Inhabiting space, inhabiting other worlds
€ 3.00Will we soon be travelling to Mars and other new worlds? Thank to the latest space research and discoveries, scientists are studying new propulsion systems that would have us growing asparagus on Mars in 20 years and, a few decades later, visiting the planets of the closest stars, propelled as we are by our destiny as explorers. In actual fact, since the Apollo Program ended in 1972, no human has left Earth to head for other planets. Since then, the International Space Station (ISS) – a joint project involving the space agencies of the USA, Russia, Canada, Europe and Japan – has taught us to work together in space. Designed for scientific research, the ISS has been continuously inhabited by astronauts from the world over since 2000. Last November, they were joined by Italian engineer and astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti, who is due to return to Earth this May. We already inhabit space and will soon be inhabiting other planets.
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Giovanni Bignami is one of the most renowned astrophysicists in Italy and Europe. A member of the French Académie des Sciences and Italy’s Accademia dei Lincei, he is former president of the Italian Space Agency and the Committee on Space Research (COSPAR), and is the current president of the Italian National Institute of Astrophysics. A prolific scientist and educator, he has written hundreds of papers and authored nine books, some of which have been translated into nine languages. He writes columns for La Stampa and L’Espresso and appears regularly on SKY, RAI and RAI Scuola. In 2013, Bignami added the Vittorio De Sica Science Prize and an honorary degree from Moscow State University to a further eight honours garnered between 1996 and 2010. His books include I Marziani siamo noi (Zanichelli, 2010); Cosa resta da scoprire (2011), Il futuro spiegato ai ragazzi (2012), Il mistero delle sette sfere (2013) and Oro dagli asteroidi ed asparagi da Marte (with A. Sommariva, 2015), published by Mondadori Educational.
Giovanni Bignami & i Dialoghi
2015
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