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The Universe Beyond the Horizon: Conversations with Prof. Haim Eshed (Hebrew: היקום מעבר לאופק) is a book by writer Hagar Yanai, based on her conversations with Professor Haim Eshed. It was published in Hebrew by Yedioth Books in 2020.
Haim Eshed, a retired brigadier general, headed the Israeli Ministry of Defense space program for about thirty years and is often called the father of Israel's space program. He studied electronics engineering at the Technion and holds a master's degree and doctorate in aeronautical engineering, and he received the Israel Defense Prize three times.
In the conversations, Eshed tells of his own path to the head of Israel's defense space program, reviews humanity's long effort to understand the universe and the achievements of modern space technology, and describes the development of Israel's space capabilities. He also discusses sightings of unidentified flying objects and various theories about their nature and origin. These views drew wide media attention when the book came out, after Eshed spoke about them in an interview with Yedioth Ahronoth in December 2020.