Space 2.0: How Private Spaceflight, a Resurgent NASA, and International Partners are Creating a New Space Age

First of all, I highly appreacited that this book was writen as it brings attention to one of the most important achivement of 20th century - flights to the space. Unfortunately, after end of Apollo program and end of Cold war, it seems that people think about space research and esecially manned mission as something boring and routine. This book tries to reignite interest in space research among wider public.The book discusses both history of space research and possible future ranging from scientific research to economic exploitation of resources in space to possibility the mankind become truly interplanetary species. It describes on one hand obstacles we encounter when entering space such as radiation protection and zero-gravity environment and how to cope with such issues, and on the other hand it shows possibilities the space brings to us.The book is very nice overview of ongoing projects in cosmic research. In US, it focusses not only on NASA but also on corporations like SpaceX, Virigin Galactic, Blue Origin and ULA (Boeing + Lockheed Martin consortium) and many others. The book also shows the latest develompent in space research programs in Russia, EU, China and India, although it is more or less US-focussed.I would recommend the book to everybody interested in space research. It seems that the main purpose of the book was to keep you up-to-date on the latest progress in cosmic research and this aim was more than fulfiled.

Once when hearing the author give a talk, he used a phrase that will forever echo in my personal lexicon, "The Orphans of Apollo". Meaning, those of us that were old enough to have lived through the US-Russian Space Race where every day brought wondrous news of Space travel break throughs, ultimately leading to a singular moment in history, the first Moon landing and a 2001 future with Moon bases and big rotating Space Stations by the time we were in our mid-twenties.Things did not turn out that way...As the years went by, humankind's future in space seemed more like the butt of a joke than a prediction. After all, we were "The Orphans of Apollo".After reading noted Space Journalist/Historian/Author Rod Pyle's new book "Space 2.0", all these intervening years, what is currently going on (think Elon Musk) and what is needed to get us to be a space faring race is brought keenly into focus. Is "space hard"? Yes, and Pyle lays all of the details out for us on what the technical, geo-political, governmental, human and societal challenges are and the possibilities that are in many cases being currently worked on to solve these. This is a very grounded in reality optimistic look at what our future can be and why, fundamentally, it is the future we need to be working for. As always with Pyle's writing, it is eminently readable and this is obviously a work of passion on his part, the detail and research is impeccable and very compelling to read.I highly recommend this book, for the first time in over 35 years I not only can see humans having a future in space, I feel it is inevitable.

Here we are on the cusp of the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 landing, and space is still the final frontier. Though we still don't have moonbases, orbital hotels or boots on Mars, the efforts of a few daring private companies like SpaceX are working hard to finally make this dream a reality. Along with new efforts from the old stalwarts like NASA and Russia, as well as newcomers like China, India and other nations, space is rapidly opening up. One day, as everyday citizens head to space, the final frontier will be a frontier no longer.To help the average citizen such as me keep track of these rapidly changing developments in space, accomplished author Rod Pyle gives us an excellent guided tour. And what a tour it is! From the halls of SpaceX to NASA to orbit and beyond, we get as close to an insider view of the world of modern spaceflight as an average citizen can get.Well informed and written text, accompanied by the right balance of illustrations and the amazing space art of artist James Vaughn help to give the average reader a current snapshot of the still-changing developments in space exploration as it stands in early 2019.This book's not a ticket to space. But FOR NOW at least, it's the next best thing. Get it!

This was a good overview of the players and potential with modern space flight and exploration. As with any published work about modern technology, some of the material is just slightly out of date. Even with that, I enjoyed the book and learned from it. This is a great starter for people wanting to better understand what is going on, where we are headed, and why we are going to space.

I have just finished reading Space 2.0 and Rod Pyle has done a tremendous job of updating the status of the new Space Race. Not only does he present an accurate account of where we are and where we have come from in our attempts to leave what I call “Lifeboat Earth”, but he also paints a very encouraging picture of this new space race. I vividly remember the excitement when we first landed men on the moon but the big difference now is the number and quality of the participants in the race. Elon Musk is unquestionably leading the pack, but there are many other private companies with great ideas and we are seeing at last real participation from countries which we used to call the “Industrializing World” but are fast replacing the old, failing first world.

Intéressant à lire et comme référence en exploration spatiale

It was interesting to learn that so many private companies are seriously looking at space activity as an investment opportunity.

The book tells the history of NASA space exploration highlighting economical issues and social benefits.The last three chapters are about future development like "space mining" on moon and mars.The style is journalistic, not scientific, but it is an interesting book.

Have been eagerly awaiting this new book from Rod Pyle with great expectations, and I haven’t disappointed. Very well written with good well thought out pictures embellishing most pages and superb graphic illustrations from James Vaughan. Aimed squarely at the space enthusiast, this book clearly paints a picture of the next generation of space exploration courtesy of commercial space. A great read and highly recommended!

Er....what else can one say, this is the 12-year-old's class book version of the subject. Great present for your kids. But, adults may need to look elsewhere.