A Lunar Frontier: Comprehending Life on a Celestial Body

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A Lunar Frontier: Comprehending Life on a Celestial Body

Higgs, Laurance Roland Alister

"Predicting the social and cultural results of human colonisation in outer space would be hazardous at best. Nevertheless, one means of providing a base from which such a prognostication could be attempted is to ascertain what has happened in the past to human colonies that have migrated to new surroundings..." When humanity begins its conquest of space and starts to populate celestial bodies other than the Earth, e.g. the Moon, permanent, potentially destructive effects could occur as humankind changes the surroundings rather than adapting to suit the environment. It is this potential conflict that needs to be considered and possible human trait changes addressed. Educating the masses through simple, easily comprehensible information will be required as a method of changing the attitudes of the populace and ultimately protect (as much as possible) a celestial body's delicate ecological system prior to and during human colonisation.

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Title :

A Lunar Frontier: Comprehending Life on a Celestial Body

Contributors:

Higgs, Laurance Roland Alister (author)

Conference:

Seventh International Conference and Exposition on Engineering, Construction, Operations, and Business in Space ; 2000 ; Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States

Published in:

Space 2000 ; 178-184

Publication date :

2000-02-18

ISBN :

9780784404799

DOI :

https://doi.org/10.1061/40479(204)17

Type of media :

Conference paper

Type of material :

Electronic Resource