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Planetary Defense: Global Collaboration for Defending Earth from Asteroids and Comets
Planetary defense from near-Earth objects such as asteroids is a far more nuanced and challenging topic than it might seem. Each day, technology is making it easier to detect asteroid impact threats in advance, but at present, there is still no easy way to design and implement any form of global defense.
This book examines how various asteroid deflection methods can change global political affairs. The authors believe that the final policy for potential Earth impacts should be based on practical engineering solutions and innovative architectural structures, while at the same time reflecting the most recent political science contributions in ethical security studies and security cosmopolitanism. Their focus is not limited to effective engineering solutions, but rather extends to how such proposals resonate in possible political structures of the future.
Planetary defense cannot be achieved with technology alone; the chapters in this volume highlight the issues that arise when space science and technology intersect with political science. This complex interdisciplinary project not only demands global participation and collaboration, but also proposes the way we can achieve it. The authors explore various concepts of governance and their far-reaching implications for planetary defense and vice versa―how scientific progress in Solar System observations and asteroid collision engineering influence political science and put pressure on the international legal framework.
The text is intentionally written for a diverse scholarly and diplomatic audience in a style accessible to non-specialists and practitioners and can be read by those across diverse disciplinary backgrounds.
This book examines how various asteroid deflection methods can change global political affairs. The authors believe that the final policy for potential Earth impacts should be based on practical engineering solutions and innovative architectural structures, while at the same time reflecting the most recent political science contributions in ethical security studies and security cosmopolitanism. Their focus is not limited to effective engineering solutions, but rather extends to how such proposals resonate in possible political structures of the future.
Planetary defense cannot be achieved with technology alone; the chapters in this volume highlight the issues that arise when space science and technology intersect with political science. This complex interdisciplinary project not only demands global participation and collaboration, but also proposes the way we can achieve it. The authors explore various concepts of governance and their far-reaching implications for planetary defense and vice versa―how scientific progress in Solar System observations and asteroid collision engineering influence political science and put pressure on the international legal framework.
The text is intentionally written for a diverse scholarly and diplomatic audience in a style accessible to non-specialists and practitioners and can be read by those across diverse disciplinary backgrounds.
510 pages, Hardcover
Published January 14, 2019
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March 12, 2019
A potential impact of a near-earth asteroid or other hazardous extraterrestrial object is an underestimated, multilevel threat to our planet and civilisation. In this well researched and superbly written book, Schmidt et al. present the interdisciplinary endeavour of planetary defense.
It describes the many fields this topic includes; from international law, disaster and risk management to all divisions of astronomy and systems engineering. It gives a first hand insight into international and intergovernmental efforts and development, currently taking place and describes possible solutions for a future global planetary defense program.
A truly important book.
It describes the many fields this topic includes; from international law, disaster and risk management to all divisions of astronomy and systems engineering. It gives a first hand insight into international and intergovernmental efforts and development, currently taking place and describes possible solutions for a future global planetary defense program.
A truly important book.
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