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Astrotopia : the dangerous religion of the corporate space race / Mary-Jane Rubenstein
Resource type: Ressourcentyp: BuchBookLanguage: English Publisher: Chicago ; London : The University of Chicago Press, [2022]Description: xii, 225 Seiten : IllustrationenISBN:- 9780226821122
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Summary: "We are in the midst of a new space race that pairs billionaire space barons with governments in an effort to exploit the cosmos for human gain. While Elon Musk and SpaceX work to establish a human presence on Mars, Jeff Bezos and Blue Origin work toward mining operations on the moon, missions to asteroids to extract resources, and millions of people living in rotating near-Earth satellite dwellings. Despite the differences in their visions, these two billionaires share a core utopian project: the salvation of humanity though the colonization of space. But we have already seen the destructive effects of this frontier spirit in the centuries-long history of European colonialism. Philosopher of religion and space enthusiast Mary-Jane Rubenstein wants to pull back the curtain on the not-so-new myths these space barons are peddling. In Astrotopia, she explains why these myths are so problematic and offers a vision for how we might approach the exploration of space in ways that don't reproduce the atrocities of humanity's previous colonial endeavors"Call number: Grundsignatur: 2023 A 259PPN: PPN: 1807976637
| Item type | Home library | Shelving location | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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| Handbibliothek | ITAS | Handbibliothek (Ausleihe und Einsicht nicht möglich) | 2023 A 259 | Checked out Ausleihe und Einsicht nicht möglich | 28.02.2043 | 53719587090 |
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