Humans in Outer Space - Interdisciplinary Odysseys

1. Front Matter

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2. Setting The Scene

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1

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   2. Summary

      • Luca Codignola

      Pages 3-5

   3. Micro-organisms and extraterrestrial travel

      • Alfred W. Crosby

      Pages 6-13

   4. Future encounters: learning from the past?

      • Luca Codignola

      Pages 14-21

   5. Are we alone? Searching for life in the universe and its creation

      • Gerhard Haerendel

      Pages 22-34

   6. What’s the story, mother? Some thoughts on Science Fiction Film and Space Travel

      • Thomas Ballhausen

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   7. Aiming ahead: next generation visions for the next 50 years in space

      • Agnieszka Lukaszczyk

      Pages 44-53

3. Can We Compare?

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 55-55

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   2. Summary

      • Monique van Donzel

      Pages 57-58

   3. Inter caetero and outer space: some rules of engagement

      • James Muldoon

      Pages 59-68

   4. Celestial bodies: Lucy in the sky

      • Gísli Pálsson

      Pages 69-81

   5. Why we had better drop analogies when discussing the role of humans in space

      • Sven Grahn

      Pages 82-89

4. ’Spatiality’ — Space As A Source of Inspiration

   1. Front Matter

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   2. Summary

      • Olivier Francis

      Pages 93-93

   3. Missing the impossible: how we talk and write about space

      • Ulrike Landfester

      Pages 94-106

   4. Towards a new inspiring era of collaborative space exploration

      • Nicolas Peter

      Pages 107-118

5. First Odyssey: Humans in Earth Orbit: what Effect does It Have?

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 119-119

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   2. Summary

      • Marcel Egli

      Pages 121-123

   3. With the eyes of an astronaut

      • Claude Nicollier

      Pages 124-127

Humans and space When faced with the issue of space exploration, one generally has an idea of the ?elds of study and disciplines that are involved: technology, physics and chemistry, robotics, astronomy and planetary science, space biology and medicine, disciplines which are usually referred to as the ?sciences?. In recent discussions, the human element of space exploration has attracted more and more the interest of the space sciences. As a consequence, adjacent disciplines have gained in relevance in space exploration and space research, in times when human space ?ights are almost part of everyday life. These disciplines include psychology and sociology, but also history, philosophy, anthropology, cultural studies, political sciences and law. The cont- bution of knowledge in these ?elds plays an important role in achieving the next generation of space exploration, where humans will resume exploring the Moon and, eventually, Mars,and wherespacetourism isbeginningtobedeveloped. With regard to technology, one might soon be prepared for this. Much less is this the case with space exploration by humans, rather than by robots. Robotic explorations to other planets across the solar system have developed in the past 50 years, since the beginning of the ?space age? with the presence of humans in nearby space and the landing on the Moon. Space exploration is now not only focused on technological achievements,asitsdevelopmentalsohassocial,culturalandeconomicimpacts. This makes human space exploration a topic to address in a cross-disciplinary manner.

• Policy
• Political Science
• outer space
• politics
• space
• space exploration
• spaceflight

Policies and ethics