Humans in Outer Space - Interdisciplinary Perspectives [electronic resource] /
Landfester, Ulrike.editor.
Remuss, Nina-Louisa.editor.
Schrogl, Kai-Uwe.editor.
Worms, Jean-Claude.editor.
Following the first comprehensive transdisciplinary dialogue on humans in outer space which resulted in "Humans in Outer Space - Interdisciplinary Odysseys", the European Science Foundation (ESF), the European Space Agency (ESA), and the European Space Policy Institute (ESPI) have continued and deepened this transdisciplinary dialogue, which can now be found in Humans in Outer Space - Interdisciplinary Perspectives. Going further than regarding humans as better-than-robot tools for exploration, it investigates the human quest for odysseys beyond Earth's atmosphere and reflects on arising issues related to Europe's role among the States conducting human exploration. It provides perspectives related to governance, management of space exploration, space settlements, the role of astronauts in the future as well as related to the encounter of extraterrestrial life.
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Chapter 1 Politics and society -- 1.1. The political context for human space exploration / Kai-Uwe Schrogl -- 1.1.1. Do humans in outer space solve any problem(s) on Earth? - An unfair, but politically relevant, question -- 1.1.2. How to justify space activities - and what role do humans in outer space and exploration play? -- 1.1.3. What is, or could be, specifically European with regard to humans in outer space? -- 1.1.4. So what would be the (political) benefits from humans in outer space? -- 1.1.5. Policy lessons for Europe -- 1.1.6. Epilogue: and don't forget, even "serious" philosophers can't escape the big vision -- 1.2. Who will own outer space? Governance over space resources in the age of human space exploration / Kurt Mills -- 1.2.1. Introduction -- 1.2.2. Sovereignty and law in outer space -- 1.2.3. Space as a commons? -- 1.2.4. Territorial claims? -- 1.2.5. Problematic sovereignty -- 1.2.6. Changing sovereignty claims -- 1.2.7. Can sovereignty be exported to space? -- 1.3. Managing space, organising the sublime / Martin Parker -- 1.3.1. Beginnings -- 1.3.2. Means -- 1.3.3. Ends -- 1.4. Astronauts: from envoys of mankind to combatants / Nina-Louisa Remuss -- 1.4.1. The setting -- 1.4.2. Legal considerations -- 1.4.3. Astronauts: envoys of mankind or combatants -- 1.4.4. Conclusions and recommendations -- 1.5. Space inclusiveness and empowerment, or how The Frontier becomes a mirror / Adrian Belu -- 1.5.1. The current values of inclusiveness and empowerment in political and organisational endeavours -- 1.5.2. The mirror of space: The Common mirror -- 1.5.3. Second payoffs of taking the risk to share exoplanet science -- 1.6. A school curriculum for the children of space settlers / Alan Britton -- 1.6.1. Introduction -- 1.6.2. What is "curriculum"? -- 1.6.3. Education, curriculum and the future -- 1.6.4. Education and space -- 1.6.5. A curriculum for the children of space settlers -- 1.6.6. The Apollo programme -- 1.7. Ethics and extraterrestrial life / Charles Cockell -- 1.7.1. Introduction -- 1.7.2. The instrumental value of extraterrestrial microscopic organisms -- 1.7.3. The intrinsic value of extraterrestrial microscopic organisms -- 1.7.4. Teloempathy -- 1.7.5. Planetary protection -- 1.7.6."Originism" -- 1.7.7. Highest moral relevance -- 1.7.8."Originism" as an obligation to extraterrestrial life -- 1.7.9. Conclusion -- 1.8. Encounters among the stars - exosociological considerations / Michael T. Schetsche -- 1.8.1. Science rather than fiction -- 1.8.2. Good reasons for the scientific study of the topic "first contact" -- 1.8.3. Cultural consequences of the first contact -- 1.8.4. Conclusions -- Chapter 2 History and religion -- 2.1. Astrocognition: Prolegomena to a future cognitive history of exploration / David Duner -- 2.1.1. The astrocognitive question -- 2.1.2. The astrocognitive premise -- 2.1.3. Astrocognitive theory -- 2.1.4. How can we get empirical data? -- 2.1.5. Historical questions of astrocognition -- 2.1.6. The history of exploration -- 2.1.7. Astrocognitive hypotheses -- 2.1.8. Conclusions -- 2.2. Looking back to Earth / S. J. Gustav Schorghofer -- 2.2.1. The Jesuit church in Vienna -- 2.2.2. The "Jesuitenkosmos" - Cosmos of the Jesuits -- 2.2.3. Ignatius of Loyola and his "spiritual exercises" -- 2.3. Alien life: Remarks on the exobiological perspective in recent terrestrial biology / Thomas Brandstetter -- 2.3.1. Aliens in the fossil record -- 2.3.2. Looking back, seeing things -- 2.3.3. Conclusions -- Chapter 3 Culture and psychology -- 3.1. Laokoon in Outer Space? Towards a transformative hermeneutics of Art / Ulrike Landfester -- 3.1.1. The space of Art: The Laokoon paradigm -- 3.1.2. Anthropomorphism revisited: The alienness of Art -- 3.1.3. Unearthing Art: The "environment factor" -- 3.1.4."Theatre level": Art and space technology -- 3.2. Music and the outer space - the means of universal communication or a form of art? / Anna G. Piotrowska -- 3.2.1. Music as an artistic expression in outer space -- 3.2.2. Music as a means of communication in outer space? -- 3.2.3. Conclusions -- 3.3. From space suits to space couture: a new aesthetic / Mark Timmins -- 3.3.1. Prologue -- 3.3.2. Introduction -- 3.3.3. Space clothing, fashion, couture and its portrayal in film, literature and popular culture of the 20th century -- 3.3.4. Space suits for astronauts -- 3.3.5. Present day clothing for astronauts inside the ship -- 3.3.6. The importance of aesthetics and space couture -- 3.3.7. Aesthetics and space couture -- 3.3.8. The way ahead -- 3.4. Looking back, looking forward and aiming higher: next generation visions on humans in outer space / Juergen Schlutz -- 3.4.1. Introduction -- 3.4.2. About The Space Generation Advisory Council (SGAC) -- 3.4.3. Aiming ahead: The 50 years survey -- 3.4.4. Visions abound: Results from the first 50 years survey -- 3.4.5. Observations from the 50 years visions survey Part 1 -- 3.4.6. Back to Earth: Results from the second 50 years survey -- 3.4.7. Biggest challenges: Further recommendations for the next 50 years -- 3.4.8. Conclusions and early efforts -- 3.5. Humans in outer space: Existential fulfilment or frustration? Existential, psychological, social and ethical issues for crew on a long-term space mission beyond Earth orbit / Berna van Baarsen -- 3.5.1. Purpose and meaning of life -- 3.5.2. Talents and constraints -- 3.5.3. Adaptation to extreme environments: fulfilment or frustration -- 3.5.4. Interdisciplinary framework -- 3.5.5. Discussion and conclusions -- Chapter 4 Annex -- 4.1. Useful web-addresses related to human exploration -- 4.2. The Vienna Vision on Humans in Outer Space -- 4.3. Summary Report of the Review of U. S. Human Space Flight Plans Committee -- 4.3.1. Current programmes -- 4.3.2. Cabability for launch to low-Earth orbit and exploration beyond -- 4.3.3. Future destinations for exploration -- 4.3.4. Integrated programme options -- 4.3.5. Organizational and programmatic issues -- 4.3.6. Summary of key findings -- 4.4. The Global Exploration Strategy Framework: The Framework for Coordination (Executive Summary, May 2007) -- 4.5. Overview of Europe's contribution to the ISS -- 4.5.1. The European Space Policy on the International Space Station (ISS) and Exploration of the Solar System -- 4.5.2. The Green Paper on European Space Policy and "manned space flight" -- 4.5.3. ISS Intergovernmental Agreement -- 4.5.4. ISS current configuration -- 4.5.5. ISS and Europe's major contributions -- 4.6. SETI's Declaration of Principles Concerning Activities Following the Detection of Extraterrestrial Intelligence -- 4.7. Extract from "Mars Life" / Ben Bova -- 4.7.1. The atmosphere of Mars -- 4.7.2. What are we getting out of exploration? -- 4.8. Extract from "The Dream - or posthumous work on lunar astronomy" / Ludwig Kepler -- 4.9. Religion and Human Space Flight -- 4.10. An historian's viewpoint - Historical approaches to human space flight and the "Humans in Outer Space" project / Luca Codignola -- 4.10.1. Advantages of the historian's viewpoint -- 4.10.2. Historians and the "Humans in Outer Space" - project -- 4.10.3. Getting ready to look ahead -- 4.11. The Mars 500 isolation experiment -- 4.11.1. Study overview -- 4.11.2. Life in the isolation chamber.
Includes bibliographical references.
Following the first comprehensive transdisciplinary dialogue on humans in outer space which resulted in "Humans in Outer Space - Interdisciplinary Odysseys", the European Science Foundation (ESF), the European Space Agency (ESA), and the European Space Policy Institute (ESPI) have continued and deepened this transdisciplinary dialogue, which can now be found in Humans in Outer Space - Interdisciplinary Perspectives. Going further than regarding humans as better-than-robot tools for exploration, it investigates the human quest for odysseys beyond Earth's atmosphere and reflects on arising issues related to Europe's role among the States conducting human exploration. It provides perspectives related to governance, management of space exploration, space settlements, the role of astronauts in the future as well as related to the encounter of extraterrestrial life.
Aerospace engineering.
Astronautics.
Political science.
Aerospace Technology and Astronautics.
Political Science.

Studies in Space Policy