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Providing a foundation for space planners and anyone interested in human settlement in the solar system, this book theorizes about the near future, when the heretofore significant steps of humankind—traveling to the moon and building space stations—will be dwarved by new progress. Scholars and scientists raise and answer such questions as Why does space matter to us? What will ordinary life be like in space? and What will our homes be like on Mars or the Moon? This collection of findings by professionals documents important research, laying the bricks for space-faring civilizations and even consults future space-dwellers—kids—for their visions. Working from the assumption that humankind has a biological need to explore and improve the quality of life, the wide variety of contributors successfully argue that space as a future human habitat is not simply possible, but manifest.

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296 pages
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English
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Collector's Guide Publishing, Inc.
Publication date

May 1, 2006
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7 x 0.68 x 10 inches
ISBN-10

1894959418
ISBN-13

978-1894959414
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Bob Krone, PhD, is a former U.S. Air Force jet pilot, commander, headquarters personnel officer, and chief of the nuclear policy section of NATO. He is an emeritus professor of systems management at the University of Southern California, a distinguished visiting professor in the school of business at La Sierra University, and an adjunct professor for doctoral programs for the International Graduate School of Business at the University of South Australia. He is also a member of the Aerospace Technology Working Group. He lives in Fallbrook, California.

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Collector's Guide Publishing, Inc.; Illustrated edition (May 1, 2006)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 296 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1894959418
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1894959414
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.1 pounds
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 7 x 0.68 x 10 inches

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Franklin H. Neal III

Beyond Earth: A Worth While Read

Reviewed in the United States on March 16, 2007

I'm a real space enthusiast. As an avid reader of sciene fiction and space science fact, I loved this book. The book covers the gambit of subjects and really makes you think about what our future in space can and will bring, if only we can just focus on it. It focuses on age old questions like "can space travel be done?", "why should space travel be done?", and "how should we do space travel?" The book also discussed areas that you would never think about in regards to space, such as space law, space art, and space sociology. In my opinion, this book is well worth it.

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Stephen B. Buckbee

A few of our future in space

Reviewed in the United States on January 11, 2007

I found the book to be exciting and it will be good for people who have an interest in what's just around the corner. Whole new areas of study like remote viewing, space law, robotics, evolutionary psychology and more. I found the optimism of the human sprit refreshing and exciting.

It is not a book for one sitting, rather it is a book best taken slowly, however the reader can move about the book as their interests dictate as most chapters stand on their own in content.

The authors all have very impressive backgrounds in the fields discussed and show excitement and hope about possibilities. I often wonder how we can let people know the we are on the edge a major revolution in space, that change is coming, and it is being driven by the same hopes and wishes that motivates all explorers past and future. The space race is on and many never heard the gun go off. This book is great for catching up and even getting a picture about what is ahead.

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James A. Wakefield, Jr.

The Science Faction

Reviewed in the United States on August 6, 2006

The Science Faction

Reviewer: James A. Wakefield, Jr., Ph.D. (California State

University, Stanislaus)

Stephen Hawkins recently said that we must colonize space in

order to survive. This conviction is shared by all the contributors

to "Beyond Earth: The Future of Humans in Space." Bob Krone, Ph.D.,

Kenneth Cox, Ph.D., and Langdon Morris of The Aerospace Technology

Working Group have compiled and edited a series of readings frankly

designed to make this conviction more prevalent. Although not

argumentative in tone, the book is likely to undermine factions that

(a) react to space exploration by placing higher priorities on other

human endeavors as well as factions that (b) distract from space

exploration by proposing cheaper ventures limited to, say, the Moon--

been there, done that! (With apologies to JFK, we should not be

distracted with calls to "ask not what your country can pretend to do

for you.")

With the word future in the title, the book had to begin by

asserting that "This book is about science, not science fiction."

Indeed, only a few chapters hint at the role of science fiction in

forming children's visions of space, defining the meaning of space,

setting space exploration as a public goal, and sowing inspiration

among the explorers, and the bulk of the book deals with functional

aspects of organizing people and machines to explore space. The

motivation for the book is not so much to provide a handbook for

space exploration as to allow the political "science faction" to

support the goal of space exploration by providing material to answer

both (a) the reaction faction and (b) the distraction faction.

For the reaction faction, important human endeavors that support

(and are supported by) space exploration receive ample coverage in

Beyond Earth. Chapters on leadership, law, governance, cooperation,

ethics, art, music, education, ideology, the "meaning of the

heavens," the soul, and human evolution are featured in the section

on "Human Factors in Space" which comprises roughly half of the

book. The answer is that space exploration "ought" to be done for

our own good, although a delightful child drawing on page 130

recognizes that our ability to explore space does not imply that we

should. "Is" still does not imply "ought."

The distraction faction is answered in about a third of the

book, "Science, Technology, Engineering, and Management for Space,"

with chapters covering resource management, risk taking, commercial

development, and exploration operations. These chapters (as well as

others in the book) take on the hard issues of whether long range

space exploration can be done. The answer, as might have been

guessed, is that it can--and not because it "ought" to be done (that

would be science fiction)--but because the technology "is"

available.

The most important contribution of this book is bringing

together a variety of answers from the science faction in one

source. Those interested in human factors (as is this reviewer) may

have difficulty with some chapters outside this area (as did this

reviewer), and it is likely that readers with different interests

will have difficulty with other chapters. This wide-ranging book, in

its entirety, is clearly not a book for every reader. Various parts

will inform most readers, and as a statement from the "science

faction" (The Aerospace Technology Working Group), it is valuable to

us all.

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AodhCal

Disappointment

Reviewed in the United States on April 23, 2007

This is not an example of writing that will get people enthusiastic about space travel. It will put them to sleep first. It appears to have been slapped together by someone with minimal editorial experience. Even the illustrations were amateurish and the copy I received was misprinted.

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