his volume is both a comprehensively illustrated review of how our ideas on the universe and space travel have changed over half a century and a preview of our future in space. encompassing past successes as well as failures. David Hardy is one of the world's most prominent space artists, with many books to his credit, and Patrick Moore is a household name to anyone with even the slightest interest in astronomy. Together the apply their knowledge and immagination to look into both the past and future of space exploration and to create artist's visualizations of worlds not visible even with today's technology.