Terraforming: The Creating of Habitable Worlds. 1st ed. 2009

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by Martin Beech

出版情報:

New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Springer, 2009

著者名:

• Beech, Martin.
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Astronomers' Universe ;

ISBN:

9780387097961 [0387097961]    

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Prolog: The Big Guns of Kugluktuk -- Life in the Solar System, and Beyond -- The Limits of the World -- In the Right Place at the Right Time -- The Terraforming of Mars -- The Terraforming of Venus -- An Abundance of Habitats.
We all know that Earth’s population is growing at an alarming rate, and vital resources are becoming scarce. There simply isn’t enough space to grow the food the bulging human populations will need in the future. An energy crisis is also upon us. What happens when the oil runs out or becomes too costly to support us in the lifestyles to which we’ve become accustomed? What do we do? There are no easy solutions. Planned population growth would certainly be a possible solution, but there are probably already too many mouths too feed, and few nations would be willing to pass or enforce laws limiting their country’s birth rate. Some scientists have suggested the answer lies in humankind’s spacefaring nature and fantastic engineering capabilities. We know that there are other terrestrial bodies in our Solar System that share some features with Earth. Can they be made habitable, or at least be used to grow food or supply energy to Earth’s expanding populations? What would it take? Which of those bodies are our best

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