Preface; About the Author; A Note About the Paintings; Acknowledgments; Contents; Part I: The Backdrop; Chapter 1: Early Ideas; The Terrestrial Planets; The Giants; Chapter 2: How They Got Here; Before the Nice Times - A Digression; Beyond the Snow Line; Chapter 3: How We Got There; The Pioneers; The Voyager Project; The Galileo Orbiter/Probe; Cassini and Huygens; Tomorrow's Agenda; Part II: Destinations; Chapter 4: The Gas and Ice Giants; The Modern View; The King of Worlds; Saturn; Uranus; Neptune; Cities in the Clouds - A Digression; Final Thoughts

Chapter 5: The Galilean MoonsA Closer Look at Io; Europa; Living on the Edge; Ganymede; Callisto; Chapter 6: Saturn's Ice Moons: Dione, Tethys, Rhea, Hyperion, Iapetus, Phoebe and Enceladus; Battered Ice Worlds: Dione, Tethys, Rhea and Hyperion; The Outliers, Iapetus and Phoebe; Iapetus; Fascinating Phoebe; Elegant Enceladus; Tiger Stripe Tour with Carolyn Porco; Future Travels; Chapter 7: Titan, the Other Mars; Titan's Atmosphere; Alien Dunes; Cryovolcanoes and Other Leaky Sources; Science and Caveats; Mountains; Lakes and Rivers; The Case for Visiting Titan - A Digression

Chapter 8: Ariel, Miranda and Triton - Moons of Uranus and NeptuneA Brief Look At the Major Moons; Ariel; Miranda; Visiting Ariel and Miranda; Triton; Visiting Triton; Part III: A New Frontier; Chapter 9: Technology and Living Among the Giants; Madame Pele's Bounty Meets Io's Wilderness - A Digression; Following Trails; Propulsion: Just Getting There; Chemical Rockets; Ion Drives; Thermal Nuclear Rockets; Solar Sails; Plasma Rockets; Artificial Gravity; Radiation Shielding; Human Habitat Simulations; Other Simulation Programs for Deep-Space Travel; Food Production

Closed-Loop Systems Autonomy; Chapter 10: Frolicking in the Outer Darkness: The Cultural Side of Living Among the Giants; The First Landings; Natural Resources - Slim Pickings?; Methane Mover; Traveling in Style; Tourism; Ice Giant Mission Studies; A New Wilderness; Culture and Creativity; The Giants Await; Index