{"product_id":"changing-the-worlds-john-amabile-9781480807174","title":"Changing the Worlds: The For-Profit Plan to Mine Asteroids and Terraform Two Planets in One Human Lifetime","description":"\u003cp\u003eWe can buy cars, food, homes, and businesses--so why can't we buy pieces of outer space? Author John Amabile, a space enthusiast, dreams of a world where we could do just that. In this study, he lays out a clear approach for moving mankind into space profitably and with minimal interference from the government in a single human lifetime. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIt starts by disputing the idea that outer space is collective property. Amabile maintains that, as history shows, without the ability to own and profit from something, progress becomes virtually impossible. His plan is to form a corporation and exchange to facilitate the sale of property in outer space, which would open the solar system up for settlement. The process should be privatized as much as possible, and it would pave the way for the terraforming of two planets, Mars and Venus, in one lifetime.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBy mining objects in space, companies could finance terraforming operations while earning a profit. More importantly, humanity would conquer a new frontier and play a key role in \u003ci\u003eChanging the Worlds\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e John Amabile\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1480807176\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781480807174\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Archway Publishing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/06\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 242\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.54lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.00w x 0.51d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBlueInk Review\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/20\/2017","brand":"John Amabile","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43985748361471,"sku":"9781480807174","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_e45ad692-5caf-4e13-8ad5-39f3020ac417.jpg?v=1683279332","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/changing-the-worlds-john-amabile-9781480807174","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}