1. A virtual launch into a computational cosmos. The evolving meaning of simulation ; Computational social science ; A creative virtual world ; The final frontier ; Technologically influential space games; A real world colonization Simulation ; Conclusion
2. Simulated Martian social science laboratories. A sociological laboratory ; The moons of Mars ; Social complexity ; The gods of Mars ; Deviance and social control ; The wider literature ; Conclusion
3. The effect of cultural drift on interstellar colonization. Beyond the Fermi paradox ; A theoretical background ; Cultural drift ; Colonization in a sphere of 1,000 stars ; Effect of spaceship range ; Effect of initial colonization probability ; The power of drift ; Principles of drift-influenced interstellar colonization ; Conclusion
4. Educational simulations of the evolution of spaceflight. Realistic educational simulations ; Space program strategies ; Experiencing the Martian environment ; Where education may lead ; Conclusion
5. Computer simulation for space-oriented strategic thinking. The most influential fiction Mars ; Multiple solar systems ; Cultural relativism ; An advanced civilization ; The definition of social strategy simulations ; Conclusions
6. Interstellar travel across virtual galaxies. An imaginary launch ; Two classic galaxies ; A galaxy of algorithms ; Asocial social exploration ; Conclusion
7. Convergence of real and simulated spaceflight. Background ; A balisstic rise and fall ; Historical simulation research ; The Logos language ; Conclusion
8. A virtual human-centered galaxy. A vast, imaginative tradition ; Far from the bright center ; A simulated galaxy ; Simulated aliens ; Manufacturing work ; Conclusion
Social life on distant alien worlds. A mature extraterrestrial colony ; A dynamic extraterrestrial social economy ; Colonizing the Andromeda galaxy ; Normalizing alien environments ; A new home ; Conclusion.
