1964.0300 “Habitable Planets for Man”

 

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“Habitable Planets for Man”
The report entitled “Habitable Planets for Man” (dated March 1964) was written by Stephen Dole. It was sponsored by the US Air Force under Project RAND (Contract Number AF 49 (638) 700).

 

 

 

Sections below

1. Web Resources

2. Book References

3. Other material

 

Web Resources

Complete images of Dole’s report available to download as a 169 page PDF document on the Rand website at the following link:

http://www.rand.org/pubs/reports/R414/

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Book References

For discussion see the following:

 

Year

Discussion by:

 

No. of Pages

1976

Asimov, Isaac in “Extra-Terrestrial Intelligence : The First Encounter” (1976) (edited by James L Christian) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 48-49 (in the unnumbered chapter entitled “Of Life Beyond : Man’s Age-Old Speculations”) of the Prometheus Books softcover edition.

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1974

Berry, Adrian in his “The Next Ten Thousand Years” (1974) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 132, 133 (in Chapter 10) of the Coronet paperback edition.

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1977

Gallant, Roy A in “Beyond Earth : The Search for Extraterrestrial Life” (1977) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 139-141 (in Chapter 11), 183 (in the Books For Further Reading) of the Four Winds hardback edition.

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2001

Harrison, Albert A in his “Spacefaring : The Human Dimension” (2001) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 242 (in Chapter 14) of the California softcover edition.

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1974

Lunan, Duncan in his “Man and the Stars” (1974) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages ix, 3 (in the Introduction) of the Souvenir Press hardback edition, at pages xi, 3 of the Corgi paperback edition.

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1989

Mallove, Eugene F and Matloff, Gregory L in their “The Starflight Handbook” (1989) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 109 (in Chapter 7) of the Wiley hardback edition.

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1981

Powers, Robert M in his “The Coattails of God: The Trip to the Stars” (1981) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 103-104 (in Chapter 6) of the Warner paperback edition.

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1974

Salisbury, Frank in his “The Utah UFO Display: A Biologist’s Report” (1974) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 232 (in the Appendix entitled “Annotated Bibliography”) of the Devin Adair hardback edition.

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Other Material