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Author Nesvold, Erika, author.

Title Off-Earth : ethical questions and quandaries for living in outer space / Erika Nesvold.

Publication Info. Cambridge, Massachusetts : The MIT Press, [2023]

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 Farmington, Main Library - Adult Department  629.4 NES    Check Shelf
 Manchester, Main Library - Non Fiction  629.4 NESVOLD    Check Shelf
 New Britain, Main Library - New Materials  629.44 NES    Check Shelf
 Newington, Lucy Robbins Welles Library - Adult Department  629.4 NESVOLD    Check Shelf
 Windsor, Main Library - Adult Department  629.4 NE    Check Shelf
Description xiv, 284 pages ; 24 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents How do we begin? -- Should we settle space? -- Why are we going? -- Who gets to go? -- How will we live with the land? -- Who owns space? -- How will we share the space environment? -- How can we protect the space environment? -- How will we live with each other? -- Where's my money? -- What if someone steals my stuff? -- Who's in charge? -- How can we live well? -- What if I want to have kids? -- What if I get sick? -- Which way is Mecca? -- What can we do to prepare?.
Summary "Trade book looking at social and ethical issues of human space settlement"-- Provided by publisher.
Subject Space colonies -- Moral and ethical aspects.
Space colonies -- Social aspects.
Space colonies -- Moral and ethical aspects. (OCoLC)fst01127665
Space colonies -- Social aspects. (OCoLC)fst01127667
Other Form: Online version: Nesvold, Erika. Off-Earth Cambridge, Massachusetts : The MIT Press, [2023] 9780262372527 (DLC) 2022006371
ISBN 9780262047548 (hardcover)
0262047543 (hardcover)
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