Not since man set foot on the moon over four decades ago has there been such passion and excitement about space exploration. This enthusiasm and eagerness has been spurred on by the fact that for the first time since the very beginning of the space age, space travel is no longer limited to an elite group of highly trained and well-disciplined military officers and test pilots. Instead, we must understand that the possibility of commercial space travel is already on our horizon and that it comes with a number of significant practical and moral challenges. Our level of scientific development and ability to influence international affairs and policy confers upon us an obligation to study the ethical, legal and social considerations associated with space exploration and understanding the potential consequences from the beginning is critical. This volume provides the first comprehensive and unifying analysis concerning the rise of private space exploration, with a view toward developing policy that may influence real-world decision making. The plethora of questions demanding serious attention - privatisation and commercialisation, the impact on the environment, health futures, risk assessment, responsibility and governance - are directly addressed in this scholarly work.
We must understand that with the possibility of commercial space travel on our horizon, it comes with a number of significant practical and moral challenges. This volume provides the first comprehensive and unifying analysis concerning the rise of private space exploration, with a view toward developing policy that may influence real-world decision
Chapter 1 Introduction, JaiGalliott; Part I Space Exploration;
Chapter 2
The Moral Philosophy of Space Travel, NicholasCampion;
Chapter 3 The
Permissibility of First Contact, BrentFranklin;
Chapter 4 How Space Travel
Will Save the World, ElizabethKanon;
Chapter 5 Who is Afraid of The Dark?
Familiarising the Unknown, Zümre GizemY?lmaz; Part II Public Meets Private;
Chapter 6 Space Exploration, JacquesArnould;
Chapter 7 Heaven Cant Wait,
JoelMarks;
Chapter 8 Advertising in Space, ZeldineOBrien;
Chapter 9 Space
Tourism, AngieBukley, RobertFrize, Veronica LaRegina; Part III Asteroid
Mining and The Space Environment;
Chapter 10 Asteroid Mining, Integrity and
Containment, TonyMilligan;
Chapter 11 Three Ethical Perspectives on Asteroid
Mining, DanielPilchman;
Chapter 12 Exploring the Heavens and the Heritage of
Mankind, RobertSeddon;
Chapter 13 Terraforming, Vandalism and Virtue Ethics,
RobertSparrow; Part IV Space Weapons;
Chapter 14 Seizing the High Ground? The
Dubious Utility of Space Weapons, ArminKrishnan;
Chapter 15 Militarising
Space, MatthewBeard;
Chapter 16 Artificial Intelligence and Space Robotics,
JaiGalliott;
Chapter 17 Space Medicine, SaraLangston; Part V Bioethics for
Outer Space;
Chapter 18 Enhancing Astronauts, KeithAbney, PatrickLin;
Chapter
19 Vulnerable Cargo, JaneJohnson; Part VI Responsibility, Governance and
Other Concerns;
Chapter 20 The Independent Entrepreneur and the Terraforming
of Mars, ChrisPak;
Chapter 21 A Place in Space, MeeraBaindur;
Chapter 22
Outsourcing Space, ChristopherKetcham, JaiGalliott;
Chapter 23 Forty Hectares
and an MU, ChristopherKetcham;
Jai Galliott is a Research Fellow at The University of New South Wales in Sydney, Australia. His work revolves around the ethical, legal and social implications of emerging military technologies. He is co-editor of Ashgates Emerging Technologies, Ethics and International Affairs series and prior to entering academia, served briefly as an officer of the Royal Australian Navy.
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