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Spacefarers : how humans will settle the moon, mars, and beyond

Christopher Wanjek, Author | Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press | 2022

A wry and compelling take on the who, how, and why of near-future colonies in space. From bone-whittling microgravity to eye-popping profits, the risks and rewards of space settlement have never been so close at hand. More than fifty years after[...]

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Terraforming Mars

Martin Beech, Editor ; J. Seckbach, Editor ; Richard Gordon, Editor | Hoboken, N.J. : J. Wiley | Astrobiology perspectives on life of the universe | 2022

The idea of terraforming Mars has, in recent times, become a topic of intense scientific interest and great public debate. Stimulated in part by the contemporary imperative to begin geoengineering Earth, as a means to combat global climate chang[...]

The case for space : how the revolution in spaceflight opens up a future of limitless possibility /

Robert Zubrin, Author | [S.l.] : Prometheus Books | 2019

Astronautical engineer Robert Zubrin spells out the potential of these new developments in an engrossing narrative that is visionary yet grounded by a deep understanding of the practical challenges.Fueled by the combined expertise of the old aer[...]

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The case for space : how the revolution in spaceflight opens up a future of limitless possibility /

Robert Zubrin, Author | [S.l.] : Prometheus Books | 2019

Astronautical engineer Robert Zubrin spells out the potential of these new developments in an engrossing narrative that is visionary yet grounded by a deep understanding of the practical challenges.Fueled by the combined expertise of the old aer[...]

The first space war : how the patterns of history and the principles of STEM will shape its form

J. Furman Daniel III, Author ; T.K. Rogers, Author | Lanham, Maryland : Lexington Books | 2019

Unfortunately, much of what people believe about war in space has been shaped, or misshaped, by Hollywood and other forms of popular media. In this book a STEM educator and a political science professor team up to explore the possibilities for w[...]

Human factors of outer space production

T. Stephen Cheston, Author ; David L. Winter, Author ; American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Author | Milton : Routledge | AAAS selected symposium | 2019

The missions of the early space age--when a relatively few, very highly trained, physically fit male, pilot/astronauts operated for short times--will be supplemented in the future by missions where large numbers of nonpilot/astronaut men and wom[...]

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Principles of space anthropology : establishing a science of human space settlement

Cameron McPherson Smith, Author | New York, NY : Springer | Space and Society | 2019

This book shows how anthropology can provide an innovative perspective on the human movement into space. It examines adaptation to space on timescales of generations, rather than merely months or years, and uses evolutionary adaptation as a guid[...]

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Principles of space anthropology : establishing a science of human space settlement

Cameron McPherson Smith, Author | New York, NY : Springer | Space and Society | 2019

This book shows how anthropology can provide an innovative perspective on the human movement into space. It examines adaptation to space on timescales of generations, rather than merely months or years, and uses evolutionary adaptation as a guid[...]

Dream missions : space colonies, nuclear spacecraft and other possibilities /

Michel Van Pelt, Author | Cham : Springer, Published in association with Praxis Publishing | 2017

This book takes the reader on a journey through the history of extremely ambitious, large and complex space missions that never happened. What were the dreams and expectations of the visionaries behind these plans, and why were they not successf[...]

Dissent, revolution and liberty beyond earth

Charles S. Cockell, Editor | New York, NY : Springer | Space and Society | 2016

This volume provides an in-depth discussion on the central question - how can people express and survive dissent and disagreement in confined habitats in space? The discussion is an important one because it could be that the systems of inter[...]

Dissent, revolution and liberty beyond earth

Charles S. Cockell, Editor | New York, NY : Springer | Space and Society | 2016

This volume provides an in-depth discussion on the central question - how can people express and survive dissent and disagreement in confined habitats in space? The discussion is an important one because it could be that the systems of inter-dep[...]

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Astra Planeta

Illkirch-Graffenstaden (France) : International Space University | 2015

If human beings are to expand their existence beyond the Solar System, a spacecraft must be built to navigate through interstellar space. This paper addresses interstellar travel using a slower-than-light, self-sustaining worldship to carry huma[...]

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Human governance beyond earth : implications for freedom

Charles S. Cockell, Editor | New York, NY : Springer | Space and Society | 2015

This new volume focuses on systems of governance and how they will influence which of these sorts of freedoms will become dominant in extra-terrestrial society. The book targets a wide readership covers many groups including: Space policy makers[...]

Human governance beyond earth : implications for freedom

Charles S. Cockell, Editor | New York, NY : Springer | Space and Society | 2015

This new volume focuses on systems of governance and how they will influence which of these sorts of freedoms will become dominant in extra-terrestrial society. The book targets a wide readership covers many groups including: Space policy makers[...]

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100 Year Starship 2013 conference proceedings : pathway to the stars, footprints on Earth

Houston (TX, United states) : 100 Year Starship | 2014

"The 100 Year Starship 2013 Public Symposium: Transition to Transformation . . . The Journey Begins" brought together leaders, experts, thought and trendsetters, advocates and enthusiasts from the space community, universities, businesses and fi[...]

Human migration to space : alternative technological approaches for long-term adaptation to extraterrestrial environments /

Elizabeth Lockard, Author | New York, NY : Springer | Springer theses | 2014

Human migration to space : alternative technological approaches for long-term adaptation to extraterrestrial environments /

Elizabeth Lockard, Author | New York, NY : Springer | Springer theses | 2014

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100 Year Starship 2012 conference proceedings : transformation to transition : the journey begins

Houston (TX, United states) : 100 Year Starship | 2013

"The 100 Year Starship 2012 Public Symposium: Transition to Transformation . . . The Journey Begins" brought together leaders, experts, thought and trendsetters, advocates and enthusiasts from the space community, universities, businesses and fi[...]

Mission to mars : my vision for space exploration /

Buzz Aldrin, Author ; Leonard David, Author | [S.l.] : National Geographic Society | 2013

Buzz Aldrin speaks out as a vital advocate for the continuing quest to push the boundaries of the universe as we know it. As a pioneering astronaut who first set foot on the moon during mankind's first landing of Apollo 11-- and as an aerospace [...]

Mission to mars : my vision for space exploration /

Buzz Aldrin, Author ; Leonard David, Author | [S.l.] : National Geographic Society | 2013

Buzz Aldrin speaks out as a vital advocate for the continuing quest to push the boundaries of the universe as we know it. As a pioneering astronaut who first set foot on the moon during mankind's first landing of Apollo 11-- and as an aerospace [...]

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Emigrating beyond Earth : human adaptation and space colonization /

Cameron McPherson Smith, Author ; Evan Tyler SuliLeman Davies, Author | Cham : Springer, Published in association with Praxis Publishing | Springer-Praxis books in popular science | 2012

The book puts space colonization into the context of human evolution. Rather than focusing on the technologies and strategies needed to colonize space, the authors examine the human and societal reasons for space colonization. They make space co[...]

Emigrating beyond Earth : human adaptation and space colonization /

Cameron McPherson Smith, Author ; Evan Tyler SuliLeman Davies, Author | Cham : Springer, Published in association with Praxis Publishing | Springer-Praxis books in popular science | 2012

The book puts space colonization into the context of human evolution. Rather than focusing on the technologies and strategies needed to colonize space, the authors examine the human and societal reasons for space colonization. They make space co[...]

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The visioneers : how a group of elite scientists pursued space colonies, nanotechnologies, and a limitless future /

Patrick McCray, Author | Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press | 2012

Patrick McCray traces how these visioneers blended countercultural ideals with hard science, entrepreneurship, libertarianism, and unbridled optimism about the future. He shows how they built networks that communicated their ideas to writers, po[...]

The visioneers : how a group of elite scientists pursued space colonies, nanotechnologies, and a limitless future /

Patrick McCray, Author | Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press | 2012

Patrick McCray traces how these visioneers blended countercultural ideals with hard science, entrepreneurship, libertarianism, and unbridled optimism about the future. He shows how they built networks that communicated their ideas to writers, po[...]

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The case for Mars : the plan to settle the red planet and why we must /

Robert M. Zubrin, Author ; Richard Wagner, Author | [S.l.] : The Free Press | 2011

Turning dust to gold : building a future on the Moon and Mars

Haym Benaroya | New York, NY : Springer | 2010

The book is a journey in our potential future: it discusses the planning and building of capabilities for manned space flight and settlement, describes the evolution of humanity on the moon, Mars and beyond and shows that scientific and engineer[...]

Living in space : cultural and social synamics, opportunities, and challenges in permanent space habitats

Sherry Bell, Editor ; Langdon Morris, Editor | North Charleston (United States) : CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform | Aerospace Technology Working Group | 2009

Martian outpost : the challenges of establishing a human settlement on Mars

Erik Seedhouse | New York, NY : Springer | Springer-Praxis books in space exploration | 2009

Martian outpost : the challenges of establishing a human settlement on Mars /

Erik Seedhouse, Author | New York, NY : Springer | Springer-Praxis books in space exploration | 2009

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The seventh landing : going back to the moon, this time to stay

Michael W. Carroll | New York, NY : Springer | 2009

Contents : The first explorers, learning from history Getting there the second time around Shackleton, the Home Site Robot-human combo systems Scientific reasons to return Going to Mars

Space enterprise : living and working offworld in the 21st century

Philip R. Harris | New York, NY : Springer | 2009

The book focuses upon aspects of human behavior, culture, man/machine interface, organization, performance, and governance when functioning in the unique space environment. It explores the commercial, legal and political issues of space explorat[...]

Terraforming : the creating of habitable worlds

Martin Beech | New York, NY : Springer | Astronomers' universe | 2009

This book proposes a sound and realistic exploration on the topic of terraforming. Often used as the narrative premise in science fiction novels, terraforming is the process by which an uninhabitable planet might be converted into one capable o[...]

Terraforming : the creating of habitable worlds

Martin Beech | New York, NY : Springer | Astronomers' universe | 2009

This book proposes a sound and realistic exploration on the topic of terraforming. Often used as the narrative premise in science fiction novels, terraforming is the process by which an uninhabitable planet might be converted into one capable o[...]

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Gaiome : Notes on ecology, space travel and becoming cosmic species

Kevin Scott Polk | [S.l.] : Gaiome.com | 2007

The book suggests that living beyond Earth challenges not just technology, but also our very identity and autonomy as a species. Consider Earth's frontiers. Millions of our fellow species made them habitable long before humans arrived. Not so i[...]

Living off the land in space : green roads to the cosmos

Gregory L. Matloff, Author ; L. Johnson ; Constance Bangs | New York, NY : Springer | 2007

"Beyond our first tentative boot-steps on the Moon, what are the prospects for human exploration and settlement and, in the long run, large-scale human emigration to other parts of the solar system, even into the furthest reaches of space? Based[...]

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Living off the land in space : green roads to the cosmos

Gregory L. Matloff ; L. Johnson ; Constance Bangs | New York, NY : Springer | 2007

Beyond earth : the future of humans in space

Bob Krone, Editor | North Charleston (United States) : CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform | Aerospace Technology Working Group | 2006

Return to the Moon

Rick (ed.) Tumlinson ; Erin Medlicott | Burlington, Ont. : Apogee books | Apogee Books space series | 2005

Visysphere Mars : terraforming meets engineered life adaptation

Illkirch-Graffenstaden (France) : International Space University | 2005

A new term for the integrated systems needed to support a human society on Mars, is presented. The potential applications of nontraditional and oftentimes controversial methods are examined to support the settlement of Mars. Specifically, the au[...]

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Visysphere Mars : terraforming meets engineered life adaptation : International Space University Masters Program 2005 team Project report

Illkirch-Graffenstaden (France) : International Space University | 2005

Lunar bases : strategies, concepts, prospects and plans

Heinz Hermann Koelle | [S.l.] : Shaker Verlag | Berichte aus der Luft-und Raumfahrtechnik | 2003

Extraterrestrial caves : science, habitat, & resources (A NIAC phase I study)

[S.l.] : National Aeronautics and Space Administration | NASA CP | 2001

Spacefaring : the human dimension

Albert A. Harrison | Berkeley : University of California Press | 2001

The stars have always called us, but only for the past forty years or so have been able to respond by traveling in space. This book explores the human side of spaceflight: why people are willing to brave danger and hardship to go into space, how[...]

The high frontier : human colonies in space

Gerard K. O'Neill | Burlington, Ont. : Apogee books | 2000

Pale blue dot 2 workshop : habitable and inhabited worlds beyond our own solar system

Lawrence I. Caroff ; David J. Des Marais | [S.l.] : National Aeronautics and Space Administration | NASA CP | 2000

Entering space : creating a spacefaring civilization

Robert M. Zubrin | [S.l.] : Tarcher | 1999

"Robert Zubrin is already one of the few individuals to have had a marked impact on U. S. space policy, with his compelling advocacy of a streamlined and affordable human mission to Mars. Having galvanized the Mars mission, he now turns his atte[...]

Permanent Projects to Employ Resources of the Moon and Asteroids Near Earth in the Near Term

Mark Prado | [S.l.] : Fong Tong Enterprise Co. | 1998

This book covers the many products and services of the future space economy, focusing on the near term issues.

Workshop on Using IN SITU Resources for Construction of Planetary Outposts

M.B. Duke 1998

From imagination to reality : Mars exploration studies of the journal of the British Interplanetary Society : Part II: base building, colonization and terraformation

Robert M. Zubrin | [S.l.] : Univelt | 1997

The Mir space station : a precursor to space colonization

David Michael Harland | Hoboken, N.J. : John Wiley & Sons | Wiley - Praxis series in space science and technology | 1997

In "The Mir space station", David Harland reviews the beginnings of the Russian space station programme, and the highly successful flights of Salyuts 6 and 7, and presents an up-to-date, comprehensive, chronological review of the construction an[...]

Islands in the sky : bold new ideas for colonizing space

Robert M. Zubrin, Editor ; Stanley Schmidt, Editor | Hoboken, N.J. : John Wiley & Sons | 1996

Living and working in space : human behavior, culture and organization

Philip R. Harris | Hoboken, N.J. : John Wiley & Sons | Wiley - Praxis series in space science and technology | 1996

For the past 40 years, human activities in space have increased, but since the Moon landings more than 20 years ago, the human space programme has often lacked rationale and coherence. In "Living and working in space", Philip Harris presents a c[...]

The quest for water planets : interstellar space colonization in the 21st century

Raymond J. Halyard | [S.l.] : American Eagle Publications | 1996

Can it be done? Yes -within the next hundred years- says booster systems expert Ray Halyard. Find out how in "The quest for water planets!" Learn about what kind of planet can sustain life -a water planet- and the advances in astronomy that will[...]

Living and working in space : human behavior, culture and organization

Philip R. Harris | [S.l.] : Praxis Publishing | Series in space technology | 1994

The millennial project : colonizing the galaxy in eight easy steps

Marshall T. Savage | [S.l.] : Little | 1994

Dome Cities for Extreme Environments

Millton Schwartz ; Raymond S. LEONARD 1992

From sea to space

Ben R. Finney | [S.l.] : Massey University | The Macmillan Brown lectures, ISSN 0464-2767 | 1992

Space in the 21st century

Richard S. Lewis | [S.l.] : Columbia University Press | 1990

Humans in space : 21st century frontiers

Harry L. Shipman | [S.l.] : Plenum Press | 1989

Settling the asteroids

The MIT Space Habitat Design workshop 1989

Manned Mars/ lunar studies : mid-term reviews, December 1 &2, 1987

[S.l.] : NASA | 1987

Space biospheres

John Allen ; Mark Nelson | [S.l.] : Orbit Book Company | Orbit, a foundation series | 1987

Manned Mars missions : working group papers, workshop held at Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, Alabama

[S.l.] : NASA | 1986

Manned Mars missions : working group papers, workshop [held] at Marshall Space Flight Center, June 10-14, 1985, Huntsville, Alabama

[S.l.] : NASA | 1986

Mass and power estimates for Martian in-situ propellant production systems

Robert H. Frisbee | [S.l.] : NASA | 1986

Space manufacturing 5 : engineering with lunar and asteroidal materials : proceedings of the seventh Princeton/AIAA/SSI conference, May 8-11, 1985

Gregg Maryniak, Editor ; Barbara Faughnan, Editor | Reston, VA : American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics | 1985

Spacefarers of the '80S and '90S : the next thousand people in space

Alcestis R. Oberg | [S.l.] : Columbia University Press | 1985

Colonizing other worlds : a field manual

John C. MacVey | [S.l.] : Stein and Day | 1984

The Caltech space settlement conference : held July 18, 1978, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California

Michael T. Hyson ; California Institute of Technology. ; Caltech Space Settlement Conference (1978 : Pasadena, Calif.). | [S.l.] : California Institute of Technology | 1981

Toward distant suns

T. A. Heppenheimer | [S.l.] : Stackpole Books | 1979

Colonies in space

T. A. Heppenheimer | [S.l.] : Stackpole Books | 1977

Space settlememts : a design study

Richard D. Johnson, Editor ; Charles Holbrow, Editor | [S.l.] : National Aeronautics and Space Administration | NASA SP | 1977