Appreciating What's Beautiful about Space
Schwartz, James S.J.
Schwartz, James S.J.
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2023-02-23
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Aesthetics,Crewed spaceflight,Preservation,Spaceflight culture,Spaceflight rationales
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Schwartz, James S. J., 'Appreciating What's Beautiful about Space', in James S.J. Schwartz, Linda Billings, and Erika Nesvold (eds), Reclaiming Space: Progressive and Multicultural Visions of Space Exploration (2023; online edn, Oxford Academic, 23 Feb. 2023), https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780197604793.003.0012, accessed 25 Apr. 2023.
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"Appreciating What's Beautiful about Space" uses a critical perspective to explore spaceflight culture and the appreciation of space exploration in the United States. It argues that appreciating what's beautiful about space requires learning about the space environment for what it is in itself, for instance through scientific investigation (but also through literary, artistic, and other creative means provided they are focused on depicting the space environment itself, as opposed to depictions of human activities in space). It argues further that we should use the knowledge and experience gained through studying the space environment to craft our own visions for humanity's future in space. We should not rest content with underdeveloped plans for space expansion crafted by exorbitantly wealthy and powerful owners of major space firms, especially as their plans have been crafted neither in consultation with, nor to advance the interests of, the overwhelming majority of human beings on Earth.
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Oxford University Press
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Reclaiming Space: Progressive and Multicultural Visions of Space Exploration
2023
2023