Fly Me to the Moon: An Insider's Guide to the New Science of Space Travel
Categories: Science & Math
Fly Me to the Moon: An Insider's Guide to the New Science of Space Travel (2007) is a book by mathematician Edward Belbruno, with a foreword by Neil deGrasse Tyson, published by Princeton University Press. Belbruno explains the low-energy, chaotic routes he pioneered, which let spacecraft be captured by the Moon using gravity rather than large rocket burns. He recounts how he used one in 1991 to rescue Japan's Hiten spacecraft and send it into lunar orbit.
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- Neil deGrasse Tyson: “Barely understood until recently, and hardly explored until the work of Ed Belbruno, these newly discovered interplanetary highways offer a romantic reflection of the pre-rocket, pre-airplane era. (Foreword written for this book, per his official site.)”