Description

Learn about the human yearning to explore the stars: Babylonians, Greeks, and Renaissance astronomers who inspired the fictions which showed the path to the rockets and missions of today.  This class traces the history of Spaceflight from Lucian of Samosata to Adrian on Erid in the film Project Hail Mary and all the inspired fiction in between. We reveal the catalyzing force of war, WWII and the Cold War, for rocket development.  Finally, we discover the modern missions funded by state space agencies and private space agencies, their purpose and their success.   This class will be out of this world!