LEADER 05218nam 22008295 450 001 9910300396303321 005 20200630164517.0 010 $a1-4614-9426-5 024 7 $a10.1007/978-1-4614-9426-3 035 $a(CKB)2560000000147870 035 $a(EBL)1698294 035 $a(OCoLC)881161858 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001204919 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11639962 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001204919 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11198533 035 $a(PQKB)10654227 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1698294 035 $a(DE-He213)978-1-4614-9426-3 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4976426 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL4976426 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL600539 035 $a(OCoLC)876842246 035 $a(PPN)178316326 035 $a(EXLCZ)992560000000147870 100 $a20140407d2014 u| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aHarvesting Space for a Greener Earth /$fby Greg Matloff, C Bangs, Les Johnson 205 $a2nd ed. 2014. 210 1$aNew York, NY :$cSpringer New York :$cImprint: Springer,$d2014. 215 $a1 online resource (279 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-4614-9425-7 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index. 327 $aIntroduction: Welcome to the Present -- Space Utilization ? A Moral Imperative -- Fire ? Formation of the Earth and the Solar System -- Earth Before Man ? Utopia or Nightmare? -- The Environmental Dilemma ? Progress or Collapse? -- Exploding Population -- Climate Change -- Vanishing Life -- Diminishing Energy -- Humans Before the Industrial Age ? A Desirable Ecological Goal? -- Part III Paradise Regained.- Raw Materials from Space -- Power from the Sun -- Environmental Monitoring from Space -- Protecting Earth -- Mitigating Global Warming Using Planetary Engineering -- Mitigating Global Warming Using Space-Based Approaches.- Setting the Solar System -- Paradise Regained ? An Optimistic Future. 330 $aWhat was our planet like in years past? How has our civilization affected Earth and its ecology? Harvesting Space for a Greener Planet, the Second Edition of Paradise Regained: The Regreening of the Earth, begins by discussing these questions, and then generates a scenario for the restoration of Earth. It introduces new and innovative ideas on how we could use the Solar System and its resources for terrestrial benefit. The environmental challenges that face us today cannot be resolved by conservation and current technologies alone. Harvesting Space highlights the risk of humankind?s future extinction from environmental degradation. Population growth, global climate change, and maintaining sustainability of habitats for wildlife are all considered, among other issues. Rather than losing heart, we need to realize that the solutions to these problems lie in being good stewards of the planet and in the development of space. Not only will the solutions offered here avert a crisis, they will also provide the basis for continued technological and societal progress. Tapping the resources of near-Earth asteroids will lead to methods of diverting those asteroids that threaten Earth. Space-based terrestrial power generation systems will work synergistically with Earth-based conservation. This book needs to be read urgently and widely, if we are to save ourselves from environmental disaster, reduce the risk of catastrophic cosmic impacts, and build a prosperous and sustainable future for all the creatures of Earth. 606 $aSpace sciences 606 $aAstronomy 606 $aAerospace engineering 606 $aAstronautics 606 $aEnergy 606 $aSpace Sciences (including Extraterrestrial Physics, Space Exploration and Astronautics)$3https://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/P22030 606 $aPopular Science in Astronomy$3https://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/Q11009 606 $aAerospace Technology and Astronautics$3https://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/T17050 606 $aEnergy, general$3https://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/100000 615 0$aSpace sciences. 615 0$aAstronomy. 615 0$aAerospace engineering. 615 0$aAstronautics. 615 0$aEnergy. 615 14$aSpace Sciences (including Extraterrestrial Physics, Space Exploration and Astronautics). 615 24$aPopular Science in Astronomy. 615 24$aAerospace Technology and Astronautics. 615 24$aEnergy, general. 676 $a500.5 676 $a520 676 $a530 676 $a621.042 700 $aMatloff$b Greg$4aut$4http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut$01058922 702 $aBangs$b C$4aut$4http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut 702 $aJohnson$b Les$4aut$4http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910300396303321 996 $aHarvesting Space for a Greener Earth$92503205 997 $aUNINA