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Dark skies : space expansionism, planetary geopolitics, and the ends of humanity / Daniel Deudney.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Deudney, Daniel, author.
- Series:
- Oxford scholarship online.
- Oxford scholarship online
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Astronautics and civilization.
- Astronautics and civilization--Political aspects.
- Space colonies.
- Space security.
- International relations.
- Outer space--Strategic aspects.
- Outer space.
- Outer space--Exploration.
- Outer space--Civilian use--Philosophical aspects.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource : illustrations (black and white).
- Place of Publication:
- New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2020.
- Summary:
- 'Dark Skies' provides a comprehensive and balanced assessment of the space enterprise, past, present and future. It demolishes widely-held optimistic assumptions about the desirability of many major space activities, actual and prospective. Most consequentially, the hiding-in-plain-sight use of outer space as a corridor for long-range bombardment has increased the probability of catastrophic nuclear war. Contrary to the widespread claim that sustainable colonies on other celestial bodies are necessary for human survival from large-scale disasters on Earth, this work shows that colonization itself poses many severe threats and should be avoided. Instead an Earth-oriented space program should be pursued.
- Notes:
- Also issued in print: 2020.
- Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on February 25, 2020).
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 0-19-090336-8
- 0-19-009024-3
- 0-19-090335-X
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