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SUMMARY:Mapping the Varieties of Space Scepticism
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DESCRIPTION:The earliest variants of scepticism about the value of trying 
 to extend human activity into space took the form of (mistaken) claims abo
 ut physical impossibility\, the classic variants involve an idea of threat
 . Lewis Mumford\, Carl Schmidt and Hannah Arendt all raise concerns about 
 space as a continuation of terrestrial trends including conflict and the d
 omination of technology over the human. While there are occasional echoes 
 of this in the contemporary scepticism of Daniel Deudney’s Dark Skies\, 
 contemporary scepticism has tended instead towards shallower populist narr
 atives about elites and abandonment of the Earth. Two key questions will b
 e explored. First\, why have we ended up with the less plausible variants 
 dominating sceptical discourse. Second\, is any variant of space scepticis
 m ultimately defensible?
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