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There are many choices to be made in life, decisions that can change our whole existence. A decision you may have to make will be whether or not you will go into space. Our ancestors chose to go to new states, countries, even continents. For future generations the choice will be new worlds. This book is about living in space. It explains how to get there, what to expect, how it will change you physically, and more. Perhaps at first you will be a space tourist. Then a bit further into the future, you will choose to live off of Earth permanently. Maybe you will live on the moon or Mars or in a space colony. These opportunities are almost here.
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Phillips, R.W. (2012). A Great New Adventure. In: Grappling with Gravity. Astronomers' Universe. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-6899-9_1
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