The First Space War
eBook - PDF

The First Space War

How the Patterns of History and the Principles of STEM Will Shape Its Form

  1. 255 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

The First Space War

How the Patterns of History and the Principles of STEM Will Shape Its Form

About this book

Unfortunately, much of what people believe about war in space has been shaped, or misshaped, by Hollywood and other forms of popular media. In this book a STEM educator and a political science professor team up to explore the possibilities for warfare in space and explain why almost everything you've learned about space wars from movies is disappointingly wrong. The truth is stranger and more interesting than fiction. Using history, politics and STEM as guides, this book provides a detailed account of how Earth's first war in space will be fought. As we show, it will begin not as an invasion of Earth by super-advanced aliens but by Earth starting a war with its Martian colony.

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Table of contents

  1. Contents
  2. Acknowledgments
  3. Introduction
  4. The Motives for Colonization: How to Not Go Broke Accumulating Money
  5. The Boogeyman in the Dark: Fear of Flying Rocks
  6. The Gravity Well: Defining the High Ground
  7. Space Mining: A Lesson in the Periodic Table of Wealth
  8. Humans or Humanoids: Why People Are a Bargain
  9. Terraforming: A Critical Step in the Recipe for Making Martians
  10. Energy Production: The Nuclear and Solar Options
  11. Manufacturing on Mars: A Means of Taming Nature for Survival
  12. The One-­Way Trip: Who Goes to Mars Stays on Mars
  13. The Inevitable Sources of Conflict: Lies, Misunderstandings, and Taxation Without Representation
  14. Earthlings Prepare to Invade: Going to War by the Public Transportation System
  15. Collaborators, Spies, and Panic: Nothing Focuses the Mind Like the Hangman’s Noose
  16. Hollywood Strikes Back: Why the World War II Aircraft Carrier Model Doesn’t Work for Outer Space Battles
  17. Stealth: The Key to Survival?
  18. Arming the Resistance: They’re Coming for Us; Break out the Printers
  19. Earth Invades Mars: A Strategic Overview
  20. Physical and Cyber Counterattacks: Don’t Mess with a Martian; He Might Throw Rocks at You
  21. Negotiations and Aftermath: What to Do with the Tories?
  22. Conclusions
  23. Bibliography
  24. Index
  25. About the Authors

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