01769nam a2200361 a 4500 ebr10389797 CaPaEBR m u cr cn||||||||| 070508s2008 mdua sb 001 0 eng 2007019374 9780801887086 (hardcover : alk. paper) 0801887089 (hardcover : alk. paper) CaPaEBR CaPaEBR (OCoLC)649906420 TJ211 .L38 2008eb 629.4 22 Launius, Roger D. Robots in space [electronic resource] : technology, evolution, and interplanetary travel / Roger D. Launius and Howard E. McCurdy. Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, c2008. xx, 313 p. : ill. New series in NASA history Includes bibliographical references (p. [257]-301) and index. Introduction : a false dichotomy -- The human/robot debate -- Human spaceflight as utopia -- Promoting the human dimension -- Robotic spaceflight in popular culture -- The new space race -- Interstellar flight and the human future in space -- Homo sapiens, transhumanism, and the postbiological universe -- An alternative paradigm? -- Appendix : Inadequate words. Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2013. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries. Robots. Space robotics. Electronic books. local McCurdy, Howard E. ebrary, Inc. New series in NASA history. http://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10389797 An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view 91685 91685