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This chapter goes back in history, critically addressing how space exploration ‘for all humankind’ originates from a dark place; a place where the criminological and aerospace sciences, unitedly, profited from as well as assisted the Nazi regime and its crimes against humanity. During the Second World War criminology - specifically Aryan biological criminology - seems to have functioned as an initiator, accelerator, and amplifier of Nazi crimes against humanity. Simultaneously, Nazi aerospace science and one of its prominent scientists, Wernher von Braun, developed the V-2 rocket that gave the Nazi regime a most destructive power; a power the United States was highly interested in on developing as well by exploiting Nazi scientists and knowledge, as this chapter will discuss. This chapter will conclude on the dark origin of space exploration and ties with Nazi criminology; a past that critical space criminology must account for.
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | Crime, Criminal Justice and Ethics in Outer Space |
Subtitle of host publication | International Perspectives |
Editors | Yarin Eski, Jack Lampkin |
Publisher | Routledge |
Chapter | 1 |
Pages | 8-25 |
Number of pages | 18 |
ISBN (Electronic) | 9781040151945, 9781003437178 |
ISBN (Print) | 9781032567907 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2025 |
Name | Routledge Studies in Crime and Society |
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Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article › Professional
30/01/25
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