Erika NesvoldOff-Earth
Ethical Questions and Quandaries for Living in Outer Space
Erika Nesvold, an astrophysicist, has worked as a researcher at NASA Goddard and the Carnegie Institution for Science. She is a developer for Universe Sandbox, a physics-based space simulator; cofounder of the nonprofit organization the JustSpace Alliance; and the creator and host of the podcast Making New Worlds.
Preface vii
Introduction xi
I How Do We Begin?
1 Should We Settle Space? 3
2 Why Are We Going? 21
3 Who Gets to Go? 35
II How Will We Live with the Land?
4 Who Owns Space? 53
5 How Will We Share the Space Environment? 73
6 How Can We Protect the Space Environment? 93
III How Will We Live with Each Other?
7 Where's My Money? 113
8 What if Someone Steals My Stuff? 127
9 Who's in Charge? 147
IV How Can We Live Well?
10 What if I Want to Have Kids? 169
11 What if I Get Sick? 187
12 Which Way is Mecca? 203
13 What Can We Do to Prepare? 217
Acknowledgments 225
Notes 227
Bibliography 251
Index 273
