Space Chronicles

{{Short description|2012 book by Neil deGrasse Tyson}}

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| name = Space Chronicles: Facing the Ultimate Frontier

| image = Space Chronicles -- Facing the Ultimate Frontier.jpg

| caption = Hardcover edition

| author = Neil deGrasse Tyson

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| country = United States

| language = English

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| subject = Astrophysics

| genre = Non-fiction

| publisher = W.W. Norton

| pub_date = 2012

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| media_type = Print (Hardcover)

| pages = 384 pp.

| isbn = 9780393350371

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| preceded_by = The Pluto Files

| followed_by = Welcome to the Universe

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Space Chronicles: Facing the Ultimate Frontier is the 2012 anthology by Neil deGrasse Tyson covering his various writings relating to the history and future of NASA and space travel in general.{{cite web|title=Space Chronicles|url=http://www.haydenplanetarium.org/tyson/buy/books/space-chronicles|access-date=4 September 2012}}

One of the chapters is a transcript of his attendance as a guest on the Rationally Speaking podcast in 2010, when he explained his justification for spending large amounts of government money on space programs.{{cite book |last=Culp |first=Jennifer |date=2014 |title=Neil DeGrasse Tyson |series=Great Science Writers Series |publisher=The Rosen Publishing Group |page=74 |isbn=9781477776926 }}

Tyson intended the book's original title to be, Failure to Launch: The Dreams and Delusions of Space Enthusiasts.{{cite web|title=Interview with Dr. Neil deGrasse Tyson|url=http://www.sandiego.com/articles/2011-07-29/interview-neil-degrasse-tyson-astrophysicist-hollywood-space-exploration/|access-date=22 May 2013}}