TY - BOOK AU - Launius,Roger D. AU - McCurdy,Howard E. ED - ebrary, Inc. TI - Robots in space: technology, evolution, and interplanetary travel T2 - New series in NASA history AV - TJ211 .L38 2008eb U1 - 629.4 22 PY - 2008/// CY - Baltimore PB - Johns Hopkins University Press KW - Robots KW - Space robotics KW - Electronic books KW - local N1 - 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 UR - http://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10389797 ER -