A Scenario for Interstellar Exploration and Its Financing
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This book develops a credible scenario for interstellar exploration and colonization. In so doing, it examines: <br>• the present situation and prospects for interstellar exploration technologies; <br>• where to go: the search for habitable planets; <br>• the motivations for space travel and colonization; <br>• the financial mechanisms required to fund such enterprises. <br>The final section of the book analyzes the uncertainties surrounding the presented scenario. The purpose of building a scenario is not only to pinpoint future events but also to highlight the uncertainties that may propel the future in different directions. Interstellar travel and colonization requires a civilization in which human beings see themselves as inhabitants of a single planet and in which global governance of these processes is conducted on a cooperative basis. The key question is, then, whether our present civilization is ready for such an endeavor, reflecting the fact that the critical uncertainties are political and cultural in nature. <br>It is written in such a way as to allow the non-professional reader to become part of the debate on the future of space programs.
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