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Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 112
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Space Station Freedom Media Handbook
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Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 112
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Space Station Freedom Media Handbook
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Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 126
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NASA Historical Data Book
Author: Large Space Structures & Systems in the Space Station Era
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Category : Large space structures (Astronautics)
Languages : en
Pages : 700
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NASA Historical Data Book: NASA launch systems, space transportation, human spaceflight, and space science, 1989-1998
Author: Monthly Catalogue, United States Public Documents
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Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 1786
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Monthly Catalog of United States Government Publications
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Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 846
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Spaceflight in the Shuttle Era and Beyond
Author: Valerie NealPublisher: Yale University Press
ISBN: 0300227981
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 415
Book Description
An exploration of the changing conceptions of the Space Shuttle program and a call for a new vision of spaceflight. The thirty years of Space Shuttle flights saw contrary changes in American visions of space. Valerie Neal, who has spent much of her career examining the Space Shuttle program, uses this iconic vehicle to question over four decades’ worth of thinking about, and struggling with, the meaning of human spaceflight. She examines the ideas, images, and icons that emerged as NASA, Congress, journalists, and others sought to communicate rationales for, or critiques of, the Space Shuttle missions. At times concurrently, the Space Shuttle was billed as delivery truck and orbiting science lab, near-Earth station and space explorer, costly disaster and pinnacle of engineering success. The book’s multidisciplinary approach reveals these competing depictions to examine the meaning of the spaceflight enterprise. Given the end of the Space Shuttle flights in 2011, Neal makes an appeal to reframe spaceflight once again to propel humanity forward. “Neal may be the one person who knows the space shuttle program better than the astronauts who flew this iconic vehicle. Her book casts new light on the program, exploring its cultural significance through a thoughtful analysis. As one who lived this history, I gained much from her broader perspective and deep insights.”—Kathryn D. Sullivan, retired NASA astronaut and former Administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration “A much needed look at how to create a cultural narrative for human spaceflight that resonates with millennials rather than the Apollo generation. Quite valuable.”—Marcia Smith, Editor, SpacePolicyOnline.com
Space and the American Imagination
Author: Howard E. McCurdyPublisher: JHU Press
ISBN: 0801898684
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 408
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People dreamed of cosmic exploration—winged spaceships and lunar voyages; space stations and robot astronauts—long before it actually happened. Space and the American Imagination traces the emergence of space travel in the popular mind, its expression in science fiction, and its influence on national space programs. Space exploration dramatically illustrates the power of imagination. Howard E. McCurdy shows how that power inspired people to attempt what they once deemed impossible. In a mere half-century since the launch of the first Earth-orbiting satellite in 1957, humans achieved much of what they had once only read about in the fiction of Jules Verne and H. G. Wells and the nonfiction of Willy Ley. Reaching these goals, however, required broad-based support, and McCurdy examines how advocates employed familiar metaphors to excite interest (promising, for example, that space exploration would recreate the American frontier experience) and prepare the public for daring missions into space. When unexpected realities and harsh obstacles threatened their progress, the space community intensified efforts to make their wildest dreams come true. This lively and important work remains relevant given contemporary questions about future plans at NASA. Fully revised and updated since its original publication in 1997, Space and the American Imagination includes a reworked introduction and conclusion and new chapters on robotics and space commerce.
Large Space Structures & Systems in the Space Station Era
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Category : Large space structures (Astronautics)
Languages : en
Pages : 334
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