Ross 248 Project

The Ross 248 Project is a collection of science fiction stories and nonfiction about life under a crimson sun, written by a diverse group of authors. It explores the challenges of finding habitable planets and making them compatible with Earth life, as well as the mysteries and unexpected challenges that settlers will encounter. The book includes contributions from USAF Lt General (Ret) Steven Kwast, Patrick Chiles, Stephanie Osborn, Brent Ziarnick, Laura Montgomery, Daniel M. Hoyt & E. Marshall Hoyt, Matthew Williams, D.J. Butler, Robert E. Hampson, Monalisa Foster, J.L. Curtis, K.S. Daniels, Les Johnson & Ken Roy.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 560 pages
Publication date: 08 July 2024
Publisher: Baen Books

Traveling to the stars will be difficult, but not, perhaps, the most difficult part. What about when we get to another star? What then? Will the planets be immediately habitable? Not likely. Will those who undertook the journey be able to easily turn around and come home if they don't find "Earth 2.0"? Almost certainly not. Therein lies the challenge: Finding worlds that are potentially habitable and then taking the time, perhaps centuries, to make them compatible with Earth life. The settlers at the nearby red dwarf star, Ross 248, will encounter mysteries and unexpected challenges, but the human spirit will endure. Join this diverse group of science fiction writers and scientists as they take up the challenge of The Ross 248 Project. Stories and speculative nonfiction about life under a crimson sun, contributions by . . . Contributors: USAF Lt General (Ret) Steven Kwast Patrick Chiles Stephanie Osborn Brent Ziarnick Laura Montgomery Daniel M. Hoyt & E. Marshall Hoyt Matthew Williams D.J. Butler Robert E. Hampson Monalisa Foster J.L. Curtis K.S. Daniels Les Johnson & Ken Roy Praise for A Traveler's Guide to the Stars by Les Johnson: "We effortlessly travel round and round our sun, and we wonder: How hard would it be, really, to travel to another star? Les Johnson shows us the rocket science we'd need; that's easy enough. But then he describes with wonderful detail the Starshot nanocrafts, chipsats, Starwisps, worldships, and metamaterial LightSails that we might use. It's a flight of imagination backed up with real out-of-this-world science." —Bill Nye "Les Johnson is that rare breed of writer who can make rocket science comprehensible even to the layperson. He has more than paid his dues in the field, and his enthusiasm for the cause of interstellar exploration shines through. But so does h.

ISBN-13: 9781982193522