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100	1		_aBignami, Giovanni F. _eauthor.
245	1	2	_aA Scenario for Interstellar Exploration and Its Financing _h[electronic resource] / _cby Giovanni F. Bignami, Andrea Sommariva.
264		1	_aMilano : _bSpringer Milan : _bImprint: Springer, _c2013.
300			_aVIII, 101 p. 32 illus. _bonline resource.
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier
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490	1		_aSpringerBriefs in Space Development, _x2191-8171
505	0		_aIntroduction -- Motivations for space exploration and colonization -- Where to go: the search for habitable planets -- Interstellar exploration technologies -- Financing of space exploration and colonization -- The uncertainties.
520			_aThis book develops a credible scenario for interstellar exploration and colonization. In so doing, it examines: • the present situation and prospects for interstellar exploration technologies; • where to go: the search for habitable planets; • the motivations for space travel and colonization; • the financial mechanisms required to fund such enterprises. The final section of the book analyzes the uncertainties surrounding the presented scenario. The purpose of building a scenario is not only to pinpoint future events but also to highlight the uncertainties that may propel the future in different directions. Interstellar travel and colonization requires a civilization in which human beings see themselves as inhabitants of a single planet and in which global governance of these processes is conducted on a cooperative basis. The key question is, then, whether our present civilization is ready for such an endeavor, reflecting the fact that the critical uncertainties are political and cultural in nature. It is written in such a way as to allow the non-professional reader to become part of the debate on the future of space programs.
650		0	_aPhysics.
650		0	_aAstrophysics.
650		0	_aAstronautics.
650		0	_aEconomics.
650	1	4	_aPhysics.
650	2	4	_aExtraterrestrial Physics, Space Sciences.
650	2	4	_aInnovation/Technology Management.
650	2	4	_aR & D/Technology Policy.
650	2	4	_aAerospace Technology and Astronautics.
700	1		_aSommariva, Andrea. _eauthor.
710	2		_aSpringerLink (Online service)
773	0		_tSpringer eBooks
776	0	8	_iPrinted edition: _z9788847053366
830		0	_aSpringerBriefs in Space Development, _x2191-8171
856	4	0	_uhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-88-470-5337-3
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