Social Foundations of Human Space Exploration
Social Foundations of Human Space Exploration presents a uniquely human perspective on the quest to explore space and to understand the universe through the lens of the arts, humanities, and social sciences. It considers early stories about the unive
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James A. Dator
Social Foundations of Human Space Exploration
James A. Dator Department of Political Science University of Hawaii at Manoa Honolulu, HI, USA
ISBN 978-1-4614-3093-3 e-ISBN 978-1-4614-3094-0 DOI 10.1007/978-1-4614-3094-0 Springer New York Dordrecht Heidelberg London Library of Congress Control Number: 2012930834 © James A. Dator 2012 All rights reserved. This work may not be translated or copied in whole or in part without the written permission of the publisher (Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, 233 Spring Street, New York, NY 10013, USA), except for brief excerpts in connection with reviews or scholarly analysis. Use in connection with any form of information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed is forbidden. The use in this publication of trade names, trademarks, service marks, and similar terms, even if they are not identified as such, is not to be taken as an expression of opinion as to whether or not they are subject to proprietary rights. Printed on acid-free paper Springer is part of Springer Science+Business Media (www.springer.com)
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This Springer book is published in collaboration with the International Space University. At its central campus in Strasbourg, France, and at various locations around the world, the ISU provides graduate-level training to the future leaders of the global space community. The university offers a two-month Space Studies Program, a five-week Southern Hemisphere Program, a one-year Executive MBA and a one-year Masters program related to space science, space engineering, systems engineering, space policy and law, business and management, and space and society. These programs give international graduate students and young space professionals the opportunity to learn while solving complex problems in an intercultural environment. Since its founding in 1987, the International Space University has graduated more than 3,000 students from 100 countries, creating an international network of professionals and leaders. ISU faculty and lecturers from around the world have published hundreds of books and articles on space exploration, applications, science and development.
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About the Author
James A. Dator is Professor and Director of the Hawaii Research Center for Futures Studies, Department of Political Science, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu. He has been Co-Chair of the Space and Society Division of the International Space University, Strasbourg, France, since 1994. He also taught at Rikkyo University (Tokyo, for 6 years), the University of Maryland, Virginia Tech, the University of Toronto, and the InterUniversity Consortium for Postgraduate Studies in Dubrovnik, Yugoslavia. He is a Danforth Fellow, Woodrow Wilson Fellow, and Fulbright Fellow. His main areas of interest are political futures studies (especially the forecasting of alternative futures and the design of preferred
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