Space ethics / Brian Patrick Green
- Author:
- Green, Brian Patrick
- Published:
- Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield, [2022]
- Physical Description:
- v, 297 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 26 cm
- 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.
- Summary:
- "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"--
- Subject(s):
- ISBN:
- 9781786600264 (cloth)
1786600269
9781786600271 (paperback)
1786600277 - Bibliography Note:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
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