Off-Earth : ethical questions and quandaries for living in outer space
(2023)
By:
Nesvold, Erika
Nonfiction
Book
Call Numbers:
629.442/NESVOLD,E
Availability
Details
PUBLISHED
Cambridge, Massachusetts : The MIT Press, [2023]
DESCRIPTION
xiv, 284 pages ; 24 cm
ISBN/ISSN
9780262047548, 0262047543 :, 0262047543, 9780262047548
LANGUAGE
English
NOTES
How do we begin? -- Should we settle space? -- Why are we going? -- Who gets to go? -- How will we live with the land? -- Who owns space? -- How will we share the space environment? -- How can we protect the space environment? -- How will we live with each other? -- Where's my money? -- What if someone steals my stuff? -- Who's in charge? -- How can we live well? -- What if I want to have kids? -- What if I get sick? -- Which way is Mecca? -- What can we do to prepare?
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