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An eye-opening and provocative tour of our solar system, from one of Britain's celebrated astronomists. Have you ever dreamed of being an astronaut, traveling through the universe on your very own space mission? What would it be like to tour the solar system, visiting the sun and the planets, taking in everything from moons to asteroid belts along the way? What would you see, and how would you feel? What would you eat? How would you navigate and produce fuel? How would you survive? On this epic voyage of discovery, astronomer Mark Thompson takes you on that journey. From how to prepare for take-off and the experience of leaving Earth's atmosphere, to the reality of living in the confines of a spaceship and the strange sensation of weightlessness, this is an adventure like no other.
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Mark Thompson is an award winning British historian. He has written three books including (2008) , an account of the travesties of the Italian army on the Austrian front during World War I, which discussed restoring the Roman practice of decimation, the random execution of troops in order to enforce the discipline of the remaining troops. (1999) is an account of the media manipulation that took place during the Bosnian War. (1992) describes the dissolution of Yugoslavia. Thompson has also edited, with Louis Mackay, In 2009 he was the winner of the Hessell-Tiltman Prize for
