IDEAS home Printed from https://ideas.repec.org/p/hal/journl/hal-04169600.html
   My bibliography  Save this paper

The contribution of science fiction to technoscientific discourses on the conquest of Mars
[L’apport de la science-fiction aux discours technoscientifiques sur la conquête de Mars]

Author

Listed:
  • Thomas Michaud

    (LAB.RII - Laboratoire de Recherche sur l'Industrie et l'Innovation - ULCO - Université du Littoral Côte d'Opale - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique)

Abstract

The conquest of Mars is an issue that goes beyond the scope of scientific curiosity. Although exploration is mainly produced and financed by the public sector, the deployment of manned missions with the aim of creating a Martian civilization could be provided by private actors. Science fiction was inspired by these discourses to propose an imaginary whose function is studied in this article. After examining the contribution of this genre to the elaboration of the speeches of the Mars Society and of the entrepreneur Elon Musk, this study questions the construction of ideological micro-discourses such as Marsism. This neologism refers to the passage from science fiction to technological ideologies, particularly influential in the dynamics of capitalism. Exploring the imaginary is important for stimulating R&D and for merging the interests and expectations of engineers, innovators and the public.

Suggested Citation

  • Thomas Michaud, 2019. "The contribution of science fiction to technoscientific discourses on the conquest of Mars [L’apport de la science-fiction aux discours technoscientifiques sur la conquête de Mars]," Post-Print hal-04169600, HAL.
    • Handle: RePEc:hal:journl:hal-04169600
    DOI: 10.21494/ISTE.OP.2019.0392
    Note: View the original document on HAL open archive server: https://hal.science/hal-04169600
    as

    Download full text from publisher

    File URL: https://hal.science/hal-04169600/document
    Download Restriction: no
    File URL: https://libkey.io/10.21494/ISTE.OP.2019.0392?utm_source=ideas
    LibKey link: if access is restricted and if your library uses this service, LibKey will redirect you to where you can use your library subscription to access this item
    ---><---

    Corrections

    All material on this site has been provided by the respective publishers and authors. You can help correct errors and omissions. When requesting a correction, please mention this item's handle: RePEc:hal:journl:hal-04169600. See general information about how to correct material in RePEc.

    If you have authored this item and are not yet registered with RePEc, we encourage you to do it here. This allows to link your profile to this item. It also allows you to accept potential citations to this item that we are uncertain about.

    We have no bibliographic references for this item. You can help adding them by using this form .

    If you know of missing items citing this one, you can help us creating those links by adding the relevant references in the same way as above, for each refering item. If you are a registered author of this item, you may also want to check the "citations" tab in your RePEc Author Service profile, as there may be some citations waiting for confirmation.

    For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: CCSD (email available below). General contact details of provider: https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/ .

    Please note that corrections may take a couple of weeks to filter through the various RePEc services.

    IDEAS is a RePEc service. RePEc uses bibliographic data supplied by the respective publishers.