01769nam a2200361 a 4500001001200000003000800012006001900020007001500039008004100054010001700095020004300112020004000155040002100195035002100216050002300237082001400260100002200274245013800296260005700434300002300491490003100514504006600545505036800611533015200979650001201131650002001143655002901163700002301192710001701215830003201232856012601264999001701390ebr10389797CaPaEBRm        u        cr cn|||||||||070508s2008    mdua    sb    001 0 eng    z  2007019374  z9780801887086 (hardcover : alk. paper)  z0801887089 (hardcover : alk. paper)  aCaPaEBRcCaPaEBR  a(OCoLC)64990642014aTJ211b.L38 2008eb04a629.42221 aLaunius, Roger D.10aRobots in spaceh[electronic resource] :btechnology, evolution, and interplanetary travel /cRoger D. Launius and Howard E. McCurdy.  aBaltimore :bJohns Hopkins University Press,cc2008.  axx, 313 p. :bill.1 aNew series in NASA history  aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [257]-301) and index.0 aIntroduction : 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.  aElectronic reproduction.bPalo Alto, Calif. :cebrary,d2013.nAvailable via World Wide Web.nAccess may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries. 0aRobots. 0aSpace robotics. 7aElectronic books.2local1 aMcCurdy, Howard E.2 aebrary, Inc. 0aNew series in NASA history.40uhttp://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10389797zAn electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view  c91685d91685