Editing Spaceflight (section)

== Further reading ==
* Erik Gregerson (2010): ''An Explorer's Guide to the Universe – Unmanned Space Missions'', Britannica Educational Publishing, {{ISBN|978-1-61530-052-5}} (eBook)
* {{cite book |last1=Neufeld |first1=Michael J. |title=Spaceflight: A Concise History |date=2018 |publisher=[[The MIT Press]] |location=Cambridge |isbn=978-0262536332}}
* Sarah Scoles, "Why We'll Never Live in Space: The technological, biological, psychological and ethical challenges to leaving Earth", vol. 329, no. 3 (October 2023), pp.&nbsp;22–29. "Perhaps the most significant concern is [[radiation]], something that is manageable for today's astronauts flying in low-Earth orbit but would be a bigger deal for people traveling farther and for longer." (p.&nbsp;25.) "On the edge of terrestrial frontiers, people were seeking, say, gold or more farmable land. In space, explorers can't be sure of the value proposition at their destination." (p.&nbsp;27.) "Harmful extraterrestrial [[microbe]]s could return with astronauts or equipment – a planetary-protection risk called backward [[contamination]]." (p.&nbsp;28.)
* [[Rebecca Boyle]], "A Space Settler Walks into a Dome...: A very funny book about why living on [[Mars]] is a terrible idea" (review of [[Kelly Weinersmith]] and [[Zach Weinersmith]], ''A City on Mars: Can We Settle Space, Should We Settle Space, and Have We Really Thought This Through?'', Penguin Press, 2023), ''[[Scientific American]]'', vol. 329, no. 4 (November 2023), p.&nbsp;93.