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Instead of blindly following popular preconceptions and biases about matters that we have not yet had the chance to test or verify, examined in this volume is our current state of knowledge, as well as our present state of ignorance, on subjects related to interstellar travel. The science and technology of the future that would be available for building interstellar space ships would indeed be quite different from those imagined from the perspectives of the early twenty-first century. Nevertheless, it is a good idea to start thinking what it will take to mount such an undertaking so that we can begin exploring various scientific and engineering possibilities now -- rather than wait endlessly for 'the right time' to come.

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...the book does come into it's own in the second section, which deals with the human aspects of multi-generation space ships. ...I found this section interesting and insightful and it was also detailed enough to use as a base for further reading...It has done well to discuss topics not familiar to the average astronomer in such a fascinating way. ...I must admit that I felt that I had learned something, and maybe even felt a little inspired. -- Peter Grindrod, The Observatory, April 2004. Reviewed in Telescopium, Journal of the Swedish Astronomical Society, Summer 2004.

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