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What Next for Human Space Flight?
Author(s) -
Sherwood Brent
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
architectural design
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.128
H-Index - 22
eISSN - 1554-2769
pISSN - 0003-8504
DOI - 10.1002/ad.1827
Subject(s) - space (punctuation) , futures contract , architecture , government (linguistics) , space exploration , settlement (finance) , engineering , operations research , computer science , aerospace engineering , business , history , archaeology , finance , linguistics , philosophy , payment , operating system
Space travel is undergoing a significant period of transformation. While exploration in the last six decades has been driven by government‐funded exploration by the major powers, the possibilities are now opening up for a Space Architecture that diversifies and caters for leisure, large‐scale industrialization and permanent settlement. Experienced space architect Brent Sherwood brings into focus four potential futures for human space flight ‐ experiencing, exploring, exploiting and settling.