Space ethics
"An introduction to the basic issues of space ethics: the technology, the impact on society, and the frontiers of thinking about space exploration from theory to practice"--
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- Full title :Space ethics / Brian Patrick Green.
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"An introduction to the basic issues of space ethics: the technology, the impact on society, and the frontiers of thinking about space exploration from theory to practice"--
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- Publication Date:©2022
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- Publisher(s):Rowman & Littlefield
- Place of Publication:Lanham
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:©2022
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- Description:v, 297 pages : : illustrations ; : 26 cm
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:9781786600264, 1786600269, 9781786600271, 1786600277
- oclc:on1255174310
- LC Classification:BJ60
- Dewey Decimal:174/.96294
Table of Contents
1. Why space ethics? -- 2. Questions of "should": ethics applied to space -- 3. Risk and safety -- 4. Space and human health -- 5. The dangers of space debris -- 6. Military, dual-use activities, and international relations in space -- 7. Protecting Earth from hazardous asteroids and other extraterrestrial dangers -- 8. Astrobiology and the search for extraterrestrial life -- 9. Contamination, planetary protection, and responsible exploration -- 10. The search for extraterrestrial intelligence -- 11. New players in space: new nations and commercial, private, and nongovernmental activities -- 12. Traveling to the planets and the stars: very long duration spaceflight and human biology -- 13. Building your martian home: living in and settlement of space -- 14. Planetary-scale interventions on Earth and afar -- 15. Conclusion.
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