With the reality of private space exploration dawning upon us, many ideas previously disregarded as science fiction are starting to be taken seriously. Both governments and commercial entities are looking to space and saying: “You know…we could do this!” Ideas left dormant, kept alive by small groups of passionate advocates, are emerging into mainstream discourse. Along with these ideas, though, there is also the question: “Why?” Why should we seek to dominate space? Why should we want to find and settle new worlds?

This Curated Text web-book™ by Ronald Kimmons gives you a narrated tour of the best information available on the topic, including Wikipedia articles and YouTube videos right in the pages of the book. Not only does this bring all the most interesting space info online into a single place, but for the first time it is now available to **read offline!**

We hope you enjoy learning about the final frontier!