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Space on Earth: Saving Our World by Seeking Others
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Space on Earth: Saving Our World by Seeking Others Hardcover - 2006

by Charles S. Cockell

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Palgrave Macmillan, 2006-11-28. Hardcover. Used:Good.
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  • Title Space on Earth: Saving Our World by Seeking Others
  • Author Charles S. Cockell
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Edition First Printing (
  • Condition Used:Good
  • Pages 186
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Palgrave Macmillan, Gordonsville, Virginia, U.S.A.
  • Date 2006-11-28
  • Features Bibliography, Dust Cover, Index, Table of Contents
  • Bookseller's Inventory # DADAX023000752X
  • ISBN 9780230007529 / 023000752X
  • Weight 0.68 lbs (0.31 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.1 x 5.36 x 0.84 in (20.57 x 13.61 x 2.13 cm)
  • Library of Congress subjects Environmental protection, Environmental ethics
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2006051556
  • Dewey Decimal Code 919.904

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From the publisher

Many environmentalists think going into space detracts from solving problems here on Earth. Many astrophysicists feel environmentalism hampers their exploration and settlement of space. Actually environmentalism and space exploration have one and the same objective, argues leading astro-biologist Professor Charles Cockell: to ensure humanity has a home. Cockell calls for a fusion of the two movements as the only way forward. The technologies we develop to live sustainably on Earth, such as wind and solar power, will also establish humanity in space. The exploration of space will provide new resources and skills for the protection of the Earth's environment. For example, studying extreme environments on Earth is helping us to look for life on Mars and satellites orbiting Earth are helping track hurricanes and protect people from natural disasters. There are many books on environmentalism and many on space faring. Space On Earth is the first to provide a new vision of humanity's future bringing these two goals together.

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Citations

  • Library Journal, 12/18/2006, Page 0
  • Science Books & Films, 05/01/2007, Page 113

About the author

CHARLES S. COCKELL is currently Professor and Chair of Microbiology at the Open University. He has written and edited six books including Impossible Extinction (CUP, 2003) about microbes' survival after natural catastrophes. Following his doctorate at the University of Oxford, he worked for NASA and British Antarctic Survey. He has led expeditions to Mongolia and Indonesia, among other places, to study life in extreme environments. He is Chair of the Earth and Space Foundation and in 1990 stood in the UK national elections for the 'Forward to Mars Party' advocating more British involvement in Mars exploration plans, winning 91 votes.