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Space Enterprise: Living and Working Offworld in the 21st Century (Springer Praxis Books / Space Exploration) [Paperback]

Phillip Harris (Author)
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Springer Praxis Books / Space Exploration October 24, 2008
In Space Enterprise - Living and Working Offworld, Dr Philip Harris provides the vision and rationale as to why humanity is leaving its cradle, Earth, to use space resources, as well as pursuing lunar industrialization and establishing offworld settlements. As a management/space psychologist, Dr. Harris presents a behavioral science perspective on space exploration and enterprise. In this his 45th book, Phil has completely revised and updated the two previous editions of this classic, placing new emphasis on the need for more synergy and participation by the private sector. He not only provides a critical review of what is happening in the global space community, but offers specific strategies for lunar economic development. The author analyzes the human factors in contemporary and future space developments, especially relative to the deployment of people aloft. This user-friendly volume offers numerous photographs, diagrams, exhibits, and case studies.

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From the reviews: "An excellently referenced compendium of the behavioral and social science issues related to the creation of a spacefaring civilization." ( David Brandt-Erichsen, National Space Society, January 2009) "Harris discusses the need for a global space ethos, that is, that the fundamental character of global culture needs to embrace the concept of humans living and working beyond the Earth." (Jeff Foust, The Space Review, November 17, 2008) "Space Enterprise … will be ‘a classic in the global space community, as well as a university textbook, and basis for an educational media project.’ … This book is a combination of future scenarios and the managerial, psychological, medical, legal, and political structures needed to deal with space colonization. … Summing Up: Recommended. General readers and all undergraduates interested in space studies." (A. M. Strauss, Choice, Vol. 46 (8), April, 2009) “Harris, a behavioural psychologist and futurist, covers a lot of ground in this well-researched volume. … covering everything from learning from current spacefarers through to considerations of team performance, productivity, human/machine interfaces, and ergonomics and ecology. … A number of appendices make up the last part of the book, providing more thought on governance issues, lunar development … and lessons to be learned from today’s space entrepreneurs. … thought-provoking book, and will be of interest to anyone concerned with where humanity is going in space.” (Liftoff, Issue 260, November-December, 2010)

About the Author

As a behavioral scientist, Dr. Harris’ career spans some sixty years devoted to human resource and organization development. A management psychologist, he has successfully assisted over 200 clients systems worldwide. For the past twenty-five years, he has concentrated on a specialization in space psychology, serving as a NASA consultant and Faculty Fellow, as well as Associate Fellow for the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics. A professional futurist, the focus of his leading-edge research and practice on human behavior has been leadership, change, communication, culture, and management. Dr. Harris has authored or edited some forty-four published books, most recently Future Possibilities – Toward Human Emergence and Managing the Knowledge Culture.  His classic volume, Managing Cultural Differences, is now in a seventh edition and used as a textbook in four hundred universities and colleges. As co-author of Multicultural Law Enforcement, this best-seller is in a third edition and widely used in criminal justice systems. Besides two prior editions of Living and Working in Space, he has also written a novel, Launch Out – a science-based scenario about private enterprise prospects in lunar industrialization. "Phil" has also written some 250 journal articles, wining eight times the journalism award of excellence from the Aviation/Space Writers Association. He has edited three professional journals, founding one entitled Space Governance. For the past ten years he was a member of the editorial board for The European Business Review where his articles also won a literary award for excellence. In his multifaceted career, our author has been both a college and corporate vice president, lectured or taught at universities throughout the world. He has been recipient of numerous awards and grants, including from the U. S. Office of Naval Research and the U. S. State Department as a Fulbright Professor to India. A graduate of St. John’s (BBA) and Fordham (MS/Ph.D) Universities, Dr. Harris resides in La Jolla, California.  He is listed in several biographical directories, including Who’s Who in America.

Product Details

  • Paperback: 672 pages
  • Publisher: Praxis; 1 edition (October 24, 2008)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0387776397
  • ISBN-13: 978-0387776392
  • Product Dimensions: 9.6 x 6.8 x 1 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 2.5 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #462,409 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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PHILIP ROBERT HARRIS, Ph.D., is a management/space psychologist, as well as a prolific author and futurist. He is president of Harris International, Ltd. in La Jolla, California, founded in 1971 as a global management consultancy for human resource and organization development. A former college and corporate vice president, presently in retirement, Dr. Harris is a Visiting Professor in the California School of International Management. He received his Ph.D. and M. S. in psychology from Fordham University, and a B. B. A. in business from St. John's University. In 1959, he was licensed as a psychologist by the Education Department of the University of the State of New York. He is also a GS15 Federal Consultant. His biography is listed in many directories (e.g., Who's Who in America and The Writer's Directory).

For the past fifty years, this behavioral scientist has been engaged in HR leadership development, focusing his research and services on change, culture, communication, and management. Dr. Harris has edited three journals, published over 250 articles, authored or edited some 45 books. Currently, he is writing Space Enterprise ' Living and Working Offworld, having just completed Future Possibilities ' Toward Human Emergence. In 2005, Human Resource Development Press published his Managing the Knowledge Culture, and previously his 3 volume, New Work Culture Series.

In 2007, the seventh edition of his classic, Managing Cultural Differences was released by Elsevier Science. Adopted as a text in over 200 universities and colleges worldwide, it is the parent of some 12 supplementary titles in the MCD Series. Phil, as he is known to colleagues. also co-authored the fourth edition of Multicultural Law Enforcement, recently published by Prentice Hall. In his work as a space psychologist, he has authored a professional book, Living and Working in Space, as well as a science-based novel, Launch Out (both available from Univelt). His books are available at Amazon.com. For the past ten years, Phil had been a member of the editorial advisory board for the European Business Review in England.

In his multifaceted career, this international consultant has served more than 200 systems, including multinational corporation, government agencies, military units, professional associations, and educational institutions. As an educator, he has been a secondary school guidance director; vice president of St. Francis College in Brooklyn Heights, N.Y.; visiting professor at The Pennsylvania State University and Temple University, as well as lecturer at numerous universities worldwide. The latter included Michigan State University, University of California-San Diego, Pepperdine University, University of Strathclyde in Scotland, Sophia University in Japan, and the East-West Center in Hawaii. Dr. Harris has been recipient of numerous awards and grants, such as from the U. S. Office of Naval Research, Fulbright Professor to India, NASA Faculty Fellow, NTL Institute of Applied Behavioral Science Fellow, and AIAA Associate Fellow He has been producer of major media projects (e.g., for NBC/Sunday Today Show; Westinghouse Learning , and the U. S. Marine Corps).

 

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5.0 out of 5 stars space enterprise, November 27, 2008
This review is from: Space Enterprise: Living and Working Offworld in the 21st Century (Springer Praxis Books / Space Exploration) (Paperback)
From both scientific and historic perspectives, the evolution of humankind into a spacefaring civilization is inevitable. In Space Enterprise, Dr. Harris reflects upon his 60+ years of space research to explore the significance and opportunities of the emergence of humankind as a multi-world species. He emphasizes that we now have the opportunity to make advance plans for the emergence of our "space culture" - a culture that will be able to tap into the unlimited resources of space for the benefit of all humankind. I highly recommend Space Enterprise; it is thoroughly researched and provides a stimulating insight into the future course of humankind.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Should we really be spending money on space?, November 22, 2008
This review is from: Space Enterprise: Living and Working Offworld in the 21st Century (Springer Praxis Books / Space Exploration) (Paperback)
With the U.S. economy in turmoil, does it make sense to invest more mega-bucks in space? Obviously, a lot of us wonder about that -- but this book presents deep-space exploration and living off-world as plausible, necessary, and vital to our national interests. If you're ready to be convinced, or just want to check-out what's actually going on in the space industry, spend some time with this worthwhile book. The fantasies you may have suspected are being replaced in real time by hard science and serious investment from the private sector. A good read!
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3.0 out of 5 stars For hardcore fans only, November 24, 2011
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A dry read filled with background information and anecdotal commentary on space programs around the world. Somewhat arbitrarily light on detail in places and detailed in others.

Its a fairly good backgrounder and reference if you don't have much else and are not comfortable using Google. I wholeheartedly agree with Dr. Harris's sentiments but I don't think this book does anything other than preach to the converted in this regard. We need better.
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space governance, managing the knowledge culture, space exploration initiative, space power, human presence aloft, space habitability, lunar dwellers, strategic space planning, global space community, performance aloft, global space agencies, lunar industrialization, manned space infrastructure, space case stud, lunar solar power system, space ethos, lunar transportation system, lunar infrastructure, space synergy, lunar development, new space culture, space transportation industry, going offworld, space enterprise, space tourism industry
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