philosophy & space exploration bibliography

COMPILED BY:

JAMES S.J. SCHWARTZ, PH.D.Department of Philosophy

Wichita State [email protected].

Last revised: Sunday 9th August, 2015 at 23:45 (CST)

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Philosophy & Space Exploration Bibliography

About This Bibliography

This bibliography is intended to acquaint students, philosophers, and other scholars newto space topics with the relatively small—but growing—philosophical literature on spaceexploration. It includes philosophical (and philosophically relevant) work related to space,space science, space exploration, space commerce, space politics, space law, etc. In additionto serving as a guide for novices, it also functions as a convenient reference source for thosealready familiar with the literature. When an entire anthology is relevant, I include onlythe anthology (rather than each of its chapters as separate entries). I have attempted to beneutral concerning rigor and scope, however it is likely that my selection of readings issomewhat skewed by my own philosophical interests. Corrections/suggestions/etc. arewelcome and should be emailed to: [email protected]

I maintain this bibliography out of my own free time, and I am not paid for its production oruse. While you are free to distribute this document as you see fit, I would appreciate creditin such cases as its use significantly impacts your research or work. Please acknowledgethis document as “Philosophy & Space Exploration Bibliography, by James S.J. Schwartz,August 2015.” Note that duplication or distribution for monetary or commercial purposes,modification, etc. are prohibited, and the author reserves all applicable rights.

—JSJS, August 2015

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Abiodun, Adigun Ade. 2013. “We Must Harness Space for Sustainable Development.”Space Policy 29: 5-8.

Allison, Audrey. 2014. The ITU and Managing Satellite Orbital and Spectrum Resources inthe 21st Century. Springer.

Almar, I. 2002. “What Could COSPAR do to Protect the Planetary and Space Environ-ment?” Advances in Space Research 30: 1577-1581.

Ambrosius, Joshua. 2015. “Separation of Church and Space: Religious Influences onPublic Support for U.S. Space Exploration Policy.” Space Policy 32: 17-31.

Arnould, Jacques. 2001. “Space, Ethics, and Society. A CNES Study.” Acta Astronautica48: 917-920.

— 2011. Icarus’ Second Chance: The Basis and Perspectives of Space Ethics. New York:SpringerWien.

— 2012. “From Quarantine to Exploration: Space Agencies and the Ethical Challengeof Astrobiology.” Astropolitics 10: 176-182.

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— “The Explorer’s Complex.” Space Policy 30: 185-189.

Arnould, Jacques, and Debus, Andre. 2008. “Might Astronauts one day be TreatedLike Return Samples?” Advances in Space Research 42: 1103-1107.

— 2008. “Planetary Protection Issues Related to Human Missions to Mars.” Advancesin Space Research 42: 1120-1127.

— 2008. “An Ethical Approach to Planetary Protection.” Advances in Space Research 42:1089-1095.

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Badescu, Viorel. (ed). 2012. Moon: Prospective Energy and Material Resources. Springer.

— (ed). 2013. Asteroids: Prospective Energy and Material Resources. Springer.

Bainbridge, William. 2007. “Converging Technologies and Human Destiny.” Journal ofMedicine and Philosophy 32: 197-216.

— 2015. The Meaning and Value of Spaceflight: Public Perceptions. Springer.

Baker, Victor. 2014. “Terrestrial Analogs, Planetary Geology, and the Nature of Geolog-ical Reasoning.” Planetary and Space Science 95: 5-10.

— 2015. “Planetary Geomorphology: Some Historical/Analytical Perspectives.” Geo-morphology 240: 8-17.

Barker, Donald. 2015. “The Mars Imperative: Species Survival and Inspiring a Global-ized Culture.” Acta Astronautica 107: 50-69.

Baum, Seth. 2009. “Cost-benefit Analysis of Space Exploration: Some Ethical Consider-ations.” Space Policy 25: 75-80.

— 2010. “Universalist Ethics in Extraterrestrial Encounter.” Acta Astronautica 66:617-623.

Baum, Seth, Haqq-Misra, Jacob, and Domagal-Goldman, Shawn. 2011. “Would Contactwith Extraterrestrials Benefit or Harm Humanity?” Acta Astronautica 68: 2114-2129.

Beck, Lewis White. 1972. “Extraterrestrial Intelligent Life.” Proceedings and Addresses ofthe American Philosophical Association 45: 5-21.

Beech, Martin. 2009. Terraforming: The Creating of Habitable Worlds. New York: Springer.

Berleant, Arnold. 1988. “Space by Design: Aesthetic and Moral Issues in PlanningSpace.” The Monist 71: 72-87.

Bernasconi, Marco. 2014. “An Ethical Duty: Let Astronautical Development Unfold—toMake the People More Secure.” Acta Astronautica 104: 491-501.



Bernasconi, Marco, and Bernasconi, Cristina. 2004. “Why Implementing the SpaceOption is Necessary for Society.” Acta Astronautica 54: 371-384.

Bertka, Constance. (ed) 2009. Exploring the Origin, Extent, and Future of Life: Philosophical,Ethical, and Theological Perspectives. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

Billings, Linda. 1997. “Frontier days in Space: are They Over?” Space Policy 13: 187-190.

— 2006. “How Shall we Live in Space? Culture, Law, and Ethics in Spacefaring Society.”Space Policy 22: 249-255.

— 2012. “Astrobiology in Culture: The Search for Extraterrestrial Life as ‘Science’.”Astrobiology 12: 966-975

Bin, Li. 2012. “Weeden and Chow: Commentary from a Legal Perspective.” Space Policy28: 177-179.

Bittencourt Neto, Olava de Oliveira. 2015. Defining the Limits of Outer Space for Regula-tory Purposes. Springer.

Bostrom, Nick, and Cirkovic, Milan. (ed) 2008. Global Catastrophic Risks. Oxford: OxfordUniversity Press.

Bowen, Bleddyn. 2014. “Cascading Crises: Orbital Debris and the Widening of SpaceSecurity.” Astropolitics 12: 46-68

Brachet, Gerard. 2012. “The Origins of the ‘Long-term Sustainability of Outer SpaceActivities’ Initiative at UN COPUOS.” Space Policy 28: 161-165.

Bradley, Andrew, and Wein, Lawrence. 2009. “Space Debris: Assessing Risk andResponsibility.” Advances in Space Research 43: 1372-1390.

Brand, Stewart. (ed) 1997. Space Colonies. New York: Penguin Books.

Braun, Vitali, Lupken, A., Flegel, S., Gelhaus, J., Mockel, M., Kebschull, C., Wiedemann,C., and Vorsmann, P. 2013. “Active Debris Removal of Multiple Priority Targets.”Advances in Space Research 51: 1638-1648.

Brearley, Andrew. 2005. “Faster Than a Speeding Bullet: Orbital Debris.” Astropolitics 3:1-34.

— 2006. “Mining the Moon: Owning the Night Sky?” Astropolitics 4: 43-67.

Brunner, Christian, and Soucek, Alexander. (eds) 2011. Outer Space in Society, Politics,and Law. New York: SpringerWien.

Burchell, M.J. 2014. “Human Spaceflight and an Asteroid Redirect Mission: Why?”Space Policy 30: 163-169.



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Chapman, Bert. 2015. “Waste and Duplication in NASA Programs: The Need toEnhance U.S. Space Program Efficiency.” Space Policy. 31: 13-20

Chang, Yi-Wei. 2015. “The First Decade of Commercial Space Tourism.” Acta Astronau-tica 108: 79-91.

Christian, James. (ed) 1976. Extraterrestrial Intelligence. Prometheus Books.

Chung, S.Y., Ehrenfreund, P., Rummel, J.D., and Peter, N. 2010. “Synergies of EarthScience and Space Exploration.” Advances in Space Research 45: 155-168.

Clancy, Paul, Brack, Andre, and Horneck, Gerda. 2005. Looking for Life, Searching theSolar System. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

Clark, John, et al. 2014. “Assessing the Full Effects of Public Investment in Space.” SpacePolicy 20: 121-134.

Cleland, Carol. 2007. “Epistemological Issues in the Study of Microbial Life: AlternativeTerran Biospheres?” Studies in History and Philosophy of Biological and BiomedicalSciences 38: 847-861.

— 2012. “Life Without Definitions.” Synthese 185: 125-144.

— 2013. “Pluralism or Unity in Biology: Could Microbes Hold the Secret to Life?”Biology and Philosophy 28: 189-204.

Cleland, Carol, and Chyba, Christopher. 2002. “Defining Life.” Origins of Life andEvolution of the Biosphere 32: 387-393.

Cleland, Carol, and Copley, Shelley. 2005. “The Possibility of Alternative MicrobialLife on Earth.” International Journal of Astrobiology 4: 165-173.

Clement, Gilles, and Bukley, Angelia. 2014. “Human Space Exploration—From Surviv-ing to Performing.” Acta Astronautica 100: 101-106.

Cobb, Wendy Whitman. 2011. “Who’s Supporting Space Activities? An ‘issue public’for US Space Policy.” Space Policy 27: 234-239.

Cockell, Charles. 2004. “The Rights of Microbes.” Interdisciplinary Science Reviews 29:141-50.

— 2005. “Duties to Extraterrestrial Microscopic Organisms.” Journal of the BritishInterplanetary Society 58: 367-373.

— 2005. “The Value of Microorganisms.” Environmental Ethics 27: 375-390.

— 2005. “Planetary Protection—a Microbial Ethics Approach.” Space Policy 21: 287-292.



— 2005. “The Value of Humans in the Biological Exploration of Space.” Earth, Moon,and Planets 94: 233-243.

— 2006. “The Ethical Relevance of Earth-like Extrasolar Planets.” Environmental Ethics28: 303-314.

— 2007. Space on Earth: Saving Our World by Seeking Others. London: Macmillan.

— 2008. “Environmental Ethics and Size.” Ethics and the Environment 13(1): 23-39.

— 2008. “An Essay on Extraterrestrial Liberty.” Journal of the British InterplanetarySociety 61: 255-275.

— 2008. “Interstellar Planetary Protection.” Advances in Space Research 42: 1161-1165.

— 2009. “Liberty and the Limits to the Extraterrestrial State.” Journal of the BritishInterplanetary Society 62: 139-157.

— 2010. “Astrobiology—What can we do on the Moon?” Earth, Moon, and Planets 107:3-10.

— 2013. Extraterrestrial Liberty: An Enquiry into the Nature and Causes of TyrannicalGovernment Beyond the Earth. Shoving Leopard.

— (ed) 2015. The Meaning of Liberty Beyond Earth. Springer International Switzerland.

— (ed) 2015. Human Governance Beyond Earth. Springer.

Cockell, Charles, and Horneck, Gerda. 2004. “A Planetary Park System for Mars.” SpacePolicy 20: 291-295.

— 2006. “Planetary Parks—Formulating a Wilderness Policy for Planetary Bodies.”Space Policy: 256-261.

Cockell, Charles, White, Don, Messier, Douglas, and Stokes, M. Dale. 2002. “Foster-ing Links Between Environmental and Space Exploration: the Earth and SpaceFoundation.” Space Policy 18: 301-306.

Codignola-Bo, L., and Schrogl, K.U. (eds) 2010. Humans in Outer Space—InterdisciplinaryOdysseys. New York: SpringerWien.

Collins, Patrick. 2001. “Public Choice Economics and Space Policy: Realising SpaceTourism.” Acta Astronautica 48: 921-950.

Collins, Patrick, and Autino, Adriano. 2010. “What the Growth of a Space TourismIndustry Could Contribute to Employment, Economic Growth, EnvironmentalProtection, Education, Culture and World Peace.” Acta Astronautica 66: 1553-1562.

Conley, Catharine, and Rummel, John. 2010. “Planetary Protection for Human Explo-ration of Mars.” Acta Astronautica 66: 792-797.



Cook, Summer, Druger, Marvin, and Ploutz-Snyder, Lori. 2011. “Scientific Literacy andAttitudes Towards American Space Exploration Among College Undergraduates.”Space Policy 27: 48-52.

Cooper, Lawrence. 2003. “Encouraging Space Exploration Through a New Applicationof Space Property Rights.” Space Policy 19: 111-118.

Crawford, I.A. 1995. “Space Development: Social and Political Implications.” SpacePolicy 11: 219-225.

— 2001. “The Scientific Case for Human Space Exploration.” Space Policy 17: 155-159.

— 2005. “Towards an Integrated Scientific and Social Case for Human Space Explo-ration.” Earth, Moon, and Planets 94: 245-266.

— 2010. “Astrobiological Benefits of Human Space Exploration.” Astrobiology 10: 577-587.

— 2012. “Dispelling the Myth of Robotic Efficiency.” Astronomy and Geophysics 53:2.22-2.26.

— 2015. “Lunar Resources: A Review.” Progress in Physical Geography 39: 137-167.

Crawford, I.A., Anand, M., Cockell, C., Falcke, H., Green, D.A., Jaumann, R., andWieczorek. 2012. “Back to the Moon: The Scientific Rationale for Resuming LunarSurface Exploration.” Planetary and Space Science 74: 3-14.

Creola, Peter. 1996. “Space and the Fate of Humanity.” Space Policy 12: 193-201.

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Daly, Erin, and Frodeman, Robert. 2008. “Separated at Birth, Signs of Rapprochement:Environmental Ethics and Space Exploration.” Ethics and the Environment 13(1):135-151.

Dator, James. 2012. Social Foundations of Human Space Exploration. New York: Springer.

Delgado, Laura. 2011. “When Inspiration Fails to Inspire: A Change of Strategy for theUS Space Program.” Space Policy 27: 94-98.

Delgado-Lopez, Laura. 2015. “Beyond the Moon Agreement: Norms of ResponsibleBehavior for Private Sector Activities on the Moon and Celestial Bodies.” Space Policy32: 6-8.

Dick, Steven. 2012. “Critical Issues in the History, Philosophy, and Sociology of Astro-biology.” Astrobiology 12: 906-927.

— 2014. “Analogy and the Societal Implications of Astrobiology.” Astropolitics 12:210-230.



Dick, Steven, and Launius, Roger. (eds) 2007. Societal Impact of Spaceflight. NASAPublication SP-2007-4801.

Dick, Steven, and Lupisella, Mark. (eds) 2009. Cosmos and Culture: Cultural Evolution ina Cosmic Context. NASA Publication SP-2009-4802.

Dudley-Flores, Marilyn, and Gangale, Thomas. 2012. “Forecasting the Political Econ-omy of the Inner Solar System.” Astropolitics 10: 183-233.

Duemler, David. 1993. Bringing Life to the Stars. University Press of America.

Duner, David. 2012. “Introduction: The History and Philosophy of Astrobiology.”Astrobiology 12: 901-905.

Duner, David, Holmberg, Gustav, Parthemore, Joel, and Persson, Erik. (eds) 2013. TheHistory and Philosophy of Astrobiology: Perspectives on Extraterrestrial Life and the HumanMind. Cambridge Scholars Publishing.

von der Dunk, Frans. 2013. “Cutting the Bread.” Space Policy 29: 231-233.

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Ehrenfreud, Pascale, Hertzfeld, Henry, and Howells, Kate. 2013. Workshop Report:COSPAR Workshop on Developing a Responsible Environmental Regime for CelestialBodies. The Space Policy Institute (George Washington University) and COSPAR.

Elhefnawy, Nader. 2004. “Feeling the Pinch: Societal Slack and Space Development.”Astropolitics 2: 323-334.

Elvis, Martin. 2014. “How Many Ore-Bearing Asteroids?” Planetary and Space Science91: 20-26.

Emanuelli, M., et al. 2014. “Conceptualizing an Economically, Legally, and PoliticallyViable Active Debris Removal Option.” Acta Astronautica 104: 197-205.

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Fabian, Robert. 2003. “Space Economic Development in the Province of all Mankind:If no one Goes, we all Lose.” Astropolitics 1: 89-98.

Fasan, E. 2004. “Planetary Protection—Some Legal Questions.” Advances in SpaceResearch 34: 2344-2353.

Fogg, Martyn. 1995. Terraforming: Engineering Planetary Environments. Society of Auto-motive Engineers Inc.



— 1998. “Terraforming Mars: a Review of Current Research.” Advances in Space Research22: 415-420.

— 2000. “The Ethical Dimensions of Space Settlement.” Space Policy 16: 205-211.

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Gangale, Thomas. 2009. The Development of Outer Space: Sovereignty and Property Rightsin International Space Law. Santa Barbara, CA: Praeger.

Genta, Giancarlo. 2014. “Private Space Exploration: A New Way for Starting a Space-faring Society?” Acta Astronautica 104: 480-486.

Genta, Giancarlo, and Rycroft, Michael. 2006. “Will Space Actually be the Final Frontierof Humankind?” Acta Astronautica 58: 287-295.

Gethmann, Carl Friedrich. 2006. “Manned Space Travel as a Cultural Mission.” Poiesisand Praxis 4: 239-252.

Gibson, T.M. 2006. “The Bioethics of Enhancing Human Performance for Spaceflight.”Journal of Medical Ethics 32: 129-132.

Ginsberg, Robert. 1971. “The Future of Interplanetary Ethics.” Journal of Social Philoso-phy 2: 5-7.

Glavin, D.P., et al. 2004. “Biological Contamination Studies of Lunar Landing Sites:Implications for Future Planetary Protection and Life Detection on the Moon andMars.” International Journal of Astrobiology 3: 265-271.

Gleeson, Patrick. 2007. “Perspectives on Space Operations.” Astropolitics 5: 145-172.

Gray, Dale. 1999. “Space as Frontier—the Role of Human Motivation.” Space Policy 15:159-165.

Graybosch, Anthony. 1988. “The Ethics of Space-based Ballistic Missile Defense.” TheMonist 71: 45-58.

Gurtuna, Ozgur. 2013. Fundamentals of Space Business and Economics. New York:Springer.

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Haqq-Misra, Jacob. 2012. “An Ecological Compass for Planetary Engineering.” Astrobi-ology 12: 985-997.

Harding, Robert. 2012. Space Policy in Developing Countries: The Search for Security andDevelopment on the Final Frontier. London: Routledge.



Hargrove, Eugene. (ed) 1986. Beyond Spaceship Earth: Environmental Ethics and the SolarSystem. San Francisco: Sierra Club Books.

— 2009. “Preserving the Moon.” Environmental Ethics 31: 3-4.

Harris, Hannah, and Russo, Pedro. 2015. “The Influence of Social Movements on SpaceAstronomy Policy: The Cases of ‘Hubble Huggers’, JWST’s ‘Science Warriors’ andthe ISEE-3 ‘Reboot Team’.” Space Policy 31: 1-4.

Hartmann, William. 1984. “Space Exploration and Environmental Issues.” Environmen-tal Ethics 10: 227-240.

Haynes, Robert. 1990. “Ecce Ecopoiesis: Playing God on Mars.” In Moral Expertise:Studies in Practical and Professional Ethics, edited by Don MacNiven, 161-183. London:Routledge.

Heracleous, Loizos, and Gonzalez, Steven. 2014. “Two Modest Proposals for PropellingNASA Forward.” Space Policy 30: 190-192.

Hetzler, Florence. 1982. “Man and Space.” Dialectics and Humanism 9: 51-64.

Hickman, John. 2008. “Problems of Interplanetary and Interstellar Trade.” Astropolitics6: 95-104.

— 2010. “Extraterrestrial National Territory and the International System.” Astropolitics8: 62-71.

— 2012. “How Plausible is Chinese Annexation of Territory on the Moon?” Astropolitics10: 84-92.

Hofmann, Rettberg, and Williamson (eds). 2010. Protecting the Environment of CelestialBodies. IAA Cosmic Study.

Holbrow, Charles, Russell, Allan, and Sutton, Gordon. (eds) 1986. Space Colonization:Technology and the Liberal Arts. American Institute of Physics.

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Impey, Chris, Spitz, Anna, and Stoeger, William. (eds) 2013. Encountering Life in theUniverse: Ethical Foundations and Social Implications of Astrobiology. Tucson, AZ: TheUniversity Of Arizona Press.

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Jakhu, Ram. 2007. “Legal Issues of Satellite Telecommunications, the GeostationaryOrbit, and Space Debris.” Astropolitics 5: 173-208.



Jakhu, Ram, and Buzdugan, Maria. 2008. “Development of the Natural Resources ofthe Moon and Other Celestial Bodies: Economic and Legal Aspects.” Astropolitics 6:201-250.

Jakhu, Ram, and Pelton, Joseph. 2014. Small Satellites and Their Regulation. Springer.

Jakhu, R.S., Sgobba, T., and Dempsey, P.S. (eds) 2011. The Needs for an IntegratedRegulatory Regime for Aviation and Space. New York: SpringerWien.

Jakosky, Bruce. 2006. Science, Society, and the Search for Life in the Universe. University ofArizona Press.

Jasentuliyana, N., and Karnik, Kiran. 1997. “Space Futures and Human Security.” SpacePolicy 13: 257-264.

Johnson-Freese, Joan. 2007. Space as a Strategic Asset. Columbia University Press.

Jurist, John, Dinkin, Sam, and Livingston, David. 2005. “Low Cost Earth Orbit Access:a Look at Physics, Economics, and Reality.” Astropolitics 4: 295-331.

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Kavka, Gregory. 1985. “Space War Ethics.” Ethics 95: 673-691.

Kecskes, Csaba. 2002. “Scenaries Which may Lead to the Rise of an Asteroid-basedTechnical Civilisation.” Acta Astronautica 50: 569-577.

Kekes, John. 1995. “Pluralism, Scientific Knowledge, and the Fallacy of OverridingValues.” Argumentation 9: 577-594.

Kramer, William. 2014. “Extraterrestrial Environmental Impact Assessments—A Fore-seeable Prerequisite for Wise Decisions Regarding Outer Space Exploration, Researchand Development.” Space Policy 30: 215-222.

Kupperman, Joel. 1991. “Ethics for Extraterrestrials.” American Philosophical Quarterly28: 311-320.

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Lambakis, Steven. 2000. “Space and Security: a US Policy Quandary.” Space Policy 16:13-18.

Landfester, U., Remuss, N.L., Schrogl, K.U., and Worms, J.C. (eds) 2011. Humans inOuter Space—Interdisciplinary Perspectives. New York: SpringerWien.

Launius, Roger. 2008. “Underlying Assumptions of Human Spaceflight in the UnitedStates.” Acta Astronautica 62: 341-356.



— 2012. “Imprisoned in a Tesseract: NASA’s Human Spaceflight Effort and the PrestigeTrap.” Astropolitics 10: 152-175.

— 2014. Historical Analogs for the Stimulation of Space Commerce. NASA PublicationSP-2014-4554.

— 2014. “Power of Analogies for Advancing Space Scientific Knowledge.” Astropolitics12: 127-131.

— 2014. “The Railroads and the Space Program Revisited: Historical Analogues andthe Stimulation of Commercial Space Operations.” Astropolitics 12: 167-179.

Launius, Roger, and Jenkins, Dennis. 2006. “Is it Finally Time for Space Tourism?”Astropolitics 4: 253-280.

Lee, Keekok. 1994. “Awe and Humility: Intrinsic Value in Nature—Beyond an Earth-bound Environmental Ethics.” In Philosophy and the Natural Environment, edited byRobin Attfield and Andrew Belsey, 89-101. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

Lee, Ricky. 2012. Law and Regulation of Commercial Mining of Minerals in Outer Space.New York: Springer.

Leslie, John. (ed). 1999. Modern Cosmology and Philosophy. Prometheus Books.

Lewis, John. 1997. Mining the Sky: Untold Riches from the Asteroids, Comets, and Planets.New York: Basic Books.

— 2014. Asteroid Mining 101: Wealth for the New Space Economy. WaveCloud Corpora-tion.

Lin, Patrick. 2006. “Look Before Taking Another Leap for Mankind—Ethical and SocialConsiderations in Rebuilding Society in Space.” Astropolitics 4: 281-294.

Livingston, David. 2003. “A Code of Ethics for Conducting Business in Outer Space.”Space Policy 19: 93-94.

Logsdon, John. 2011. “A new US Approach to Human Spaceflight.” Space Policy 27:15-19.

— 2015. “Why did the United States Retreat from the Moon?” Space Policy 32: 1-5.

Lowman, Paul. 2002. Exploring Space, Exploring Earth. Cambridge: Cambridge Univer-sity Press

Lupisella, Mark. 1997. “The Rights of Martians.” Space Policy 13: 89-94.

— 1999. “Ensuring the Integrity of Possible Martian Life.” Paper IAA-99-IAA.13.1.08presented at the 49th International Astronautical Federation Congress, Amsterdam,October 1999.

— 2000. “Humans and Martians.” Earth Space Review 9: 50-60.



— 2004. “Using Artificial Life to Assess the Typicality of Terrestrial Life.” Advances inSpace Research 33: 1318-1324.

— 2014. “Cosmocultural Evolution: Cosmic Motivation for Interstellar Travel?” Journalof the British Interplanetary Society 67: 213-217.

Lupisella, Mark, and Logsdon, John. 1997. “Do we Need a Cosmocentric Ethic?” PaperIAA-97-IAA.9.2.09, presented at the International Astronautical Federation Congress.American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Turin, Italy, 1997.

Lutes, Charles, and Hays, Peter. (eds) 2011. Toward a Theory of Spacepower: SelectedEssays. Military Bookshop.

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Macauley, Molly. 2007. “Environmentally Sustainable Human Space Activities: CanChallenges of Planetary Protection be Reconciled?” Astropolitics 5: 209-236.

MacNiven, Don. 1995. “Environmental Ethics and Planetary Engineering.” Journal ofthe British Interplanetary Society 48: 441-443.

Manson, Neil. 2012. “Anthropocentrism, Exoplanets, and the Cosmic Perspective.”Environmental Ethics 34: 275-290.

Marsh, Melinda. 2006. “Ethical and Medical Dilemmas of Space Tourism.” Advances inSpace Research 37: 1823-1827.

Marshall, Alan. 1993. “Ethics and the Extraterrestrial Environment.” Journal of AppliedPhilosophy 10: 227-236.

— 1995. “Development and Imperialism in Space.” Space Policy 11: 41-52.

— 1999. “Gaining a Share of the Final Frontier.” In Technology and Public Participation,edited by Brian Martin, 231-247. Wollongong, Australia: Science and TechnologyStudies.

Matloff, Gregory, Bangs, C., and Johnson, Les. (eds). 2014. Harvesting Space for a GreenerEarth, second edition. Springer.

McArthur, Dan, and Boran, Idil. 2004. “Agent-Centered Restrictions and the Ethics ofSpace Exploration.” Journal of Social Philosophy 35: 148-163.

McCurdy, Howard. 2014. “Reaching for Higher Altitudes: Mountaineering Analogiesand the Commercialization of Outer Space.” Astropolitics 12: 132-147.

McKay, Christopher. 1990. “Does Mars Have Rights? An Approach to the Environmen-tal Ethics of Planetary Engineering.” In Moral Expertise, edited by Don MacNiven,184-197. London: Routledge.



McQuaid, Kim. 2006. “Selling the Space Age: NASA and Earth’s Environment, 1958-1990.” Environment and History 12: 127-163.

— 2010. “Earthly Environmentalism and the Space Exploration Movement, 1960-1990:A Study in Irresolution.” Space Policy 26: 163-173.

Meek, Philip. 2012. “The CPR Approach to Space Sustainability: Commentaries onWeeden and Chow.” Space Policy 28: 173-176.

Meltzer, Michael. 2011. When Biospheres Collide: a History of NASA’s Planetary ProtectionPrograms. NASA Publication SP-2011-4234.

Messeri, Lisa. 2014. “Earth as Analog: The Disciplinary Debate and Astronaut Trainingthat Took Geology to the Moon.” Astropolitics 12: 196-209.

Metzger, Gustav. 2007. “The Third Culture.” Theory, Culture & Society 24: 137-145.

Michaud, Michael. 2003. “Ten Decisions That Could Shake the World.” Space Policy 19:131-136.

Miller, Ryder. 2001. “Astroenvironmentalism: The Case for Space Exploration as anEnvironmental Issue.” Electronic Green Journal 1(15).

Milligan, Tony. 2011. “Property Rights and the Duty to Extend Human Life.” SpacePolicy 27: 190-193.

— 2013. “Scratching the Surface: the Ethics of Helium-3 Extraction.” InternationalAcademy of Astronautics, 8th IAA Symposium on the Future of Space Exploration:Towards the Stars, Torino, Italy, July 3-5.

— 2014. “Space Ethics in Context.” Space Policy 30: 183-184.

— 2014. Nobody Owns the Moon: The Ethics of Space Exploration. McFarland Publishers.

Mix, Lucas. 2015. “Defending Definitions of Life” Astrobiology 15: 15-19.

Morel, Pierre. 2013. “Advancing Earth Observation From Space: a Global Challenge.”Space Policy 29: 175-180.

Morris, Langdon, and Cox, Kenneth. (ed) 2010. Space Commerce: The Inside Story by thePeople who are Making it Happen. Aerospace Technology Working Group.

Munevar, Gonzalo. 1985. “Rhetorical Grounds for Determining What is FundamentalScience: the Case of Space Exploration.” In Argument and Social Practice, edited by J.R.Cox, M.O. Sillars, and G.W. Walker, 420-434. Speech Communication Association.

— 1986. “Pecking Orders and the Rhetoric of Science.” Explorations in Knowledge 3:43-48.

— 1986. “Philosophy, Space Science, and the Justification of Space Exploration.” InEssays on Creativity and Science, edited by Diana DeLuca, 89-96. HCTE, Hawaii.



— 1989. “Human and Extraterrestrial Science.” Explorations in Knowledge 6: 1-9.

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Other Bibliographies

� The Center for Space Exploration Policy Research hosts a good bibliography, thoughit doesn’t appear to have been updated recently (the most recent entry is from 2005).Still, it has quite a few entries that aren’t included above:

http://www.boulder.swri.edu/CSEPR/projects/biblio.htm

� Martyn Fogg maintains a nice bibliography on planetary engineering/terraforming(last revised January 2011). Fogg’s bibliography contains lots of technical work, butalso a lot of work that is relevant to the philosophical and ethical issues terraformingraises:

http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/∼mfogg/biblio.htm

� NASA’s History Program Office offers free downloads of many NASA publications:

http://history.nasa.gov/publications.html

Notes on Research

I have no doubt overlooked important books and articles (which is why I welcome sugges-tions). Those new to the subject who are interested in further research are encouraged tobrowse through policy-oriented journals such as: Space Policy; Acta Astronautica; The Journalof the British Interplanetary Society; and Astropolitics. There are numerous science journalswhich occasionally publish philosophically relevant material, including: Advances in SpaceResearch; Planetary and Space Science; Earth, Moon, and Planets: Icarus; and Astrobiology. As far


http://www.boulder.swri.edu/CSEPR/projects/biblio.htm

http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~mfogg/biblio.htm

http://history.nasa.gov/publications.html


as monographs and edited volumes are concerned, the most active publishers are Springerand Kluwer—e.g., see the former’s Space and Society series and Studies in Space Policy series;and the latter’s Space Regulations Library series.

The lion’s share of the disciplinary overlap between philosophy and space studies occurswithin environmental ethics—thus journals such as Environmental Ethics and Ethics and theEnvironment are the most common philosophical venues for space topics. Nonetheless philo-sophical input is often welcome in space policy discussions, and most of the philosophicaldiscussion has taken place outside of explicitly philosophical circles.

—JSJS, November 2014


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