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Moon first and Mars second : a practical approach to human space exploration

Allyson Reneau, Author | Cham : Springer | 2021

This SpringerBrief explores the technological, economic, physiological, and psychological comparisons between a journey to the Moon versus a journey to Mars, taking into consideration the national and international perspectives at play. The auth[...]

American moonshot : John F. Kennedy and the great space race /

Douglas Brinkley, Author | New York, NY : Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers | 2019

On the fiftieth anniversary of the first lunar landing, acclaimed historian Douglas Brinkley takes a fresh look at the American space program, President John F. Kennedy's inspiring challenge, and the race to the moon. Just months after being ele[...]

Lady astronauts, lady engineers, and naked ladies : women and the American space community during the Cold War, 1960s-1980s /

Karin Hilck, Author | [S.l.] : Walter de Gruyter | Family values and social change | 2019

"The book Lady Astronauts, Lady Engineers, and Naked Ladies is a gender history of the American space community and by extension a social history of American society in the twentieth century during the Cold War. In order to expand and differenti[...]

Shattered dreams : the lost and canceled space missions /

Colin Burgess, Author | [S.l.] : University of Nebraska Press | Outward odyssey : a people's history of spaceflight | 2019

"'Shattered Dreams' recounts the personal stories and recollections of several men and women who were in line to fly a specific or future spaceflight mission but lost that opportunity due to personal reasons, mission cancellations, or even trage[...]

Origins of 21st-century space travel : a history of NASA's decadal planning team and the vision for space exploration, 1999-2004

Glen R. Asner, Author ; Stephen J. Garber, Author | [S.l.] : National Aeronautics and Space Administration | NASA SP | 2018

Less than one year after the Columbia Space Shuttle accident on 1 February 2003, President George W. Bush announced at NASA Headquarters that the Agency would embark on a new Vision for Space Exploration as it resumed Shuttle flights and worked [...]

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Origins of 21st-century space travel : a history of NASA's decadal planning team and the vision for space exploration, 1999-2004

Glen R. Asner, Author ; Stephen J. Garber, Author | [S.l.] : National Aeronautics and Space Administration | NASA SP | 2018

Less than one year after the Columbia Space Shuttle accident on 1 February 2003, President George W. Bush announced at NASA Headquarters that the Agency would embark on a new Vision for Space Exploration as it resumed Shuttle flights and worked [...]

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[...]

Eisenhower at the dawn of the Space Age : Sputnik, rockets, and helping hands /

Mark Shanahan, Author | Lanham, Maryland : Lexington Books | 2017

"Ahead of the sixtieth anniversary of the dawn of the Space Age, this revisionist study examines the development of space policy during the Eisenhower administration. It challenges traditional scholarly assessments and argues that President Eise[...]

The politics and perils of space exploration

Linda Dawson, Author | Cham : Springer, Published in association with Praxis Publishing | Springer Praxis Books | 2017

Written by a former Aerodynamics Officer on the space shuttle program, this book provides a complete overview of the "new" U. S. space program, which has changed considerably over the past 50 years.The future of space exploration has become incr[...]

The politics and perils of space exploration

Linda Dawson, Author | Cham : Springer, Published in association with Praxis Publishing | Springer Praxis Books | 2017

Written by a former Aerodynamics Officer on the space shuttle program, this book provides a complete overview of the "new" U. S. space program, which has changed considerably over the past 50 years.The future of space exploration has become incr[...]

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How outer space made America : geography, organization and the cosmic sublime

Daniel Sage, Author | New York : Routledge | 2016

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[...]

Developing national power in space : a theoretical model /

Brent David Ziarnick, Author | [S.l.] : McFarland & Company | 2015

"Exploring the nature of space programs and how nations can maximize advantages gained from space operations, this book draws from military and economic theory to describe an original model of the development and employment of a nation's ability[...]

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[...]

The other space race : Eisenhower and the quest for aerospace security /

Nicholas Michael Sambaluk, Author | [S.l.] : Naval Institute Press | 2015

This title presents a unique look at the early US space programme and how it both shaped and was shaped by politics during the Cold War. The well-argued, well-researched book gives much needed perspective on the Cold War's influence on space tra[...]

Spies and shuttles : NASA's secret relationships with the DOD and CIA /

James E. David, Author | [S.l.] : University Press of Florida | 2015

Author James David tells the inside story of how NASA became a strange bedfellow to the Department of Defense and the National Security Agency, performing covert operations such as flying over sensitive areas, launching secret telecommunications[...]

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Emerging space : the evolving landscape of 21st century american spaceflight

The Tauri Group (United States), Editor | Washington (United States) : National Aeronautics and Space Administration, NASA Headquarters | 2014

This report, produced with NASA's Emerging Space Office within the Office of the Chief Technologist, provides an introduction and overview to the emerging space ecosystem and American private-sector space activities

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Pathways to exploration: : rationales and Approaches for a U.S. program of human space exploration

Washington : The National Academies Press | 2014

The United States has publicly funded its human spaceflight program on a continuous basis for more than a half-century, through three wars and a half-dozen recessions, from the early Mercury and Gemini suborbital and Earth orbital missions, to t[...]

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Eisenhower's Sputnik moment : the race for space and world prestige /

Yanek Mieczkowski, Author | [S.l.] : Cornell University Press | 2013

Manned spaceflight log II : 2006-2012

David Shayler, Author ; Michael D. Shayler, Author | New York, NY : Springer | Springer-Praxis books in space exploration | 2013

"This book, therefore, focuses upon the latest developments covering September 2006 through December 2012, a period of six years in which the main space station assembly was completed, yet another lease of life was given to Soyuz after over 40 y[...]

Space strategy in the 21st century : theory and policy /

Eligar Sadeh, Author | New York : Routledge | Space power and politics | 2013

This book offers an overview of space strategy in the 21st Century. The purpose of space strategy is to coordinate, integrate, and prioritize space activities accros security, commercial, and civil sectors. Without strategy, space activities co[...]

To touch the face of God : the sacred, the profane and the American space program, 1957-1975 /

Kendrick Oliver, Author | Baltimore (United States) : The Johns Hopkins University Press | New series in NASA history | 2013

"In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth..." In 1968 the world watched as Earth rose over the moonscape, televised from the orbiting Apollo 8 mission capsule. Radioing back to Houston on Christmas Eve, astronauts recited the fi[...]

Transatlantic space politics : competition and cooperation above the clouds /

Sheng-Chih Wang, Author | New York : Routledge | Space power and politics | 2013

"This book examines transatlantic politics through an analysis of 60 years of US-European strategic interaction in space. The significance of space politics for the study of transatlantic relations receives surprisingly little scholarly attentio[...]

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[...]

The size and health of the UK space industry

Swindon (SN2 1SZ, United Kingdom) : UK Space Agency | 2012

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Space chronicles : facing the ultimate frontier

Neil deGrasse Tyson, Author ; Avis Lang, Editor | New York : W.W. Norton | 2012

Astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson presents his views on the future of space travel and America's role in that future, giving his readers an eye-opening manifesto on the importance of space exploration for America's economy, security, and morale.

UK civil space strategy : 2012-2016

Swindon (SN2 1SZ, United Kingdom) : UK Space Agency | 2012

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Voyages : Charting the course for sustainable human space exploration

John Olson, Editor | [S.l.] : National Aeronautics and Space Administration | 2012

This report articulates NASA's multi-destination human space exploration strategy using a capability-driven approach. NASA is ensuring that the United States fosters a safe, robust, affordable, sustainable, and flexible space program that is ind[...]

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Integrating women into the astronaut corps : politics and logistics at NASA, 1972-2004

Amy E. Foster, Author | Baltimore (United States) : The Johns Hopkins University Press | New series in NASA history | 2011

The politics of space : a survey

Eligar Sadeh, Editor | New York : Routledge | The politics of ...series | 2011

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Space policy and its ramifications

John P. Ramos, Editor | [S.l.] : Nova Science Publisher | Space science, exploration and policies | 2011

Exploring the final frontier : issues, plans and funding for NASA

Dillon S. Maguire | [S.l.] : Nova Science Publisher | Space science, exploration and policies | 2010

An analysis of NASA's plans for continuing human spaceflight after retiring the space shuttle / Congressional Budget Office -- The budgetary implications of NASA's current plans for space exploration / Congressional Budget Office -- NASA : asse[...]

National security and the commercial space sector : initial analysis and evaluation of options for improving commercial access to space. Draft for comment

David Berteau, Author ; Gregory Kiley, Author | Washington, D.C. : Center for Strategic and International Studies | 2010

In this draft report, the CSIS examines the relationship between U.S. national security and the commercial space sector, with specific focus on the current state of the space launch industry and launch market.

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America's future in space : aligning the civil space program with national needs

Washington : The National Academies Press | 2009

Reports on key goals and critical issues in 21st century U.S. civil space policy. Addressing such topics as national interest and future progress of the U.S. civil space program, the report incorporates contributions by representatives from the [...]

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Heavenly ambitions : America's quest to dominate space

Joan Johnson-Freese | [S.l.] : University of Pennsylvania Press | 2009

Contents : Space : the final Cold War frontier The evolution of U.S. space policy Space weapons : fact and fiction Strategic communications Diplomacy and arms control : limits and opportunities Globalizing space

Live from the Moon : film, television and the space race

Michael Allen | [S.l.] : I.B. Tauris | 2009

Next generation of human space flight systems

Alfred T. Chelsey, Editor | [S.l.] : Nova Science Publisher | Space science, exploration and policies | 2009

Space exploration review

[S.l.] : British National Space Centre | 2009

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Space travel and culture : from Apollo to space tourism

Martin Parker, Editor ; David Bell, Editor | [S.l.] : Wiley-Blackwell/Sociological Review | Sociological review monographs | 2009

United States space policy : challenges and opportunities gone stray

George Abbey ; Neal Lane | [S.l.] : American Academy of Arts and sciences | 2009

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Exploring the unknown : selected documents in the history of the U.S. civil space program. Vol. 7, human spaceflight: projects Mercury, Gemini, and Apollo

John M. Logsdon, Editor ; Roger D. Launius, Editor | [S.l.] : National Aeronautics and Space Administration, NASA History Program Office | NASA History Series | 2008

NASA - 50 years of exploration and discovery

[S.l.] : Faircountmedia group | 2008

Opening new frontiers in space : choices for the next frontiers : announcement of opportunity

National Research Council (U.S.). ; Space Studies Board. ; Committee on New Opportunities in Solar System Exploration: An Evaluation of the New Frontiers Announcement of Opportunity. | Washington : The National Academies Press | 2008

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Space policy and exploration

William N. Callmers ; et al. | [S.l.] : Nova Science Publisher | 2008

U.S. civilian space policy priorities: Reflections 50 years after Sputnik -- Space launch vehicles: Government activities, commercial competition, and satellite experts -- Space stations -- The International Space Station and the Space Shuttle [...]

UK civil space strategy : 2008-2012 and beyond

[S.l.] : British National Space Centre | 2008

United States civil space policy : summary of a workshop

Molly K Macauley ; Joseph K. Alexander ; National Research Council (U.S.). ; Space Studies Board. ; Aeronautics and space engineering board | [S.l.] : National Academy Press | 2008

A ball, a dog, and a monkey : 1957, the space race begins

Michael D'Antonio | [S.l.] : Simon & Schuster | 2007

Epic rivalry : the inside story of the Soviet and American space race

Von Hardesty ; Gene Eisman ; Sergei Khrushchev | [S.l.] : National Geographic Society | 2007

Into the black : JPL and the American space program, 1976-2004

Peter J. Westwick | New Haven : Yale University Press | 2007

In the decades since the mid-1970s, the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California, has led the quest to explore the farthest reaches of the solar system. JPL spacecraft Voyager, Magellan, Galileo, the Mars rovers, and others have brought[...]

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NASA'S scientist-astronauts

David J. Shayler ; Colin Burgess | New York, NY : Springer | Springer-Praxis books in space exploration | 2007