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Hi again folks, 

	Here is the reading list I gave to Mr. Evans and Ms. Durnford.  I
also gave Mr. Evans a brochure describing an organization called the
Institute for the Social Science Study of Space (at Fairmont State College
in West Virgina) so that his staff could get more technical literature on
the topic of our discussion if he wanted.  The presentation "Saving the
Home Planet" looked at the space expansion from an environmental
perspective but the references are practically the same as to those I
usually refer people to.

Tom

Here it is: 

         READING LIST FOR THE PRESENTATION "SAVING THE HOME PLANET"
			PRESENTED BY TOM HARRIS AT THE 
	 INTERNATIONAL SPACE DEVELOPMENT CONFERENCE - MAY 20, 1995

									
- prepared by Tom Harris, May 14, 1995

(A) BOOKS

1 - "THE OVERVIEW EFFECT - Space Exploration and Human Evolution" - by
Frank White, Senior Associate of the Space Studies Institute in Princeton,
New Jersey.  Published by Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston, 1987
(unfortunately the book is now out of print - however, Mr. White is
currently working on a new book which further develops the concepts
explained in "THE OVERVIEW EFFECT"). This book describes how the human
expansion into space is changing humanity and what we can look forward to
in the future.

2 - "THE HOME PLANET" - Edited by Kevin Kelley.  Published by
Addison-Wesley, Reading, Mass. 1988.  See especially Preface, Introduction
and the other written portions.

3 - "BEYOND SPACESHIP EARTH - Environmental Ethics and the Solar System" -
Edited by Eugene C. Hargrove.  Published by Sierra Club Books, San
Francisco, 1986.  See especially "Space Exploration and Environmental
Issues" by W.K. Hartman.

4 - "OUT OF THE CRADLE - Exploring the Frontiers Beyond Earth" - by
William K. Hartman.  Published by Workman, New York, 1984.  See especially
the chapter "Alternatives: A Future Without Space".

5 - "NEW WORLD NEW MIND" - by Robert Ornstein and Paul Ehrlich.  A
Touchstone Book, published by Simon & Shuster Inc., Toronto, c1989.  This
book describes the changes in human thinking that are required if we are
to avoid global catastrophe in a number of areas.

6 - "EXTINCTION AND SURVIVAL IN HUMAN POPULATIONS" - edited by Charles D.
Laughlin and Ivan A. Brady.  Published by Columbia University Press, New
York, 1978.  See especially the papers "Gross Stress in Small Islands: A
Study in Macropsychiatry" by John Cawte and "Rethinking the Ik: A
Functional Non-Social System" by Colin M. Turnbull (for an example of how
strange a society can become - this is an eye-opener for people who think
the structure of a space colony will necessarily resemble our society).

7 - "PALE BLUE DOT - A Vision of the Human Future in Space" - by Carl
Sagan.  Published by Random House, New York, 1994.  A lavishly
illustrated, easy to read and interesting book.  Dr. Sagan includes some
especially relevant discussion about the fundamental reasons for the human
expansion into space.  

8 - "THE EVOLUTIONARY JOURNEY - A Personal Guide to a Positive Future" -by
Barbara Marx Hubbard (no relation to L. Ron Hubbard.  Buckminster Fuller
called her the best informed futurist alive).  Published by Evolutionary
Press, San Francisco, Calif. 94121; 1982.  Lyrical but very interesting.

9 - "THE REVELATION: OUR CRISIS IS A BIRTH" by Barbara Marx Hubbard.
Published by the "Foundation for Conscious Evolution", Greenbrae, Calif.,
1993.  Hubbard is completely convinced that our movement into space is the
next crucial step in human evolution.

10 - "LIVING AND WORKING IN SPACE - Human Behavior, Culture, and
Organization" - by Philip R. Harris, space psychologist, NETROLOGIC Inc.
of San Diego, California.  Published by Prentice Hall, 1992.  Dr. Harris
maintains that our expansion into space will lead to an evolution of human
consciousness, resulting in us being better able to handle complex global
problems.

11 - "PSYCHIC EXPLORATION" - by Edgar D. Mitchell, Apollo 15 astronaut and
founder of the Institute for Noetic Science (Palo Alto, Calif.). 
Published by G.P. Putnam's Sons, New York, 1974.  See Introduction: "From
Outer Space to Inner Space..." written by Mitchell.

12 - "INTERSTELLAR MIGRATION AND THE HUMAN EXPERIENCE" - edited by Ben R.
Finney and Eric M. Jones, Berkeley: University of California Press, c1985.
Proceedings of the Los Alamos Conference on Interstellar Migration (1983).
See especially "The Exploring Animal", co-authored by anthropologist
Finney and astrophysicist Jones - fascinating!

13 - "SPACESHIPS OF THE MIND" - by Nigel Calder, past editor of "New
Scientist". Published by the British Broadcasting Corporation, London,
1978 and by Penguin Books, New York, 1979.  See especially the chapters
"On Big Ideas" and "The Logic of Diversity".

14 - "THE EXPLORING SPIRIT - AMERICA AND THE WORLD, THEN AND NOW" - by
Daniel J. Boorstin, historian.  Published by Random House, New York, 1976.
An exciting little book with much relevance to space exploration.		

15 - "MISSION TO MARS" - by Michael Collins, Apollo 11 astronaut.
Published by Grove Weidenfeld, New York, 1990. See chapter entitled "Why?".

16 - "MIGRATION TO THE STARS - Never Again Enough People" - by Edward S.
Gilfillan, Jr.  Published by Robert B. Luce Co., Inc. Washington, D.C.-
New York.  Although this is a somewhat strange book, it does contain some
interesting points.  

17 - "BREAKOUT INTO SPACE: Mission for a Generation" - by George Henry
Elias, Published by Morrow, 1990.  This contains some interesting and
useful ideas but includes too much "Space Evangelism" for my taste.

18 - "THE CHALLENGE OF THE SPACESHIP" - by Arthur C. Clarke, Published by
Pocket Books, New York, 1980.  See especially the chapters, "The Challenge
of the Spaceship", "Across the Sea of Stars" and "Of Space and Spirit".



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(B) PAPERS/ARTICLES/PERIODICALS

1 - "THE FUTURE OF HUMAN CONSCIOUSNESS" - by Charles D. Laughlin
(Professor of Anthropology at Carleton University) and Sheila Richardson. 
From the periodical "FUTURES" June 1986, p. 401-419.  Extremely
interesting with much relevance to space exploration (but very difficult
reading).

2 - "THE FUTURE OF FUTURISM" - by Barbara Marx Hubbard.  From the April
1983 issue of World Future Society's (Bethesda Maryland, U.S.A.
(1-301-656-8274)) popular level journal "The Futurist", page 52.  Truly a
relevant and fascinating article - a "must read"!  See also Hubbard's more
recent article "Conscious Evolution - Examining Humanity's Next Step" from
the September-October 1993 issue of "The Futurist".

3 - "HUMAN CONSEQUENCES OF SPACE EXPLORATION" - by Freeman Dyson of the
Institute for Advanced Study of Princeton, N.J.  Originally published in
the Nov 29, 1969 edition of the now defunct Montreal Star (p. 13 & 18). 

4 - "CHILDREN AND HUMANITY'S HOPE FOR THE FUTURE" - by Ruthanne
Kurth-Schai (Assistant Professor of Education at Macalester College, St.
Paul, Minnesota). Published by the World Future Society in their "Futures
Research Quarterly", Spring 1988 edition P.43-55.  An outstanding paper!

5 - "THE SCIENTIFIC AND HISTORICAL RATIONALES FOR SOLAR SYSTEM
EXPLORATION" - Put out by the "Space Policy Institute", the Elliot School
of International Affairs, The George Washington University, Washington,
D.C. 20052, July 1988.  The second paper, "A Third Great Age of
Discovery", written by Stephen J. Pyne, Associate Professor of History at
Arizona State University, West, explains why the human expansion into
space is crucial for western civilization at this point in history.  Dr.
Pyne has expanded on these ideas in a more recent paper entitled "Space:
The Third Great Age of Discovery", which I obtained directly from him.

	note: Dr. Pyne also recommends two books:
- "NEW LANDS, NEW MEN: AMERICA AND THE SECOND GREAT AGE OF DISCOVERY" by
William Goetzman.  Published by Viking Press, 1986.
- "EXPLORATION AND EMPIRE: THE EXPLORER AND THE SCIENTIST IN THE WINNING
OF THE AMERICAN WEST", also by Goetzman. Published by Knopf, 1966).

6 - "WHY MAN EXPLORES" - a NASA Educational Publication (EP 125). 
Prepared from a transcript of a panel discussion held on July 2, 1976 in
conjunction with the Viking mission to Mars.  Panels members were: James
Michener, Norman Cousins, Philip Morrison, Jacques Cousteau and Ray Bradbury.

7 - "THE MING NAVY AND THE U.S. SPACE PROGRAM" - by Arthur Kantrowitz of
Dartmouth College.  This article appeared on p. 44 - 46 in the September
1981 issue of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics
"Astronautics and Aeronautics" magazine.  In this article Dr. Kantrowitz
shows an interesting parallel between the U.S.'s retreat from adventurous
space policies and the Chinese retreat from exploration of the world.  He
explains that this kind of withdrawal has enormous negative consequences
on the future of civilizations.

8 - "SPINOFF" - This publication is put out by NASA every year (eg.
"Spinoff 1992") by the Office of Commercial Programs, Technology Transfer
Division.  If you are interested in getting this publication or other
information concerning spinoffs, please contact Jane Lynn-Jones, Senior
Technology Specialist, Center for AeroSpace Information, 800 Elkridge
Landing Road, Linthicum Heights, MD 21090-2934; Tel:(410)859-5300,ext 242.


(C) RELEVANT SCIENCE FICTION

1 - "TIME ENOUGH FOR LOVE: The Lives of Lazarus Long" - a classic by
Robert A. Heinlein.  Published by Putnam, New York, 1973.  See p. 410-415
which is the first discussion of the "Founder Effect" that I am aware of.
Anthropologist Charles Laughlin says that many researchers now accept that
this phenomena is very likely to happen as we move into space.

2 - "FALLEN ANGELS" - by Larry Niven, Jerry Pournelle and Michael Flynn.
Published by Baen Books, Simon & Shuster Inc., Riverdale, New York, 1991.
This is a fascinating (though at times weird) story about what our world
would be like if we turn our backs on high technology in general and space
activities in particular.  There is much discussion of the new form of
neurotic "environmentalism" that springs up as society decays.

3 - "RED MARS" - by Kim Stanley Robinson.  Published by Bantam Books, New
York, 1993.  Parts of this book are certainly strange, but it is a "must
read" for anyone seriously interested in the colonization of Mars.  "Red
Mars" includes many ideas on the individual and group psychology of living
permanently in space as well as some interesting discussions about
environmental ethics on a supposedly lifeless world.

4 - "GREEN MARS" - by Kim Stanley Robinson (a sequel to Red Mars).
Published by Bantam Books, New York, 1994.  Includes some interesting
ideas about terraforming Mars and the establishment of a new civilization
(and a new biosphere!).

5 - "THE KINSMAN SAGA" - by Ben Bova.  A TOR book, published by Tom
Doherty Associates, Inc., New York , N.Y., 1987.  Throughout this book
there are thought provoking arguments about the value of the human
expansion into space.  It's also a super story.



	Ray Bradbury (science fiction writer and philosopher):
	
			"What I to apeman
			And what then he to me?
			I an apemen one day will seem to be
			To those who, after us, look back from Mars
			And they, in turn, mere beasts will seem
			To those who reach the stars...."

	(from "Mars and the Mind of Man", Harper and Row publishers, 1973)