A Scenario for Interstellar Exploration and Its Financing

This book develops a credible scenario for interstellar exploration and colonization. In so doing, it examines:
• the present situation and prospects for interstellar exploration technologies;
• where to go: the search for habitable planets;
• the motivations for space travel and colonization;
• the financial mechanisms required to fund such enterprises.
The final section of the book analyzes the uncertainties surrounding the presented scenario. The purpose of building a scenario is not onl...