The High Frontier: Human Colonies in SpaceThis expanded third edition features a new preface, introduction, and collection of essays by space researchers. |
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... nations only a fifth of the people are adequately fed , while another fifth are " only " undernourished - all the rest suffer from malnutrition in various forms.2 In those countries the need to increase the food supply is desperate ...
... nations only a fifth of the people are adequately fed , while another fifth are " only " undernourished - all the rest suffer from malnutrition in various forms.2 In those countries the need to increase the food supply is desperate ...
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... nations , the Department tells us that there will be about six and a half billion people in the year 2000. Growth over this last quarter of the twentieth century within the developed nations will be slow ; the increase will come almost ...
... nations , the Department tells us that there will be about six and a half billion people in the year 2000. Growth over this last quarter of the twentieth century within the developed nations will be slow ; the increase will come almost ...
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... nations . In the underdeveloped nations , for which the industrial revolution is still to occur , rapid growth rates in energy usage are probably a condition of development . For a healthy world economy it may therefore be necessary to ...
... nations . In the underdeveloped nations , for which the industrial revolution is still to occur , rapid growth rates in energy usage are probably a condition of development . For a healthy world economy it may therefore be necessary to ...
Contents
Preface by Roger ONeill | 4 |
As You Read This Book | 8 |
Part One The Vision | 9 |
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