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Space Mining and Manufacturing : Off-World Resources and Revolutionary Engineering Techniques / by Davide Sivolella.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Sivolella, Davide, 1981- author.
- Series:
- Physics and Astronomy (Springer-11651)
- Space Exploration.
- Space Exploration
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Technology.
- Aerospace engineering.
- Astronautics.
- Space sciences.
- Law of the sea.
- International law.
- Technology--Sociological aspects.
- Popular Science in Technology.
- Aerospace Technology and Astronautics.
- Space Sciences (including Extraterrestrial Physics, Space Exploration and Astronautics).
- Law of the Sea, Air and Outer Space.
- Science and Technology Studies.
- Local Subjects:
- Popular Science in Technology.
- Aerospace Technology and Astronautics.
- Space Sciences (including Extraterrestrial Physics, Space Exploration and Astronautics).
- Law of the Sea, Air and Outer Space.
- Science and Technology Studies.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (XI, 207 pages) : 102 illustrations, 38 illustrations in color.
- Edition:
- First edition 2019.
- Contained In:
- Springer eBooks
- Place of Publication:
- Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2019.
- System Details:
- text file PDF
- Summary:
- This book produces convincing evidence that exploiting the potential of space could help solve many environmental and social issues affecting our planet, such as pollution, overcrowding, resource depletion and conflicts, economic inequality, social unrest, economic instability and unemployment. It also touches on the legal problems that will be encountered with the implementation of the new technologies and new laws that will need to be enacted and new organizations that will need to be formed to deal with these changes. This proposition for a space economy is not science fiction, but well within the remit of current or under development technologies. Numerous technologies are described and put together to form a coherent and feasible road map that, if implemented, could lead humankind towards a brighter future. .
- Contents:
- 1. Space Exploration: What For?
- 2. Extraterrestrial Resources and Where to Find Them
- 3. Off-World Mining
- 4. Processing of Space Resources
- 5. The Art of Manufacturing in Space
- 6. Building Factories in Space
- 7. Making it Happen
- 8. For the Benefit of Humankind
- About the Author
- Index.
- Other Format:
- Printed edition:
- ISBN:
- 978-3-030-30881-0
- 9783030308810
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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