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Astronautics, Military --- Astronautics and civilization. --- Astronautics and civilization --- Military & Naval Science --- Law, Politics & Government --- Air Forces --- Civilization and astronautics --- Outer space and civilization --- Space age --- Space power --- Aeronautics and civilization --- Civilization

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It is difficult to believe that our planet has been weaponized before our very eyes, but that is exactly what has happened. First, we were seduced by the convenience of a wireless world; then, atmospheric weather experimentation in the guise of carbons "climate change" converted the air we breathe into an antenna. Now, the geo-engineering we've been subjected to for two decades is being normalized as the "Star Wars" Space Fence rises around and within us. Is this the Space Age we were promised?

Environmental geotechnology. --- Environmental engineering. --- Astronautics and civilization. --- Civilization and astronautics --- Outer space and civilization --- Space age --- Space power --- Aeronautics and civilization --- Civilization --- Environmental control --- Environmental effects --- Environmental stresses --- Engineering --- Environmental health --- Environmental protection --- Pollution --- Sustainable engineering --- Environmental geotechnics --- Geoenvironmental engineering --- Geotechnical engineering --- Environmental engineering --- Environmental geology

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An economic historian argues that privately funded space exploration is not a new development, but a trend beginning with the astronomical observatories of the nineteenth century  Over the last half-century there has been a rapid expansion in commerce off the surface of our planet. Nations and corporations have placed hundreds of satellites that provide billions of dollars' worth of communications, scientific, global positioning, and commercial services, while construction has been completed on humanity's ninth and largest space station. On the planet itself, government agencies, corporations, and individuals plan for the expansion of economic development to the lunar surface, asteroids, and Mars. The future of space exploration seems likely to include a mix of large government funded missions as well as independent private-sector missions. The Long Space Age examines the economic history of American space exploration and spaceflight, from early astronomical observatories to the International Space Station, and argues that the contemporary rise of private-sector efforts is the re-emergence of a long-run trend not a new phenomenon.

Cold War. --- Cold War --- World politics --- United States. --- History. --- United States --- Outer space --- History --- Exploration --- Economic aspects --- N.A.S.A. --- NASA --- NASA Headquarters --- National Aeronautics and Space Administration (U.S.) --- Nat︠s︡ionalʹnoe upravlenie po aėronavtike i issledovanii︠u︡ kosmicheskogo prostranstva SShA --- Astronautics --- Manned space flight --- Space tourism. --- Astronautics and civilization. --- Space sciences --- Aeronautics --- Astrodynamics --- Space flight --- Space vehicles --- Astronauts --- Space ships --- Space travel --- Tourism --- Civilization and astronautics --- Outer space and civilization --- Space age --- Space power --- Aeronautics and civilization --- Civilization --- Economic aspects.

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This book provides detailed insights into how space and popular culture intersect across a broad spectrum of examples, including cinema, music, art, arcade games, cartoons, comics, and advertisements. This is a pertinent topic since the use of space themes differs in different cultural contexts, and these themes can be used to explore various aspects of the human condition and provide a context for social commentary on politically sensitive issues. With the use of space imagery evolving over the past sixty years of the space age, this is a topic ripe for in-depth exploration. The book also discusses the contrasting visions of space from the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries and the reality of today and analyzes space vehicles and habitats in popular depictions of space from an engineering perspective, exploring how many of those ideas have actually been implemented in practice and why or why not (a case of life imitating art and vice versa). As such, it covers a wide array of relevant and timely topics examining intersections between space and popular culture and offering accounts of space and its effect on culture, language, and storytelling from the southern regions of the world.

Law of the sea. --- International law. --- Aeronautics—Law and legislation. --- Solar system. --- Popular Culture. --- Law of the Sea, Air and Outer Space. --- Space Physics. --- Culture, Popular --- Mass culture --- Pop culture --- Popular arts --- Communication --- Intellectual life --- Mass society --- Recreation --- Culture --- Law of nations --- Nations, Law of --- Public international law --- Law --- High seas, Jurisdiction over --- Marine law --- Ocean --- Ocean law --- Sea, Law of the --- International law --- Maritime law --- Territorial waters --- Law and legislation --- Astronautics and civilization. --- Astronautics in mass media. --- Popular culture. --- Outer space --- Exploration. --- Mass media --- Civilization and astronautics --- Outer space and civilization --- Space age --- Space power --- Aeronautics and civilization --- Civilization --- Solar system --- Exploration

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What was our planet like in years past? How has our civilization affected Earth and its ecology? Harvesting Space for a Greener Planet, the Second Edition of Paradise Regained: The Regreening of the Earth, begins by discussing these questions, and then generates a scenario for the restoration of Earth. It introduces new and innovative ideas on how we could use the Solar System and its resources for terrestrial benefit. The environmental challenges that face us today cannot be resolved by conservation and current technologies alone. Harvesting Space highlights the risk of humankind’s future extinction from environmental degradation. Population growth, global climate change, and maintaining sustainability of habitats for wildlife are all considered, among other issues. Rather than losing heart, we need to realize that the solutions to these problems lie in being good stewards of the planet and in the development of space. Not only will the solutions offered here avert a crisis, they will also provide the basis for continued technological and societal progress. Tapping the resources of near-Earth asteroids will lead to methods of diverting those asteroids that threaten Earth. Space-based terrestrial power generation systems will work synergistically with Earth-based conservation. This book needs to be read urgently and widely, if we are to save ourselves from environmental disaster, reduce the risk of catastrophic cosmic impacts, and build a prosperous and sustainable future for all the creatures of Earth.

Environmental degradation. --- Environmental responsibility. --- Astronautics and civilization. --- Space industrialization --- Environmental aspects. --- Civilization and astronautics --- Outer space and civilization --- Space age --- Space power --- Aeronautics and civilization --- Civilization --- Ecological accountability --- Ecological responsibility --- Environmental accountability --- Environmental ethics --- Responsibility --- Commercial endeavors in space --- Industrial uses of space --- Industries in space --- Manufacturing in space --- Space commercialization --- Space manufacturing --- Space stations --- Industrialization --- Degradation, Environmental --- Destruction, Environmental --- Deterioration, Environmental --- Environmental destruction --- Environmental deterioration --- Natural disasters --- Environmental quality --- Industrial applications --- Astrophysics. --- Astronomy. --- Astronautics. --- Space Sciences (including Extraterrestrial Physics, Space Exploration and Astronautics). --- Popular Science in Astronomy. --- Aerospace Technology and Astronautics. --- Energy, general. --- Space sciences --- Aeronautics --- Astrodynamics --- Space flight --- Space vehicles --- Astronomical physics --- Astronomy --- Cosmic physics --- Physics --- Space sciences. --- Aerospace engineering. --- Energy. --- Aeronautical engineering --- Astronautics --- Engineering --- Science and space --- Space research --- Cosmology --- Science