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Lunacy - by Ben Bramble (Paperback)

Name: Lunacy - by Ben Bramble (Paperback)
Brand: Princeton University Press
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Why we shouldn't colonize Mars or the Moon, or even vacation there If certain business titans, corporations, and governments have their way, humans will someday be living, working, and vacationing in space.
About the Author: Ben Bramble is lecturer in philosophy in the Fenner School of Environment and Society at the Australian National University and a mission specialist at ANU's Institute for Space.
200 Pages
Science, Space Science

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Why we shouldn't colonize Mars or the Moon, or even vacation there

If certain business titans, corporations, and governments have their way, humans will someday be living, working, and vacationing in space. This is the much-vaunted New Space Age, and in Lunacy, philosopher Ben Bramble explains why it is a giant mistake. Bramble systematically refutes each of the ten most influential reasons given for this new generation of space exploration (and habitation), from the idea of Mars as a backup plan in case Earth meets an untimely end to the charms of friendship with extraterrestrials. Doing so, he reflects on deeper issues, exploring such questions as what the point of the human story is and what a good future for humanity would truly involve. (Spoiler alert: it includes solving problems on Earth.)

Bramble does not think we should get out of space entirely. On the contrary, he thinks that there is an important and exciting future in space science. Our activities in space, he tells us, should be animated by a curiosity about space itself rather than narrow economic or military interests.

About the Author

Ben Bramble is lecturer in philosophy in the Fenner School of Environment and Society at the Australian National University and a mission specialist at ANU's Institute for Space. He is the author of The Passing of Momentary Well-Being and Pandemic Ethics: 8 Big Questions of COVID-19. His op-eds have appeared in The New York Times, The Guardian, and The Sydney Morning Herald.

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Dimensions (Overall): 7.8 Inches (H) x 4.9 Inches (W) x .6 Inches (D)

Weight: .44 Pounds

Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up

Number of Pages: 200

Genre: Science

Sub-Genre: Space Science

Publisher: Princeton University Press

Theme: Space Exploration

Format: Paperback

Author: Ben Bramble

Language: English

Street Date: July 14, 2026

TCIN: 1006215547

UPC: 9780691281285

Item Number (DPCI): 247-04-5294

Origin: Made in the USA or Imported

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