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Robots in space : technology, evolution, and interplanetary travel
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Robots in space : technology, evolution, and interplanetary travel

Author: Roger D Launius; Howard E McCurdy
Publisher: Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2008.
Series: New series in NASA history.
Edition/Format:   Book : EnglishView all editions and formats
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"Given the near incomprehensible enormity of the universe, it appears almost inevitable that humankind will one day find a planet that appears to be much like Earth. This discovery will no doubt reignite the lure of interplanetary travel. Will we be up to the task? And, given our limited resources, biological constraints, and the general hostility of space, what shape should we expect such expeditions to take?" "In  Read more...
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Material Type: Internet resource
Document Type: Book, Internet Resource
All Authors / Contributors: Roger D Launius; Howard E McCurdy
ISBN: 9780801887086 0801887089
OCLC Number: 126228919
Description: xx, 313 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Contents: Introduction : a false dichotomy --
The human/robot debate --
Human spaceflight as utopia --
Promoting the human dimension --
Robotic spaceflight in popular culture --
The new space race --
Interstellar flight and the human future in space --
Homo sapiens, transhumanism, and the postbiological universe --
An alternative paradigm? --
Appendix : Inadequate words.
Series Title: New series in NASA history.
Responsibility: Roger D. Launius and Howard E. McCurdy.
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One day humankind may find a planet that appears to be much like the Earth. This discovery can reignite the lure of interplanetary travel. Will we be up to the task? This book tackles such seemingly  Read more...

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Entertaining reading. Commercial Dispatch 2008 Excellent, eye-opening, horizon-broadening reading! Highly recommended. Choice 2008 Noted space historians... breathe new life into the subject by Read more...

 
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