Space Is Not the Final Frontier

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Klinger, Julie Michelle, 1983- [author.]

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Computer filePublication details: UrbanNext, August 19, 2021.Description: 2575 wordsISSN:

2575-5374

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Summary: The status of outer space as the final frontier is a cultural fetish. What a given culture fetishizes reveals the blind spots of power in specific times and places. That outer space should even be considered a frontier is a recent historical phenomenon that reflects the fusion of political power with techno-optimism, and it is far from final. But the temporal horizon of finality speaks to the desires felt among putative winners and losers alike under postatomic capitalism to transcend the brutalities of our age while preserving the status quo.

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Politics (143) ,
Pollution (61) ,
Population (79) ,
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Research (211) ,
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Energy and sustainability, Essay, expanding design practices, Julie Michelle Klinger, New Geographies 11: Extraterrestrial, Politics and economics

Capitalism, Challenge, Collective Awareness, Cultural agitator, Culture, Earth, Environmental, Essay, Ethics, Expanding frontiers, Extraterrestrial, Geography, Geopolitics, Geospatial, History, Humanity, Land uses, Landscape, Mine, NASA, Political & Economic Approach, Politics, Pollution, Population, Power, Research, Resources, Scarcity, Science, Sustainability, Technology, the Moon, Transformation, Urban growth, USA, Waste generation

This essay is an excerpt of New Geographies 11: Extraterrestrial by Jeffrey S. Nesbit and Guy Trangoš -- https://lccn.loc.gov/2019954925

The status of outer space as the final frontier is a cultural fetish. What a given culture fetishizes reveals the blind spots of power in specific times and places. That outer space should even be considered a frontier is a recent historical phenomenon that reflects the fusion of political power with techno-optimism, and it is far from final. But the temporal horizon of finality speaks to the desires felt among putative winners and losers alike under postatomic capitalism to transcend the brutalities of our age while preserving the status quo.

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