Robots in space technology, evolution, and interplanetary travel / Roger D. Launius and Howard E. McCurdy.

Author/creator Launius, Roger D.
Other author McCurdy, Howard E.
Format Electronic
Publication InfoBaltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press,
Descriptionxx, 313 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Supplemental ContentFull text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete
Subjects

SeriesNew series in NASA history
Contents Introduction : a false dichotomy -- The human/robot debate -- Human spaceflight as utopia -- Promoting the human dimension -- Robotic spaceflight in popular culture -- The new space race -- Interstellar flight and the human future in space -- Homo sapiens, transhumanism, and the postbiological universe -- An alternative paradigm? -- Appendix : Inadequate words.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. [257]-301) and index.
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Technical detailsMode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/formElectronic books.
LCCN 2007019374
ISBN9780801887086 (hardcover : alk. paper)
ISBN0801887089 (hardcover : alk. paper)

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