Social Foundations of Human Space Exploration [electronic resource].
Social Foundations of Human Space Exploration [electronic resource].
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Dordrecht : Springer, 2012.
Date
2012.
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English
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1 online resource (115 p.)
Contents
Social Foundationsof Human Space Exploration; ISU (Society) Page; About the Author; Contents; Chapter 1: What Is This Book About?; The Focus of This Book; Probing Beyond; Interdisciplinary Issues; Contributors to This Book; References; Chapter 2: Visions of Not-Earth: Space Arts; Stories of Not-Eart...
Popular Space MusicReferences; Chapter 3: Dreams, Rockets, Rivalries, and Jobs; Why Did the Space Age Happen?; How Did the Space Age Happen?; Three "Fathers" of the Space Age; The Space Age and World War II; The Cold War; Is the Space Age Over?; Jobs for Space on Earth; References; Chapter 4: Cultur...
Social Science About Human Behavior in SpaceSocial Science Findings About Humans in Space; What Happens Without Good Social Science?; Social Scientists and Space Research; References; Chapter 6: Humans, Robots, Artificial Intelligence, and Autonomous Entities in Space; "We Shape Our Tools and Therea...
States, Kings, EmpiresNew Classes, New Governance; Old Cosmologies, Old Technologies; Direct Democracy?; Direct Bureaucracy?; Direct Adjudication?; Beyond the "Three Branches"; Freedom or Order?; Governance for Not-Earth: Back to Basics; Our Best Hope for Better Governance in Space?; References; Cha...
SETI: The Search for Extraterrestrial IntelligenceProtocols for Communicating with ETs; The Drake Equation and the Fermi Paradox; SETI, Astrobiology, and UFOs; What Is Life?; What Is Intelligence?; Contact!; References; Chapter 10: Futures of Space; "Nowism"; Frontier Visions; Science Visions; What'...
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This title presents a uniquely human perspective on the quest to explore space and to understand the universe through the lens of the arts, humanities, and social sciences. It considers early stories about the universe in various cultures; recent space fiction; the origins and cultural rationale for the space age; experiences of humans in space and...
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Social Foundations of Human Space Exploration [electronic resource].
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SpringerBriefs in Space Development.
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74VvxE0o3XPy
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VvxE0o3XPy
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ISBN
9781461430940
DDC
629.4540973
MMS ID
991016790669702626
