Description
Each chapter identifies the complex, interdisciplinary issues of the human factor that arise in the early phases of settlement on the Moon. Besides practical issues, there is some emphasis placed on preserving, protecting, and experiencing the lunar environment across a broad range of occupations, from scientists to soldiers and engineers to construction workers.
The book identifies utilitarian and visionary factors that shape human lives on the Moon. It offers recommendations for program planners in the government and commercial sectors and serves as a helpful resource for academic researchers. Together, the coauthors ask and attempt to answer: "How will lunar society be different?"
About the Author
Dr. Margaret Boone Rappaport has increasingly specialized in the field of space neuroscience, with major publications as lead author in Acta Astronautica ("Neuroplasticity as a Foundation for Human Enhancements in Space') and in a special collection in the journal NeuroSci, on "Neuroplasticity as a Foundation for Decision-Making in Space"). She is a cultural anthropologist and biologist by training, who has owned two of her own companies, The Human Sentience Project, LLC (2013-present) and Policy Research Methods, Incorporated (1987-2006), where she provided contract research services to Federal government agencies, institutions of higher education, and associations, in the Washington, DC area. She testified before Congress twice, and recently provided expert recommendations on Cislunar Space programming and policy to the executive branch. She received the doctorate in 1977 from the Ohio State University, and went on to lecture at Georgetown and George Washington Universities, remaining in academia for a total of 15 years. She is the author of 6 books, three under "Boone" and 3 under "Rappaport".
Konrad Szocik received his PhD in Philosophy in 2013 from Jagiellonian University in Cracow, Poland. Currently, he is assistant professor at the University of Information Technology and Management in Rzeszow and visiting fellow at the Interdisciplinary Bioethics Center at Yale University. His research areas include cognitive and evolutionary study of religion, evolution of cooperation, and the idea of the manned mission to Mars and Mars colonization. Dr. Konrad Szocik has taken his background in Philosophy to use it in the applied field of space studies. Not only is he Editor of a book on Mars, and a book on Human Enhancements, both published by Springer, he has also maintained an active publication record in respected journals, such as Space Policy, Futures, and Acta Astronautica. He also serves as editor of the "Studia Humana" journal.
Reviews
"I think the editors have done a good job in producing a wide-ranging summary of societal issues that will surely be relevant if and when humans choose to settle our nearest celestial neighbour." (Ian Crawford, The Observatory, Vol. 142 (1289), August, 2022)
Book Information
ISBN 9783030813871
Author Margaret Boone Rappaport
Format Hardback
Page Count 317
Imprint Springer Nature Switzerland AG
Publisher Springer Nature Switzerland AG
