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Author: Ben R. Finney
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Published: 1986
Total Pages: 372
ISBN-13: 9780520058989
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book weaves together essays by twenty-five noted scholars from the social and space sciences which examine the human as well as the technological side of our future beyond Earth.
Author: Elizabeth Song Lockard
Publisher: Springer
Published: 2014-05-13
Total Pages: 219
ISBN-13: 3319059300
DOWNLOAD EBOOKHuman migration to space will be the most profound catalyst for evolution in the history of humankind, yet this has had little impact on determining our strategies for this next phase of exploration. Habitation in space will require extensive technological interfaces between humans and their alien surroundings and how they are deployed will critically inform the processes of adaptation. As humans begin to spend longer durations in space—eventually establishing permanent outposts on other planets—the scope of technological design considerations must expand beyond the meager requirements for survival to include issues not only of comfort and well‐being, but also of engagement and negotiation with the new planetary environment that will be crucial to our longevity beyond Earth. Approaching this question from an interdisciplinary approach, this dissertation explores how the impact of interior space architecture can meet both the physical and psychological needs of future space colonists and set the stage for humankind to thrive and grow while setting down new roots beyond Earth.
Author: Albert A. Harrison
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Published: 2002-11-10
Total Pages: 352
ISBN-13: 9780520236776
DOWNLOAD EBOOKPublisher Fact Sheet An exploration of the human side of spaceflight: what living & working in space will really be like in the decades to come.
Author: Jean Schneider
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Published: 2012-12-06
Total Pages: 247
ISBN-13: 9400929935
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Warren G. Kinzey
Publisher: SUNY Press
Published: 1987-01-01
Total Pages: 322
ISBN-13: 9780887062681
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book represents an important meeting ground in the primatology field by exploring the various primate models that have been used in the reconstruction of early human behavior. While some models are based on the proposition that a key behavioral feature such as hunting, eating of seeds or monogamous mating led to the evolutionary separation of apes and humans, other models suggest that one primate species, such as the baboon or chimpanzee, best exemplifies the behavior of our early ancestors. Several contributors to the book take the position that no single primate is a good model and contend instead that a model must be eclectic. One of the more innovative essays suggests that ancestral behavioral states can, in fact, be derived by comparing the behavior of all living hominid (ape and human) species. Additionally, several other contributors analyze and discuss the concept of model-making, noting deficiencies in earlier models while offering suggestions for future development. Although it is true that a powerful conceptual model for reconstructing hominid behavior does not yet exist, The Evolution of Human Behavior: Primate Models suggests ways one may be constructed based on behavioral ecology and evolutionary theory.
Author: Michael J Rycroft
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Published: 2013-06-29
Total Pages: 344
ISBN-13: 9401598800
DOWNLOAD EBOOKY. Fujimori, Symposium Programme Committee Chair, and Faculty Member, International Space University e-mail: fujimori@isu. isunet. edu M. Rycroft, Faculty Member, International Space University e-mail: rycroft@isu. isunet. edu Building on the foundations provided by the International Space Station, now partially constructed and already in use in low Earth orbit, what will be the future directions of human spaceflight? This was the key question discussed from many viewpoints - technical, entrepreneurial, governmental, legal - at the seventh Annual Symposium held in Strasbourg, France, early in June 2002. Many ideas on the "whys" and the "hows" of our future exploration of the final frontier were put forward in a stimulating environment. The unique perspective of the International Space University (ISU) - namely an interdisciplinary, international and intercultural perspective - enhanced both the presentations and the discussions. More than 150 people attended the Symposium, including the current members of the Master of Space Studies class who are attending an 11 month course at ISU. They are young professionals and postgraduate students who develop in-depth some part of the broad Symposium theme in their parallel Team Projects. Their final reports will be completed at the end of July 2002, and will be published independently. 1 Beyond the ISS: The Future of Human Spaceflight Keynote Address: A Summary The Need for a New Vision E. Vallerani, Advanced Logistic Technology Engineering Center, The Italian Gateway to the ISS, Corso Marche 79, Torino 10146, Italy e-mail: vallerani. ernesto@spacegate-altec.
Author: Gregory L. Matloff
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Published: 2006-08-31
Total Pages: 267
ISBN-13: 3540273409
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe Space Age is nearly 50 years old but exploration of the outer planets and beyond has only just begun. Deep-Space Probes Second Edition draws on the latest research to explain why we should explore beyond the edge of the Solar System and how we can build highly sophisticated robot spacecraft to make the journey. Many technical problems remain to be solved, among them propulsion systems to permit far higher velocities, and technologies to build vehicles a fraction of the size of today’s spacecraft. Beyond the range of effective radio control, robot vehicles for exploring deep space will need to be intelligent, ‘thinking’ craft – able to make vital decisions entirely on their own. Gregory Matloff also looks at the possibility for human travel into interstellar space, and some of the immense problems that such journeys would entail. This second edition includes an entirely new chapter on holographic message plaques for future interstellar probes – a NASA-funded project.
Author: Charles S. Cockell
Publisher: Springer
Published: 2015-07-14
Total Pages: 237
ISBN-13: 3319180630
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book extends the discussion of the nature of freedom and what it means for a human to be free. This question has occupied the minds of thinkers since the Enlightenment. However, without exception, every one of these discussions has focused on the character of liberty on Earth. In this volume the authors explore how people are likely to be governed in space and how that will affect what sort of liberty they experience. Who will control oxygen? How will people maximise freedom of movement in a lethal environment? What sort of political and economic systems can be created in places that will be inherently isolated? These are just a few of the major questions that bear on the topic of extra-terrestrial liberty. During the last forty years an increasing number of nations have developed the capability of launching people into space. The USA, Europe, Russia, China and soon India have human space exploration programs. These developments raise the fundamental question of how are humans to be governed in space. This book follows from a previous volume published in this series which looked at the Meaning of Liberty Beyond the Earth and explored what sort of freedoms could exist in space in a very general way. 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 interested in understanding how societies will develop in space and what the policy implications might be for space organisations. Space engineers interested in understanding how social developments in space might influence the way in which infrastructure and space settlements should be designed. Space scientists interested in how scientific developments might influence the social structures of settlements beyond the Earth. Social scientists (political philosophers, ethicists etc) interested in understanding how societies will develop in the future.
Author: Milan M. Ćirković
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2018-05-03
Total Pages: 502
ISBN-13: 0192552872
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe Great Silence explores the multifaceted problem named after the great Italian physicist Enrico Fermi and his legendary 1950 lunchtime question "Where is everybody?" In many respects, Fermi's paradox is the richest and the most challenging problem for the entire field of astrobiology and the Search for ExtraTerrestrial Intelligence (SETI) studies. This book shows how Fermi's paradox is intricately connected with many fields of learning, technology, arts, and even everyday life. It aims to establish the strongest possible version of the problem, to dispel many related confusions, obfuscations, and prejudices, as well as to offer a novel point of entry to the many solutions proposed in existing literature. Milan Cirkovic argues that any evolutionary worldview cannot avoid resolving the Great Silence problem in one guise or another.
Author: Srinivasa Rao Gundu
Publisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Published: 2024-01-03
Total Pages: 179
ISBN-13: 1527563626
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book introduces the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (SETI), discusses its origins, and explores various research methods and resources for enthusiasts. It assesses SETI’s scientific legitimacy and ideas over the past three to four decades, arguing for complementary efforts in interstellar travel, alien societies, and intelligent life. As well as this, it raises the question of whether life on Earth is from an alien system, discusses hypothetical scenarios for successful communication, and discusses the pros and cons of radio astronomy. This book also discusses the Drake equation and its significance in finding alien civilizations in the universe or multiverses, and explains evidential signals, distributed computing, AI algorithms, and data categorization techniques. This book proposes and debates on an estimation of SETI using hyperbolic chances and views SETI in connection with parallel universes, bubble universe collision and tetra toroidal form.
