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Robots in space : technology, evolution, and interplanetary travel / Roger D. Launius and Howard E....

Robots in space : technology, evolution, and interplane...

Robots in space : technology, evolution, and interplanetary travel / Roger D. Launius and Howard E....

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Robots in space : technology, evolution, and interplanetary travel / Roger D. Launius and Howard E. McCurdy.

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Robots in space : technology, evolution, and interplanetary travel / Roger D. Launius and Howard E. McCurdy.

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Publisher

Baltimore : The Johns Hopkins University Press, 2008.

Date

2008.

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N629.4/83

Record Identifier

74VK3NJxOBm3

MMS ID

991023839889702626

Language

English

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Physical content

xx, 313 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Contents

Introduction : a false dichotomy -- The human/robot debate -- Human spaceflight as utopia -- Promoting the human dimension -- Robotic spaceflight in popular culture -- The new space race -- Interstellar flight and the human future in space -- Homo sapiens, transhumanism, and the postbiological unive...

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Publisher

Baltimore : The Johns Hopkins University Press, 2008.

Place of Publication

Maryland

Date Published

2008.

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Robots in space : technology, evolution, and interplanetary travel / Roger D. Launius and Howard E. McCurdy.

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New series in NASA history.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [257]-301) and index.

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N629.4/83

Record Identifier

74VK3NJxOBm3

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ISBN

9780801887086 (hardcover : alk. paper)

0801887089 (hardcover : alk. paper)

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629.4

MMS ID

991023839889702626

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