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- Historical, technical and philosophical overview of the emerging domain of ethics in space activities
- A critical analysis on the decisions and the actions which constituted and constitute still the field of the astronautics activities
- Consequences of aeronautical activities on natural environment and human
Part of the book series: Studies in Space Policy (STUDSPACE, volume 6)
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Table of contents (11 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
About this book
2011: fifty years separate us from the flight of Yuri Gagarin. Fifty years of extraordinary successes, with the kind of apotheosis represented by the first man on the moon; fifty years also of bitter failures, even tragic when they involved the deaths of human beings; finally, fifty years during which space largely contributed to the scientific and technical, political and economic, cultural and social transformation of humanity. This is a critical analysis of the decisions and the actions which constituted and constitute still the field of astronautic activities, to analyse this field's strategies and choices, their consequences on the natural environment and on humans, in short to work out and apply an ethical investigation. This work is the fruit of research carried out by the French Centre National d'Etudes Spatiales (CNES) over the past ten years, in collaboration with many organisations, astronautical or not: ESA, NASA and especially ESPI.
Authors and Affiliations
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Centre National d’Etudes Spatiales, Paris, France
Jacques Arnould
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Icarus' Second Chance
Book Subtitle: The Basis and Perspectives of Space Ethics
Authors: Jacques Arnould
Series Title: Studies in Space Policy
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-7091-0712-6
Publisher: Springer Vienna
eBook Packages: Engineering, Engineering (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Vienna 2011
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-7091-0711-9Published: 19 July 2011
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-7091-1118-5Published: 27 November 2013
eBook ISBN: 978-3-7091-0712-6Published: 15 September 2011
Series ISSN: 1868-5307
Series E-ISSN: 1868-5315
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIII, 201
Additional Information: With a Foreword by Buzz Aldrin
Topics: Aerospace Technology and Astronautics, R & D/Technology Policy