The End of Astronauts : : Why Robots Are the Future of Exploration / / Donald Goldsmith, Martin Rees.
A world-renowned astronomer and an esteemed science writer make the provocative argument for space exploration without astronauts. Human journeys into space fill us with wonder. But the thrill of space travel for astronauts comes at enormous expense and is fraught with peril. As our robot explorers...
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Goldsmith, Donald, author. aut http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut The End of Astronauts : Why Robots Are the Future of Exploration / Donald Goldsmith, Martin Rees. Cambridge, MA : Harvard University Press, [2022] ©2022 1 online resource (176 p.) text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier text file PDF rda Frontmatter -- Contents -- Introduction -- 1. Why Explore? -- 2. Organizing Space -- 3. Near-Earth Orbit -- 4. The Moon -- 5. Mars -- 6. Asteroids -- 7. Space Colonization -- 8. The Global Costs of Space Exploration -- 9. Space Law -- Epilogue: Perspectives on Space Exploration in 2040—and Far Beyond -- Appendix: Timeline of Key Events in Space Exploration -- Notes -- Further Reading -- Acknowledgments -- Index restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec online access with authorization star A world-renowned astronomer and an esteemed science writer make the provocative argument for space exploration without astronauts. Human journeys into space fill us with wonder. But the thrill of space travel for astronauts comes at enormous expense and is fraught with peril. As our robot explorers grow more competent, governments and corporations must ask, does our desire to send astronauts to the Moon and Mars justify the cost and danger? Donald Goldsmith and Martin Rees believe that beyond low-Earth orbit, space exploration should proceed without humans. In The End of Astronauts, Goldsmith and Rees weigh the benefits and risks of human exploration across the solar system. In space humans require air, food, and water, along with protection from potentially deadly radiation and high-energy particles, at a cost of more than ten times that of robotic exploration. Meanwhile, automated explorers have demonstrated the ability to investigate planetary surfaces efficiently and effectively, operating autonomously or under direction from Earth. Although Goldsmith and Rees are alert to the limits of artificial intelligence, they know that our robots steadily improve, while our bodies do not. Today a robot cannot equal a geologist’s expertise, but by the time we land a geologist on Mars, this advantage will diminish significantly. Decades of research and experience, together with interviews with scientific authorities and former astronauts, offer convincing arguments that robots represent the future of space exploration. The End of Astronauts also examines how spacefaring AI might be regulated as corporations race to privatize the stars. We may eventually decide that humans belong in space despite the dangers and expense, but their paths will follow routes set by robots. Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. In English. Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 29. Mai 2023) SCIENCE / Space Science / Space Exploration. bisacsh Antarctic Treaty. Elon Musk. Helium-3. Jeff Bezos. Life on Mars. Lunar Mining. Moon Treaty. NASA. Near-Earth Orbit. Outer Space Treaty. Perseverance. Planetary contamination. Radiation hazards. Richard Branson. Robotic explorers. Solar flares. Space colonization. Rees, Martin, author. aut http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter EBOOK PACKAGE COMPLETE 2022 English 9783110993899 Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter EBOOK PACKAGE COMPLETE 2022 9783110994810 ZDB-23-DGG Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter EBOOK PACKAGE Physics, Chemistry, Mat.Sc, Geosc 2022 English 9783110993448 Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter EBOOK PACKAGE Physics, Chemistry, Mat.Sc, Geosc 2022 9783110993219 ZDB-23-DPC Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Harvard University Press Complete eBook-Package 2022 9783110785791 print 9780674257726 https://doi.org/10.4159/9780674276222?locatt=mode:legacy https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780674276222 Cover https://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9780674276222/original |
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