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Ground Control An Argument For The End Of Human Space Exploration Savannah Mandel

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Publisher: Chicago Review Press

File Extension: EPUB

File size: 1.3 MB

Pages: 224

Author: Savannah Mandel

ISBN: 9781641609920, 1641609923

Language: English

Year: 2024

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Ground Control An Argument For The End Of Human Space Exploration Savannah Mandel by Savannah Mandel 9781641609920, 1641609923 instant download after payment.

In the 1960s and '70s, America spent $24 billion (around $150 billion in today's dollars) to land humans on the moon and "win" the space race. And while humans took their first steps on an extraterrestrial landscape, protesters at Cape Canaveral asked: Why waste money on space when there are so many issues here on Earth?
More than 50 years later, an oligopoly of commercial space companies—SpaceX, Blue Origin, and Virgin Galactic—has begun sending civilians into space. These civilians are the first generation of what will undoubtedly be an extensive family of space tourists. Commercial space companies aim to expand access to space, find new sources of energy, mine outer space resources, and conquer extraterrestrial lands. But their goals remain that of a capitalist and imperialist class, intent on new frontier profiteering.
Savannah Mandel uses cultural anthropology to trace the trajectory of the space industry as it faces the social, political, and economic...