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Comparative Book Review: Bleddyn E. Bowen, Original Sin: Power, Technology and War in Outer Space (London: Hurst and Company, 2022) and Mary-Jane Rubenstein, Astrotopia: The Dangerous Religion of the Corporate Space Race (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2022).

Comparative Book Review: Bleddyn E. Bowen, Original Sin: Power, Technology and War in Outer Space... ASTROPOLITICS BOOK REVIEW Original Sin: Power, Technology and War in Outer Space, by Bleddyn E. Bowen, London, Hurst and Company, 2022, 20 GBP Astrotopia: The Dangerous Religion of the Corporate Space Race, by Mary-Jane Rubenstein, Chicago, University of Chicago Press, 2022, 24 USD While analysis of space and space policy in relation to national security and human spaceflight remains a niche academic area, there have still been a growing number of books and articles to explore and detail it. It is this increased pace of activity that has led to a space domain that is contested, competitive, and congested leading to more opportu- nities for confrontations and even conflict. For the most part, if these examinations are not laudatory, they are at least encouraging in terms of the types of activities they have advocated including not only those associated with national security and defense, but the mining and exploitation of space-based resources and even the colonization of outer space and other planetary bodies. This should not be all that surprising. Since the opening of the space age, popular culture has portrayed space as a place with unlimited opportunities for discovery and adventure. This early fascination with space’s potential has http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Astropolitics Taylor & Francis

Comparative Book Review: Bleddyn E. Bowen, Original Sin: Power, Technology and War in Outer Space (London: Hurst and Company, 2022) and Mary-Jane Rubenstein, Astrotopia: The Dangerous Religion of the Corporate Space Race (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2022).

Cobb, Wendy N. Whitman
Astropolitics , Volume 21 (1): 8 – Jan 2, 2023
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ASTROPOLITICS BOOK REVIEW Original Sin: Power, Technology and War in Outer Space, by Bleddyn E. Bowen, London, Hurst and Company, 2022, 20 GBP Astrotopia: The Dangerous Religion of the Corporate Space Race, by Mary-Jane Rubenstein, Chicago, University of Chicago Press, 2022, 24 USD While analysis of space and space policy in relation to national security and human spaceflight remains a niche academic area, there have still been a growing number of books and articles to explore and detail it. It is this increased pace of activity that has led to a space domain that is contested, competitive, and congested leading to more opportu- nities for confrontations and even conflict. For the most part, if these examinations are not laudatory, they are at least encouraging in terms of the types of activities they have advocated including not only those associated with national security and defense, but the mining and exploitation of space-based resources and even the colonization of outer space and other planetary bodies. This should not be all that surprising. Since the opening of the space age, popular culture has portrayed space as a place with unlimited opportunities for discovery and adventure. This early fascination with space’s potential has

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