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- English
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About this book
Interstellar Travel: Purpose and Motivations is a comprehensive, technical look at the necessary considerations for interstellar travel addressed by leading experts in the field, from scientists studying possible destinations (exoplanets) and the vast distances between, to those concerned with building institutions and capabilities in society that could sustain such endeavors. In addition to the technical, medical, and anthropological aspects of deep space travel, the ethics and morality of spreading Earth-based life to other worlds is also examined.
In the first book of a three-book compilation, Interstellar Travel: Purpose and Motivations offers in-depth, up-to-date and realistic technical and scientific considerations in the pursuit of interstellar travel and is an integral reference for scientists, engineers, researchers and academics working on, or interested in, space development and space technologies. With a renewed interest in space exploration and development evidenced by the rise of the commercial space sector and various governments now planning to send humans back to the moon and to Mars, so also is interest in taking the next steps beyond the Solar System and to the ultimate destination – planets circling other stars.
- Features detailed overviews with quantification of the technical challenges and potential benefits of interstellar missions
- Comprehensively covers the considerations for interstellar travel by the world's recognized leading experts in the field
- Features referenceable data and analysis for both new and experienced researchers in the interstellar and exoplanets fields
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Front Matter
- Table of Contents
- Front Matter
- Copyright
- Contents
- Contributors
- Contributor biographies
- Foreword
- Introduction
- List of Illustrations
- List of Tables
- Chapter 1 : Exoplanets: Where shall we go?
- Chapter 2 : Reconnaissance: Studying the target from afar
- Chapter 3 : The scale of the problem: Interstellar distances, time, and energy considerations
- Chapter 4 : Robots, people, or some combination—What or whom should we send to the stars?
- Chapter 5 : Is a solar system-scale civilization a precursor to going interstellar?
- Chapter 6 : Maintaining the biocultural health of interstellar voyaging cultures: Lessons from institutions, cultural adaptation, and cultural propagation
- Chapter 7 : Evolving humanity: What will become of us?
- Chapter 8 : Should we colonize (interstellar) space?
- Chapter 9 : The Fermi Paradox and Astrobiology
- Chapter 10 : Interstellar program risk/benefit trade-offs, and possible mitigation strategies
- Index
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