Title Space Enterprise: Living and Working Offworld in the 21st Century Author Philip R. Harris Synopsis For over a half century, human activities in outer space have increased, but the high point was the Apollo Moon landings from 1969 – 1972. Now the United States has set forth a national space policy to return permanently to the lunar surface by 2020, and NASA is engaged in strategic planning to accomplish that goal. Furthermore, Europe, Russia, Japan, China, and India are undertaking missions to the Moon and its vicinity. All this will lead to using our sister planet as a space station and launch pad to Mars and other celestial bodies. In Space Enterprise: Living and Working Offworld, Dr. Philip Harris provides the vision and rationale as to why humanity is leaving its cradle, Earth, to use space resources, as well as pursuing lunar industrialization and establishing offworld settlements. As a management/space psychologist, Dr. Harris presents a behavioral science perspective on space exploration and enterprise. In this his 45th book, Phil has completely revised and updated the two previous editions of this classic, placing new emphasis on the need for more synergy and participation by the private sector. He not only provides a critical review of what is happening in the global space community, but offers specific strategies for lunar economic development. The author analyzes the human factors in contemporary and future space developments, especially relative to the deployment of people aloft. This user-friendly volume offers numerous photographs, diagrams, exhibits, and case studies. Easily readable, as well as useful as a reference work, the book's content covers a wide range of practical considerations related to human activities offworld. To live and work successfully in a microgravity environment, the author examines human performance and organizational management, as well as physical, psychological, political, commercial, legal, and other dimensions. Biography Philip R. Harris, Ph.D., is a management/space psychologist, as well as a prolific author and futurist. He is president of Harris International, Ltd. in La Jolla, California, founded in 1971 as a global management consultancy for human resource and organization development. A former college and corporate vice president, presently in retirement, Dr. Harris is a Visiting Professor in the California School of International Management. He received his Ph.D. and M. S. in psychology from Fordham University, and a B. B. A. in business from St. John's University. In 1959, he was licensed as a psychologist by the Education Department of the University of the State of New York. He is also a GS15 Federal Consultant. His biography is listed in many directories such as Who's Who in America and The Writer’s Directory. For the past fifty years, this behavioral scientist has been engaged in HR leadership development, focusing his research and services on change, culture, communication, and management. Dr. Harris has edited three journals, published over 250 articles, authored or edited some 45 books. Currently, he is writing Space Enterprise – Living and Working Offworld, having just completed Future Possibilities – Toward Human Emergence. In 2005, Human Resource Development Press published his Managing the Knowledge Culture, and previously his 3 volume, New Work Culture Series. In 2007, the seventh edition of his classic, Managing Cultural Differences was released by Elsevier Science. Adopted as a text in over 200 universities and colleges worldwide, it is the parent of some 12 supplementary titles in the MCD Series. Phil, as he is known to colleagues, also co-authored the fourth edition of Multicultural Law Enforcement, recently published by Prentice Hall. In his work as a space psychologist, he has authored a professional book, Living and Working in Space, as well as a science-based novel, Launch Out. His books are available at Amazon.com. For the past ten years, Phil had been a member of the editorial advisory board for the European Business Review in England. In his multifaceted career, this international consultant has served more than 200 systems, including multinational corporations, government agencies, military units, professional associations, and educational institutions. As an educator, he has been a secondary school guidance director; vice president of St. Francis College in Brooklyn Heights, N.Y.; visiting professor at The Pennsylvania State University and Temple University, as well as lecturer at numerous universities worldwide. The latter included Michigan State University, University of California-San Diego, Pepperdine University, University of Strathclyde in Scotland, Sophia University in Japan, and the East-West Center in Hawaii. Dr. Harris has been recipient of numerous awards and grants, such as from the U. S. Office of Naval Research, Fulbright Professor to India, NASA Faculty Fellow, NTL Institute of Applied Behavioral Science Fellow, and AIAA Associate Fellow. He has been producer of major media projects (e.g., for NBC/Sunday Today Show; Westinghouse Learning, and the U. S. Marine Corps).

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