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Armen V. Papazian ()
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Armen V. Papazian: Space Value Foundation

Chapter Chapter 1 in Financing the Race to Space, 2024, pp 1-9 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract “We humans are the greatest of Earth's parasites.” This quote, attributed to Dr. Martin H. Fischer (1879–1962), a former professor of physiology at the University of Cincinnati, is obviously meant as a metaphor of our reality on the planet. This book is about outer space explorationOuter space exploration, development, and settlement, and as such, it is built on a vision of humanityHumanity that aims to take us beyond a parasitic interpretation of human civilisation.

Date: 2024
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-73102-0_1

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