Book Description
Proceedings of conference on benefits of space exploration conducted at Huntsville, Alabama Nov. 1971.
Author : Jesco von Puttkamer
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Page : 492 pages
File Size : 40,49 MB
Release : 1972
Category : Astronautics
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Proceedings of conference on benefits of space exploration conducted at Huntsville, Alabama Nov. 1971.
Author : Jesco von Puttkamer
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Page : 479 pages
File Size : 37,35 MB
Release : 1972
Category : Astronautics
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Author : Isecg
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Page : 26 pages
File Size : 31,86 MB
Release : 2013-10-24
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ISBN : 9781457849091
Author : Jesco von Puttkamer
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Page : 496 pages
File Size : 48,3 MB
Release : 1972
Category : Astronautics
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Page : pages
File Size : 49,41 MB
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Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Science and Astronautics
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Page : 108 pages
File Size : 27,4 MB
Release : 1974
Category : Space sciences
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Author : Jason Porterfield
Publisher : Encyclopaedia Britannica
Page : 52 pages
File Size : 18,83 MB
Release : 2017-07-15
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 1680486640
"For millennia, humanity has looked to the stars with wonder and longing. The dream of taking flight and exploring the solar system was realized in the 1950s, when the first satellites and manned orbital missions were launched. Humans continue to send scientific instruments, telescopes, and astronauts into space in an effort to learn more about the universe and about Earth. This book will explain the practical and scientific benefits of space exploration, from tracking climate change to global cooperation through shared research."
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Page : 135 pages
File Size : 34,60 MB
Release : 1967
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Author : United States. Office of Space Science and Applications
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Page : 135 pages
File Size : 39,51 MB
Release : 1967
Category : Astronautics and civilization
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Author : Donald Goldsmith
Publisher : Harvard University Press
Page : 193 pages
File Size : 16,22 MB
Release : 2022-01-01
Category : Science
ISBN : 0674257723
A world-renowned astronomer and an esteemed science writer make the provocative argument for space exploration without astronauts. Human journeys into space fill us with wonder. But the thrill of space travel for astronauts comes at enormous expense and is fraught with peril. As our robot explorers grow more competent, governments and corporations must ask, does our desire to send astronauts to the Moon and Mars justify the cost and danger? Donald Goldsmith and Martin Rees believe that beyond low-Earth orbit, space exploration should proceed without humans. In The End of Astronauts, Goldsmith and Rees weigh the benefits and risks of human exploration across the solar system. In space humans require air, food, and water, along with protection from potentially deadly radiation and high-energy particles, at a cost of more than ten times that of robotic exploration. Meanwhile, automated explorers have demonstrated the ability to investigate planetary surfaces efficiently and effectively, operating autonomously or under direction from Earth. Although Goldsmith and Rees are alert to the limits of artificial intelligence, they know that our robots steadily improve, while our bodies do not. Today a robot cannot equal a geologist's expertise, but by the time we land a geologist on Mars, this advantage will diminish significantly. Decades of research and experience, together with interviews with scientific authorities and former astronauts, offer convincing arguments that robots represent the future of space exploration. The End of Astronauts also examines how spacefaring AI might be regulated as corporations race to privatize the stars. We may eventually decide that humans belong in space despite the dangers and expense, but their paths will follow routes set by robots.