Harvesting space for a greener earth /
Greg Matloff, C Bangs, Les Johnson.
- 2nd ed. 2014.
- xv, 277 páginas : 120 ilustraciones, 88 ilustraciones en color.
Springer eBooks
Introduction: Welcome to the Present -- Space Utilization – A Moral Imperative -- Fire – Formation of the Earth and the Solar System -- Earth Before Man – Utopia or Nightmare? -- The Environmental Dilemma – Progress or Collapse? -- Exploding Population -- Climate Change -- Vanishing Life -- Diminishing Energy -- Humans Before the Industrial Age – A Desirable Ecological Goal? -- Part III Paradise Regained.- Raw Materials from Space -- Power from the Sun -- Environmental Monitoring from Space -- Protecting Earth -- Mitigating Global Warming Using Planetary Engineering -- Mitigating Global Warming Using Space-Based Approaches.- Setting the Solar System -- Paradise Regained – An Optimistic Future.