Arnould Icarus' Second Chance

The Basis and Perspectives of Space Ethics
1. Auflage 2011
ISBN: 978-3-7091-0712-6
Verlag: Springer Wien
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, Band 6, 201 Seiten, eBook

Reihe: Studies in Space Policy

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.

Dr. Jacques Arnould, Centre National d'Etudes Spatiales, Paris, France

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Arnould, Jacques

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Is the sky open to us?.- A brief history of space ethics.- Icarus.- Cloud riders.- The spaceship earth.- A threatening sky.- The greater earth.- Exploration.- Invaders.- The place of humans.

Über Autor(innen)

Dr. Jacques Arnould, Centre National d'Etudes Spatiales, Paris, France