Was the Apollo programme, its origins in Cold War posturing, ultimately the most successful art project in history?
What do we really gain from human space exploration, culturally and scientifically? How do we design long-term space missions, such as the mooted trip to Mars, so that astronauts are able to have a humanising experience? In an unstable world, who should be the decision makers in the quest for space? Scientists, artists, psychologists and space architects met in this 2-day international symposium to explore the future of space exploration from the human perspective. Sessions include, Habitat Design, Build Your Own Space Programme, the Human Body and Mind in Space, and Adapting to Alien Environments. Sometimes an inch or a foot is nothing at all, other times it is discomfort or death, it might be here on earth or in outer space it might simply be in your head. – Garrett Finney, space architect Symposium Programme Speaker Biographies Abstracts Speakers: Andrew Smith (UK), author of Moondust. discusses how he set out to interview all the remaining nine astronauts who walked on the moon; fi
