The High Frontier: An Easier Way now available in paperback

As you may know, some months ago Tom Marotta and I published a book titled The High Frontier: An Easier Way. In it we describe how new scientific discoveries, new advances in launch technology, and new social trends are making space settlement much, much easier to contemplate.

The two key discoveries relate to radiation shielding and rotation adaptation. Specifically, it turns out that equatorial low earth orbit is a very low radiation environment (by space standards) so people there will need very little dedicated radiation shielding, perhaps none at all. This reduces settlement mass by one to two orders of magnitude. Secondly, an extensive literature search suggests that people can adapt to rotation much faster than commonly thought. By spinning fast, the minimum size settlement is about an order of magnitude smaller than previous designs. When taken together, along with advances in the launch industry, these developments mean that free space settlements can be built much closer, simpler, and cheaper than previously thought. Perhaps cheap enough to sell condos in space at a profit. We detail these findings and more in a fast-paced, fun book full of interesting anecdotes about space-related personalities.

The book has been available in e-book format but I am pleased to announce that the book is now available in paperback as well. You may purchase the book on Amazon. We made the book quite portable at 6" x 9" with an easy-to-read font on crisp white pages and lots of full-color illustrations. Notably, the book has 12 five-star reviews with glowing comments from a number of readers!

Heres the link to Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/High-Frontier-Easier-Way/dp/1719231745/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid38610391&sr=1-1