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100			_aRubenstein, Mary-Jane
245			_aAstrotopia : the dangerous religion of the corporate space race
260			_bUniversity of Chicago Press, _c2022 _aChicago :
300			_axii, 225 p. ; _bill., _c24 cm
365			_b24.00 _cUSD _d85.40
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
520			_aWe are in the midst of a new space race that pairs billionaire space barons with governments in an effort to exploit the cosmos for human gain. While Elon Musk and SpaceX work to establish a human presence on Mars, Jeff Bezos and Blue Origin work toward mining operations on the moon, missions to asteroids to extract resources, and millions of people living in rotating near-Earth satellite dwellings. Despite the differences in their visions, these two billionaires share a core utopian project: the salvation of humanity though the colonization of space. But we have already seen the destructive effects of this frontier spirit in the centuries-long history of European colonialism. Philosopher of religion and space enthusiast Mary-Jane Rubenstein wants to pull back the curtain on the not-so-new myths these space barons are peddling. In Astrotopia, she explains why these myths are so problematic and offers a vision for how we might approach the exploration of space in ways that don't reproduce the atrocities of humanity's previous colonial endeavors.
650			_aSpace race
650			_aColoialism
650			_aReligion
650			_aApollo mission
650			_aBlue origin
650			_aEarth apocalypse
650			_aGlobal humanitarianism
650			_aHumanity
650			_a Indigenous peoples
650			_aLongtermism
650			_aMars
650			_a Moon
650			_aNew space
650			_aSpace commercialization
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