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Militarizing outer space : astroculture, dystopia and the Cold War

Alexander C. T. Geppert, Author ; Daniel Brandau, Author ; Tilmann Siebeneichner, Author | New York : Palgrave Macmillan | Palgrave studies in the history of science and technology | 2020

Militarizing Outer Space explores the dystopian and destructive dimensions of the Space Age and challenges conventional narratives of a bipolar Cold War rivalry. Concentrating on weapons, warfare and vio​lence, this provocative volume exa[...]

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Financing the New Space industry : breaking free of gravity and government support

Howard E. McCurdy, Author | New York : Palgrave Macmillan | Palgrave studies in the history of science and technology | 2019

Can private sector firms raise enough capital to end the usual dependence on government funding? What can historical examples of other large-scale transportation initiatives, such as the first transcontinental railway and the first commercial je[...]

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Financing the New Space industry : breaking free of gravity and government support

Howard E. McCurdy, Author | New York : Palgrave Macmillan | Palgrave studies in the history of science and technology | 2019

Can private sector firms raise enough capital to end the usual dependence on government funding? What can historical examples of other large-scale transportation initiatives, such as the first transcontinental railway and the first commercial je[...]

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Limiting outer space : astroculture after Apollo

Alexander C. T. Geppert, Editor | New York : Palgrave Macmillan | Palgrave studies in the history of science and technology | 2018

Propels the historicization of outer space by focusing on the Post-Apollo period. After the Apollo moon landings, disillusionment set in. With the return of the last astronaut in 1972, the skies - rather than the distant stars - once again beca[...]

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Nasa spaceflight : a history of innovation

Roger D. Launius, Editor ; Howard E. McCurdy, Editor | New York : Palgrave Macmillan | Palgrave studies in the history of science and technology | 2018

This book presents the first comprehensive history of innovation at NASA, bringing together experts in the field to illuminate how public-private and international partnerships have fueled new ways of exploring space since the beginning of space[...]

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Ronald Reagan and the space frontier

John M. Logsdon, Author | New York : Palgrave Macmillan | Palgrave studies in the history of science and technology | 2018

When Ronald Reagan was elected in 1980, limits on NASA funding and the lack of direction under the Nixon and Carter administrations had left the U.S. space program at a crossroads. In contrast to his predecessors, Reagan saw outer space as human[...]

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After Apollo? : Richard Nixon and the American space program /

John M. Logsdon, Author | New York : Palgrave Macmillan | Palgrave studies in the history of science and technology | 2015

On July 20, 1969, Neil Armstrong took 'one small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind.' The success of the Apollo 11 mission satisfied the goal that had been set by President John F. Kennedy just over eight years earlier. It also raised th[...]

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Frontiers for the American century : outer space, Antarctica, and Cold War nationalism /

James Spiller, Author | New York : Palgrave Macmillan | Palgrave studies in the history of science and technology | 2015

Comparing the cultural politics of the US space and Antarctic programmes during the Cold War, this book analyzes how culturally salient terms, especially the nationalist motif of the frontier, were used to garner public support for these strateg[...]

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The surveillance imperative : geosciences during the Cold War and beyond /

Simone Turchetti, Editor ; Peder Roberts, Editor | New York : Palgrave Macmillan | Palgrave studies in the history of science and technology | 2014

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Voices of the Soviet space program : cosmonauts, soldiers, and engineers who took the USSR into space /

Slava Gerovitch, Author | New York : Palgrave Macmillan | Palgrave studies in the history of science and technology | 2014

In this remarkable oral history, Slava Gerovitch presents interviews with the men and women who witnessed Soviet space efforts firsthand. Rather than comprising a "master narrative," these fascinating and varied accounts bring to light the ofte[...]

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Exploring the solar system : the history and science of planetary exploration /

Roger D. Launius, Editor | New York : Palgrave Macmillan | Palgrave studies in the history of science and technology | 2013

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NASA in the world : fifty years of international collaboration in space /

John Krige, Author ; Angelina Long Callahan, Author ; Ashok Maharaj, Author | New York : Palgrave Macmillan | Palgrave studies in the history of science and technology | 2013

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Inventing the American astronaut

Matthew H. Hersch, Author | New York : Palgrave Macmillan | Palgrave studies in the history of science and technology | 2012

Who were the men who led America's first voyages into space? Were they soldiers or daredevils? The public sometimes imagined them that way: military men or hot-shot pilots without the capacity for doubt, fear, or worry. Instead, the early astro[...]

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Globalizing polar science : reconsidering the International Polar and Geophysical years

Roger D. Launius, Editor ; James Rodger Fleming, Editor ; David H. DeVorkin, Editor | New York : Palgrave Macmillan | Palgrave studies in the history of science and technology | 2010

The International Polar Years and the International Geophysical Year represented a remarkable international collaborative scientific effort that was focused on, but not limited to, understanding the Earth's poles. This groundbreaking collection [...]

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