02311nam 2200637 a 450 991097271410332120251117082439.00-8018-9844-7(CKB)2550000000017895(EBL)3318569(SSID)ssj0000399882(PQKBManifestationID)11290914(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000399882(PQKBWorkID)10385832(PQKB)10714182(MiAaPQ)EBC3318569(OCoLC)649906420(MdBmJHUP)muse2775(Au-PeEL)EBL3318569(CaPaEBR)ebr10389797(OCoLC)923194943(MiAaPQ)EBC30378476(Au-PeEL)EBL30378476(OCoLC)1505962095(EXLCZ)99255000000001789520070508d2008 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrRobots in space technology, evolution, and interplanetary travel /Roger D. Launius and Howard E. McCurdy1st ed.Baltimore Johns Hopkins University Pressc20081 online resource (336 p.)New series in NASA historyDescription based upon print version of record.0-8018-8708-9 Includes bibliographical references (p. [257]-301) and index.Introduction : a false dichotomy -- The human/robot debate -- Human spaceflight as utopia -- Promoting the human dimension -- Robotic spaceflight in popular culture -- The new space race -- Interstellar flight and the human future in space -- Homo sapiens, transhumanism, and the postbiological universe -- An alternative paradigm? -- Appendix : Inadequate words.Rather than asking us to suspend disbelief, Robots in Space demands that we accept facts as they evolve.New series in NASA history.RobotsSpace roboticsRobots.Space robotics.629.4Launius Roger D875797McCurdy Howard E1110254MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910972714103321Robots in space4527050UNINA