LEADER 02311nam 2200637 a 450 001 9910972714103321 005 20251117082439.0 010 $a0-8018-9844-7 035 $a(CKB)2550000000017895 035 $a(EBL)3318569 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000399882 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11290914 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000399882 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10385832 035 $a(PQKB)10714182 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3318569 035 $a(OCoLC)649906420 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse2775 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3318569 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10389797 035 $a(OCoLC)923194943 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC30378476 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL30378476 035 $a(OCoLC)1505962095 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000000017895 100 $a20070508d2008 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aRobots in space $etechnology, evolution, and interplanetary travel /$fRoger D. Launius and Howard E. McCurdy 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aBaltimore $cJohns Hopkins University Press$dc2008 215 $a1 online resource (336 p.) 225 1 $aNew series in NASA history 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 08$a0-8018-8708-9 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [257]-301) and index. 327 $aIntroduction : 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. 330 $aRather than asking us to suspend disbelief, Robots in Space demands that we accept facts as they evolve. 410 0$aNew series in NASA history. 606 $aRobots 606 $aSpace robotics 615 0$aRobots. 615 0$aSpace robotics. 676 $a629.4 700 $aLaunius$b Roger D$0875797 701 $aMcCurdy$b Howard E$01110254 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910972714103321 996 $aRobots in space$94527050 997 $aUNINA