond Earth” (1980) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 432 (in Chapter 14) of the Morrow hardback edition. |
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Hart, Michael in “Extraterrestrials: Where are they?” (1982) (edited by Michael Hart and Ben Zuckerman) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 2-3 (in Chapter 1) of the Cambridge softcover second edition. (The relevant chapter is a reprint of Hart, Michael “An Explanation for the Absence of Extraterrestrials on Earth”, Quarterly Journal of the Royal Astronomical Society, volume 16 (1975), pages 128-135). |
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Jones, Eric M in “Extraterrestrials: Where are they?” (1982) (edited by Michael Hart and Ben Zuckerman) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 95 (in Chapter 11) of the Cambridge softcover second edition. |
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Mallove, Eugene F and Matloff, Gregory L in their “The Starflight Handbook” (1989) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 199-205 (in Chapter 14 generally) of the Wiley hardback edition. |
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Parker, Barry in his “Alien Life” (1998) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 210-211 (in Chapter 12) of the Plenum Trade hardback edition. |
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Powers, Robert M in his “The Coattails of God: The Trip to the Stars” (1981) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page xiii (in the Preface), 83-87 (in Chapter 5) of the Warner paperback edition. |
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Ridpath, Ian in his “Worlds Beyond” (1975) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page [insert check Ridpath] (in Chapter 8) of the Wildwood House softcover edition, at pages 150-151 of the revised 1977 Penguin softcover edition entitled “Signs of Life”. |
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Sagan, Carl in his “Broca’s Brain” (1979) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 280 (in Chapter 18) of the Coronet paperback edition. |
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Shklovskii, Iosef Shmuelovich and Sagan, Carl in their “Intelligent Life in the Universe” (1966) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 441-442 (in Chapter 32) of the Picador softcover edition. |
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Singer, Cliff in “Extraterrestrials: Where are they?” (1982) (edited by Michael Hart and Ben Zuckerman) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 81 (in Chapter 9) of the Cambridge softcover second edition. |
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White, Michael in his “Life Out There” (1998) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 153-154 (in Chapter 8) of the Little, Brown & Co hardback edition. |
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