
Title: | Star ark : a living, self-sustaining spaceship |
Authors: | Rachel Armstrong, Editor |
Material Type: | eBook |
Publisher: | New York, NY : Springer, 2016 |
Series: | Springer-Praxis books in space exploration |
ISBN / ISSN / EAN : | 978-3-319-31042-8 |
Size: | 1 online resource (xxii, 492 p.) / col. ill. |
Bibliography note: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
Languages: | English |
Class number: | TL1500 |
Subjects: | Architecture--Human factors ; Ecology ; Environmental design--Human factors ; Interstellar travel ; Life sciences ; Life support systems (Space environment) ; Outer space--Exploration ; Space architecture ; Space medicine ; Space vehicles--Design and construction |
Description: | As space ventures have become more numerous, leading scientists and theorists have offered ways of building a living habitat in a hostile environment, taking an 'ecosystems' view of space colonization. The contributors to this volume take a radical multi-disciplinary view of the challenge of human space colonization through the ongoing project Persephone. This book fundamentally challenges prevalent ideas about sustainability and proposes a new approach to resource austerity and conservation and providing truly sustainable approaches that are life-promoting. |
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