Harvesting Space for a Greener Earth

• Κύριοι συγγραφείς: Matloff, Greg (Συγγραφέας), Bangs, C. (Συγγραφέας), Johnson, Les (Συγγραφέας)
• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Springer, 2014.
• Έκδοση: 2nd ed. 2014.
• Θέματα: Physics.; Energy.; Space sciences.; Astronomy.; Aerospace engineering.; Astronautics.; Extraterrestrial Physics, Space Sciences.; Popular Science in Astronomy.; Aerospace Technology and Astronautics.; Energy, general.

What was our planet like in years past? How has our civilization affected Earth and its ecology? Harvesting Space for a Greener Planet, the Second Edition of Paradise Regained: The Regreening of the Earth, begins by discussing these questions, and then generates a scenario for the restoration of Ear...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• 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.