50-year window to establish a space faring civilization

Howe, A. Scott

dc.contributor.author	Howe, A. Scott
dc.date.accessioned	2017-08-08T21:37:59Z
dc.date.available	2017-08-08T21:37:59Z
dc.date.issued	2015-08-31
dc.identifier.citation	AIAA SPACE Conference and Exhibition, Pasadena, California, August 31 - September 2, 2015	en_US
dc.identifier.clearanceno	15-3471
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/2014/45868
dc.description.abstract	Current policies for space exploration and infrastructure development implicitly assume a gradualistic approach to technology, budgets and mission execution assume we have plenty of time to be a space-faring civilization. However, considering natural events, available energy and human tendencies, the timing to make effective effort to achieve multi-planet status might be now.	en_US
dc.description.sponsorship	NASA/JPL	en_US
dc.language.iso	en_US	en_US
dc.publisher	Pasadena, CA: Jet Propulsion Laboratory, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 2015	en_US
dc.subject	human exploration	en_US
dc.subject	colonization	en_US
dc.title	50-year window to establish a space faring civilization	en_US
dc.type	Presentation	en_US