A profound debt of thanks for my friend Chris P. who finished the second draft. Not just this book, but the unfinished pieces that make up all of Trajectory Volume 1. His suggestions and enthusiasm were extremely helpful.
Further thanks to Chris H. who read the second draft. You were my first “friend of a friend” reader.
Johnathan and Melissa who listened to me burble vaguely about space, the future and the never-ending onslaught of technological advance. Thank you for continuing to be my friend despite my struggle up the mountain.
And of course, my Mom and Dad who were really more supportive than they should have been. Thanks, folks.
And Dakota, who I miss constantly.
And Dexter.
But most of all, I want to thank Deb for kicking me in the ass to finish this and put it out. You read the earliest drafts and asked hard questions and listened to hare-brained answers. I really couldn’t have done this without you.
Also, I’d like to thank the Wikimedia Foundation and all of the volunteers who make Wikipedia such a wonderful shared global resource. I have a list of incredible reference pages which made writing this much, much easier.
And of course, thank you, dear reader.
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Table of Contents
preface
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Acknowledgements
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