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A discussion of several important philosophical problems concerning the justification of space exploration and other conceptual puzzles that arise from the actual and potential practice of space science (e.g. travel at relativistic velocities or faster than light, a runaway green house effect on Venus, terraforming of Mars, extraterrestrial life and intelligent civilizations). The discussion is taken from my manuscript The Dimming of Starlight.
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