New Worlds: Colonizing Planets, Moons and Beyond

New Worlds: Colonizing Planets, Moons and Beyond
Author: Dan Răzvan Popoviciu
Publisher: Bentham Science Publishers
Total Pages: 259
Release: 2023-03-31
Genre: Science
ISBN: 9815080725

Terraforming is the process of modifying a planet, moon, or other body to a more habitable atmosphere, temperature, or ecology. The idea of terraforming or colonizing other planets has recently become a topic of intense scientific interest and public debate. Geoengineering and terraforming, at their core, have the same goal: to enhance or revive the ability of a specific environment to support human life, society, and industry. New Worlds: Colonizing Planets, Moons and Beyond examines extraterrestrial colonization plans with a critical eye. The ten chapters of the book provide a detailed review of the demographic and economic reasons behind this space imperative, technical and ecological solutions to improve the settlement of our own planet, enhancements of our current space industry. The book also covers interesting topics such as the terraformation of Mars, the moon, and other planets like Venus, colonizing the outer solar system (and beyond), and the ethical considerations in favor of space expansion. This simple, yet informative treatise is an essential read for anyone interested in the subject of space colonization.

Colonizing the Planets

Colonizing the Planets
Author: Erik Bergaust
Publisher: Putnam Publishing Group
Total Pages: 104
Release: 1975
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 9780399609619

Discusses space exploration by manned and unmanned flights and speculates about planetary colonization.

Should We Colonize Other Planets?

Should We Colonize Other Planets?
Author: Adam Morton
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages: 140
Release: 2018-10-15
Genre: Science
ISBN: 1509525157

As humans continue to degrade and destroy our planet’s resources, leading to predictions of total ecological collapse, some (such as the entrepreneur Elon Musk) now suggest that a human colony elsewhere may be our species’ best hope for survival. Adam Morton examines extra-terrestrial colonization plans with a critical eye. He makes a strong case for colonization – just not by human beings. Humans live relatively short lives and, to survive, require large amounts of food and water, very specific climatic conditions and an oxygen-rich atmosphere. We can create colonists that have none of these shortcomings. Reflecting compassionately on the nature of existence, Morton argues that we should treat the end of the human race in the same way that we treat our own deaths: as something sad but ultimately inevitable. The earth will perish one day, and, in the end, we should be concerned more with securing the future of intelligent beings than with the preservation of our species, which represents but a nanosecond in the history of our solar system.

Colonizing Planets

Colonizing Planets
Author: Carol Hand
Publisher: The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc
Total Pages: 66
Release: 2018-07-15
Genre: Young Adult Nonfiction
ISBN: 1508180318

Readers of this transportive text will learn how much the writers of the movie The Martian really got right when they described how a stranded astronaut survived on the red planet. They will also investigate the conditions that actual Mars colonists will face. Since the 1800s, sci-fi writers have imagined colonizing other planets. Today, science fiction is becoming reality, as scientists plan actual colonies in the solar system. This volume considers some of the challenges in colonization of the Moon, Mars, asteroids, and the moons of Jupiter and Saturn, and looks at the ethics involved in taking over another planet.

Beginner`s Guide to the Colonization of Mars

Beginner`s Guide to the Colonization of Mars
Author: Jiho Min
Publisher: Lulu.com
Total Pages: 36
Release: 2019-06-22
Genre:
ISBN: 0359744826

Mars is considered as one of our most important future destinations . Why? Because we need to colonize Mars in order to extend the human civilization into the outer solar systems and into deep space. Currently, we are considering colonizing the red planet. Many space agencies and private companies are working to send humans to Mars in following decades with the dream of colonizing the planet.

Terraforming Mars

Terraforming Mars
Author: Martin Beech
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages: 596
Release: 2021-12-09
Genre: Science
ISBN: 1119761964

TERRAFORMING MARS This book provides a thorough scientific review of how Mars might eventually be colonized, industrialized, and transformed into a world better suited to human habitation. The idea of terraforming Mars has, in recent times, become a topic of intense scientific interest and great public debate. Stimulated in part by the contemporary imperative to begin geoengineering Earth, as a means to combat global climate change, the terraforming of Mars will work to make its presently hostile environment more suitable to life—especially human life. Geoengineering and terraforming, at their core, have the same goal—that is to enhance (or revive) the ability of a specific environment to support human life, society, and industry. The chapters in this text, written by experts in their respective fields, are accordingly in resonance with the important, and ongoing discussions concerning the human stewardship of global climate systems. In this sense, the text is both timely and relevant and will cover issues relating to topics that will only grow in their relevance in future decades. The notion of terraforming Mars is not a new one, as such, and it has long played as the background narrative in many science fiction novels. This book, however, deals exclusively with what is physically possible, and what might conceivably be put into actual practice within the next several human generations. Audience Researchers in planetary science, astronomy, astrobiology, space engineering, architecture, ethics, as well as members of the space industry.

The Quest for Water Planets

The Quest for Water Planets
Author: Raymond J. Halyard
Publisher:
Total Pages: 158
Release: 1996
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN:

Can it be done? Yes -within the next hundred years- says booster systems expert Ray Halyard. Find out how in "The quest for water planets!" Learn about what kind of planet can sustain life -a water planet- and the advances in astronomy that will help us locate those planets in the near future. Explore the propulsion systems which are in the development phase right now that will bring those planets within reach. Ponder the factors involved in long space flights, lasting perhaps several generations. Consider the technology a new colony in a new world will need to survive and grow. This book is the blueprint for interstellar space colonization in the 21st century!

Human Mission to Mars. Colonizing the Red Planet

Human Mission to Mars. Colonizing the Red Planet
Author: Paul Davies
Publisher: Cosmology.com
Total Pages: 976
Release: 2010-11-01
Genre: Science
ISBN: 9780982955239

This volume collects papers from more than 70 U.S. and foreign experts, including astronauts, scientists, engineers, technologists, medical doctors, psychologists, and economists to share their views and thoughts on a human mission to Mars.

Space Capitalism

Space Capitalism
Author: Peter Lothian Nelson
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 329
Release: 2018-07-06
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 3319746510

This book compares and contrasts the motivations, morality, and effectiveness of space exploration when pursued by private entrepreneurs as opposed to government. The authors advocate market-driven, private initiatives take the lead through enhanced competition and significant resources that can be allocated to the exploration and exploitation of outer space. Space travel and colonisation is analysed through the prism of economic freedom and laissez faire capitalism, in a unique and accessible book.

Colonizing Planets and Stars

Colonizing Planets and Stars
Author: Isaac Asimov
Publisher: Yearling
Total Pages: 36
Release: 1991-09
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 9780440404477

Explores the possibility of establishing colonies in space, traveling by starship to other galaxies, and meeting extraterrestrials.