# Operating Manual for Spaceship Earth
**Domain:** Design Science / Planetary Systems
**Doc Type:** Book Node
**Maturity:** Evolving
**Related:** [[Buckminster Fuller]], [[Spaceship Earth]], [[Design Science]], [[Whole Earth Catalog]]
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## Definition
_Operating Manual for Spaceship Earth_ is Buckminster Fuller's 1969 book presenting Earth as a finite, integrated vehicle whose passengers must become competent crew.
## Corpus Context
The work joins [[Spaceship Earth]], [[Ephemeralization]] and [[Design Science]]. It is a central textual bridge between mid-century systems culture and the [[Whole Earth Catalog]].
## Relationships
[[Buckminster Fuller]], [[Spaceship Earth]], [[Design Science]], [[Whole Earth Catalog]]
## Sources / Provenance
- [[articles/Beyond the Sea|Beyond the Sea]]
- https://archive.org/details/buckminster-fuller-operating-manual-for-spaceship-earth