Terraforming Mars / edited by Martin Beech, Joseph Seckbach and Richard Gordon.
2021
TL795.7
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Title
Terraforming Mars / edited by Martin Beech, Joseph Seckbach and Richard Gordon.
ISBN
9781119761990 (electronic bk. ; oBook)
1119761999 (electronic bk. ; oBook)
9781119761860
1119761867
1119761964
9781119761969
1119761999 (electronic bk. ; oBook)
9781119761860
1119761867
1119761964
9781119761969
Imprint
Hoboken : Wiley, 2021.
Language
English
Description
1 online resource (592 pages)
Other Standard Identifiers
10.1002/9781119761990 doi
Call Number
TL795.7
System Control No.
(OCoLC)1287135673
Summary
This book provides a thorough scientific review of how Mars might eventually be colonized, industrialized, and transformed into a world better suited to human habitation. The idea of terraforming Mars has, in recent times, become a topic of intense scientific interest and great public debate. Stimulated in part by the contemporary imperative to begin geoengineering Earth, as a means to combat global climate change, the terraforming of Mars will work to make its presently hostile environment more suitable to life - especially human life. Geoengineering and terraforming, at their core, have the same goal - that is to enhance (or revive) the ability of a specific environment to support human life, society, and industry. The chapters in this text, written by experts in their respective fields, are accordingly in resonance with the important, and ongoing discussions concerning the human stewardship of global climate systems. In this sense, the text is both timely and relevant and will cover issues relating to topics that will only grow in their relevance in future decades. The notion of terraforming Mars is not a new one, as such, and it has long played as the background narrative in many science fiction novels. This book, however, deals exclusively with what is physically possible, and what might conceivably be put into actual practice within the next several human generations.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note
Cover
Half-Title Page
Series Page
Title Page
Copyright Page
Contents
Preface
Part 1: Introduction
1 Terraforming and Colonizing Mars
1.1 Introduction
1.2 Earth: A Terraformed Planet
1.3 Planetary Environments
1.4 Terraforming Mars
1.5 The Role of Solar Wind
1.6 Ethical Aspects
1.7 Venus, Moon, Titan ...
References
Part 2: Engineering Mars
2 Terraforming Worlds: Humans Playing Games of Gods
Early Mars
Oceans Here and There
The Mars We are Creating Here
Mars: An Arena of Delusions?
References
3 Mars, A Stepping-Stone World, Macro-Engineered
3.1 Introduction
3.2 Mars-Crust as Kinetic Architecture
3.3 A Crust-Infrastructure Mixture
3.4 Infrastructure and Life-Styles
3.5 Atmosphere Enhancements for Mars
3.6 Between Then and Now
Acknowledgments
References
4 Efficient Martian Settlement with the Mars Terraformer Transfer (MATT) and the Omaha Trail
4.1 Introduction
4.2 Construction Efficiencies of MATT's Small-Scale Terraformation
4.2.1 Impact Terraformation for Settlement
4.2.2 Impactor Redirection with DE-STARLITE
4.2.3 Subaqueous Hab Network at Omaha Crater
4.3 Provisioning Efficiencies of the Omaha Trail
4.3.1 Deimos Dock
4.3.2 Mars Lift
4.3.3 Arestation
4.3.4 Deimos Rail Launcher (DRL)
4.4 Cosmic Ray Protection: From Omaha Trail to Omaha Shield
4.5 Conclusion
References
5 Mars Colonization: Beyond Getting There
5.1 Mars Colonization
Do We Need it?
5.2 Legal Considerations
5.2.1 Do Earth Laws Apply To Mars Colonists?
5.2.2 Sovereignty
5.2.3 Human Rights
5.2.4 Abortion
5.3 Ethical Considerations
5.3.1 General
5.3.2 Human Reproduction
Ethical Considerations
5.3.3 Social Isolation and No Privacy
Rolled into One
5.3.4 Advocacy for Mars
is it Ethical at All to Colonize it?
5.4 Consideration of Resources
5.5 Quo Vadis, the Only Civilization We Know?
5.6 Afterword. Where are We Three Years Later?
5.6.1 Current Programs and Their Status
in Brief
5.6.2 Any News About Mars?
5.6.3 Tasks and Challenges
Acknowledgements
References
Part 3: Ethical Exploration
6 The Ethics of Terraforming: A Critical Survey of Six Arguments
6.1 Introduction
6.2 Audience and Method
6.3 Preservationist Arguments
6.3.1 We Should Preserve Mars's Value as a Unique Object of Scientific Interest
6.3.2 We Should Preserve the Integrity of the Martian Wilderness
6.3.3 We Should Avoid Expressing Colonialist Vices
6.4 Interventionist Arguments
6.4.1 We Should Fulfill our Inborn Nature as Pioneers
6.4.2 We Should Increase Our Species' Chance of Long-Term Survival
6.4.3 We Should Rehabilitate Mars for Martians
6.5 Conclusion
Acknowledgments
References
7 Eco-Nihilism and Human Colonization of Other Worlds*
7.1 Introduction
7.2 Implicit Assumptions
7.3 Conclusion.
Half-Title Page
Series Page
Title Page
Copyright Page
Contents
Preface
Part 1: Introduction
1 Terraforming and Colonizing Mars
1.1 Introduction
1.2 Earth: A Terraformed Planet
1.3 Planetary Environments
1.4 Terraforming Mars
1.5 The Role of Solar Wind
1.6 Ethical Aspects
1.7 Venus, Moon, Titan ...
References
Part 2: Engineering Mars
2 Terraforming Worlds: Humans Playing Games of Gods
Early Mars
Oceans Here and There
The Mars We are Creating Here
Mars: An Arena of Delusions?
References
3 Mars, A Stepping-Stone World, Macro-Engineered
3.1 Introduction
3.2 Mars-Crust as Kinetic Architecture
3.3 A Crust-Infrastructure Mixture
3.4 Infrastructure and Life-Styles
3.5 Atmosphere Enhancements for Mars
3.6 Between Then and Now
Acknowledgments
References
4 Efficient Martian Settlement with the Mars Terraformer Transfer (MATT) and the Omaha Trail
4.1 Introduction
4.2 Construction Efficiencies of MATT's Small-Scale Terraformation
4.2.1 Impact Terraformation for Settlement
4.2.2 Impactor Redirection with DE-STARLITE
4.2.3 Subaqueous Hab Network at Omaha Crater
4.3 Provisioning Efficiencies of the Omaha Trail
4.3.1 Deimos Dock
4.3.2 Mars Lift
4.3.3 Arestation
4.3.4 Deimos Rail Launcher (DRL)
4.4 Cosmic Ray Protection: From Omaha Trail to Omaha Shield
4.5 Conclusion
References
5 Mars Colonization: Beyond Getting There
5.1 Mars Colonization
Do We Need it?
5.2 Legal Considerations
5.2.1 Do Earth Laws Apply To Mars Colonists?
5.2.2 Sovereignty
5.2.3 Human Rights
5.2.4 Abortion
5.3 Ethical Considerations
5.3.1 General
5.3.2 Human Reproduction
Ethical Considerations
5.3.3 Social Isolation and No Privacy
Rolled into One
5.3.4 Advocacy for Mars
is it Ethical at All to Colonize it?
5.4 Consideration of Resources
5.5 Quo Vadis, the Only Civilization We Know?
5.6 Afterword. Where are We Three Years Later?
5.6.1 Current Programs and Their Status
in Brief
5.6.2 Any News About Mars?
5.6.3 Tasks and Challenges
Acknowledgements
References
Part 3: Ethical Exploration
6 The Ethics of Terraforming: A Critical Survey of Six Arguments
6.1 Introduction
6.2 Audience and Method
6.3 Preservationist Arguments
6.3.1 We Should Preserve Mars's Value as a Unique Object of Scientific Interest
6.3.2 We Should Preserve the Integrity of the Martian Wilderness
6.3.3 We Should Avoid Expressing Colonialist Vices
6.4 Interventionist Arguments
6.4.1 We Should Fulfill our Inborn Nature as Pioneers
6.4.2 We Should Increase Our Species' Chance of Long-Term Survival
6.4.3 We Should Rehabilitate Mars for Martians
6.5 Conclusion
Acknowledgments
References
7 Eco-Nihilism and Human Colonization of Other Worlds*
7.1 Introduction
7.2 Implicit Assumptions
7.3 Conclusion.
Source of Description
Online resource; title from PDF title page (John Wiley, viewed January 6, 2022).
Added Author
Beech, Martin.
Seckbach, Joseph.
Gordon, Richard.
Seckbach, Joseph.
Gordon, Richard.
Series
Astrobiology perspectives on life of the universe.
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Print version: Beech, Martin. Terraforming Mars. Newark : John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated, ©2021
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