03082nam 2200577Ia 450 991043811140332120200520144314.088-470-5337-410.1007/978-88-470-5337-3(CKB)2550000001046715(EBL)1206394(SSID)ssj0000880288(PQKBManifestationID)11455042(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000880288(PQKBWorkID)10873109(PQKB)11644776(DE-He213)978-88-470-5337-3(MiAaPQ)EBC1206394(PPN)169141624(EXLCZ)99255000000104671520130123d2013 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrA scenario for interstellar travel and its financing /Giovannia F. Bignami Giovanni F., Andrea Sommariva1st ed.New York Springer20131 online resource (101 p.)SpringerBriefs in Space Development,2191-8171Description based upon print version of record.88-470-5336-6 Introduction -- Motivations for space exploration and colonization -- Where to go: the search for habitable planets -- Interstellar exploration technologies -- Financing of space exploration and colonization -- The uncertainties.This book develops a credible scenario for interstellar exploration and colonization. In so doing, it examines: • the present situation and prospects for interstellar exploration technologies; • where to go: the search for habitable planets; • the motivations for space travel and colonization; • the financial mechanisms required to fund such enterprises. The final section of the book analyzes the uncertainties surrounding the presented scenario. The purpose of building a scenario is not only to pinpoint future events but also to highlight the uncertainties that may propel the future in different directions. Interstellar travel and colonization requires a civilization in which human beings see themselves as inhabitants of a single planet and in which global governance of these processes is conducted on a cooperative basis. The key question is, then, whether our present civilization is ready for such an endeavor, reflecting the fact that the critical uncertainties are political and cultural in nature. It is written in such a way as to allow the non-professional reader to become part of the debate on the future of space programs.SpringerBriefs in Space Development,2191-8171Interstellar travelSpace flightInterstellar travel.Space flight.629.4629.43Bignami Giovanni F514717Sommariva Andrea134239MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910438111403321A scenario for interstellar travel and its financing4203772UNINA