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02589aam a2200373Ii 4500 001 50AF5104C94611E4B8C604DADAD10320 003 SILO 005 20150313010017 008 140804s2014 nyua 001 0 eng d 010 $a 2014934696 020 $a 9781461494270 (Paper) 020 $a 1461494273 (Paper) 020 $a 9781461494256 (pbk.) 020 $a 1461494257 (pbk.) 040 $a HTM $b eng $e rda $c HTM $d SHH $d YDXCP $d OWS $d MOU $d DLC $d IBI $d SILO 050 00 $a GE140 $b .M285 2014 100 1 $a Matloff, Gregory L., $e author. 245 10 $a Harvesting space for a greener Earth / $c Greg Matloff, C. Bangs, Les Johnson. 250 $a Second edition. 264 1 $a New York : $b Springer, $c [2014] 300 $a xv, 277 pages : $b illustrations (some color) ; $c 24 cm 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 500 $a First edition published in 2010 under title: Paradise regained : the regreening of Earth. 505 0 $a Mythical paradise. Introduction : welcome to the present -- Space utilization : a moral imperative -- The formation of earth and the solar system -- Earth before people : utopia or nightmare? -- Paradise lost? The environmental dilemma : progress or collapse? -- An exploding population -- Climate change -- Vanishing life -- Diminishing energy -- Humans before the industrial age : a desirable ecological goal? -- Sky harvest. 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 -- Settling the solar system -- An optimistic future -- Afterword : why space advocates and environmentalists should work together -- Appendix 1. The current NASA approach to human life support in space -- Appendix 2. NASA's current plans for human exploration above low earth orbit include the multi-purpose crewed vehicle (Orion) and the huge space launch system (SLS) booster -- Appendix 3. Mitigating global warming using ground-based (terrestrial) geoengineering -- Appendix 4. Mitigating global warming using space-based geoengineering. 650 0 $a Environmental degradation. 650 0 $a Environmental responsibility. 650 0 $a Astronautics and civilization. 650 0 $a Space industrialization $x Environmental aspects. 700 1 $a Bangs, Constance. 700 1 $a Johnson, Les $q (Charles Les), $e author. 941 $a 1 952 $l UQAX771 $d 20150313010527.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=50AF5104C94611E4B8C604DADAD10320 994 $a C0 $b JIDInitiate Another SILO Locator Search