Introduction

the meaning of liberty beyond the earth

Charles S. Cockell

1-9

The cold equations

extraterrestrial liberty in science fiction

Stephen Baxter

13-31

Fear of freedom

the legacy of Arendt and Ballard's space skepticism

Tony Milligan

33-45

Freedom in a box

paradoxes in the structure of extraterrestrial liberty

Charles S. Cockell

47-68

Fairness as a moral grounding for space policy

James J. Schwartz

69-89

Space

John Locke's ultimate triumph

Paul Rosenberg

91-101

Extraterrestrial liberty and creative practice

a firsthand experience of an imagined future

Annalea Beattie

103-116

Elsewhere, liberty

Charles Peterson

117-123

The fate of freedom of a space exploration mission encountering life and the liberty of the "encountered" extra-terrestrial beings

F. J. Martín-Torres, María-Paz Zorzano

127-137

Astronaut health—planetary exploration and the limitations on freedom

John R. Cain

139-163

Outrunning the law

extraterrestrial liberty and universal colonisation

Stuart Armstrong, Anders Sandberg, Sean ÓhÉigeartaigh

165-186

The lethality of interplanetary warfare

a fundamental constraint on extraterrestrial liberty

Ian A. Crawford, Stephen Baxter

187-198

Interplanetary federalism

maximising the chances of extraterrestrial peace, diversity and liberty

Ian A. Crawford

199-218

Education and liberty in space

Janet de Vigne

219-226

Liberty, freedom and democracy

paradox for an extraterrestrial society

David Baker

227-249

Human space colonies

towards a governance architecture

Rick Wylie

251-266