7.4 /10 1 Votes
Cover artist Pamela Lee Publication date September 1984 ISBN 0-89480-770-6 Illustrator Pamela M. Lee | 3.7/5 Goodreads Subject Planetary exploration Pages 190 Originally published September 1984 Page count 190 Followed by Cycles of fire | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Preceded by The Grand Tour: A Traveller's Guide to the Solar System (1981) Publisher Workman Publishing Company Similar William Kenneth Hartmann books, Outer space books | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Out of the Cradle: Exploring the Frontiers beyond Earth is a book written and illustrated by planetary scientist William K. Hartmann, Ron Miller and Pamela Lee. Cradle describes potential manned space missions to the planets, moons and asteroids of the Solar System. The approximately 100 space art illustrations were in large part based on the plethora of new photographs from the unmanned space probes Pioneer 11, Voyager 1 and the Viking Lander, available at the time of publication, with scientific extrapolation of the likely appearance of various planetary surfaces. The title is derived from a quote from Konstantin Tsiolkovsky, which is included in the preface: "Earth is the cradle of humanity, but one cannot live in the cradle forever."
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Cradle has received critical academic reviews, including from the Journal of the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada. It has been recommended as a teaching aid for science classes.