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This book traces the development of diverse British cultures of
outer space, utilizing key geographical concepts such as landscape,
place, and national identity. It examines the early visionary ideas
of writers H. G. Wells and Olaf Stapledon, the ambitious British
space programme of the 1960s, and narrations of British cultural
identity that accompanied the space missions of Helen Sharman,
Beagle 2 and Tim Peake. The exploration of British cultures of
outer space throughout the book helps understand the emergence of
the British Interplanetary Society. It also explains its
significance in pre-war and post-war periods through an analysis of
the roles of influential figures such as Arthur C. Clarke and
Patrick Moore. The chapters explore utopian and dystopian
representations of space exploration, examine the mysterious
phenomenon of UFO culture, and consider plans for humanity's
imagined future across interstellar space. Throughout the book
geography is advocated as a home for critical studies of outer
space, illuminating its significance in terms of the reciprocal
relationships between exploration and the sublime, science and the
imagination, Earth and cosmos. As an emergent field of research in
the social sciences, this book makes an excellent contribution to
the study of the outer space in Britain and abroad developing a
distinctive kind of outer spatial geography with major implications
for future teaching and research.
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