Apollo in the Age of Aquarius /

"In summer 1969, astronauts landed on the moon and hippie hordes descended on Woodstock--two era-defining events that are not entirely coincidental. Neil M. Maher shows how NASA's celestial aspirations were tethered to terrestrial concerns of the time: the civil rights struggle, the antiwa...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Maher, Neil M., 1964- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, 2017.
Temas:
Project Apollo (U.S.)
United States. > National Aeronautics and Space Administration > History > 20th century.
United States. > National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
1900-1999
Astronautics > Social aspects > United States > History > 20th century.
Nineteen sixties.
Science and state > United States > History > 20th century.
Années soixante (Vingtième siècle)
Politique scientifique et technique > États-Unis > Histoire > 20e siècle.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Engineering (General)
HISTORY / United States / 20th Century
Astronautics > Social aspects.
Discoveries in geography > Public opinion.
Science and state.
Outer space > Exploration > United States > Public opinion > History > 20th century.
Outer space.
United States.
Electronic books.
History.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction: Launching the Sixties
  • Spaceship Earth: civil rights and NASA's war on poverty
  • Shooting (from) the moon: NASA, nature, and the New Left during the Vietnam War era
  • Thinking globally, acting locally: Cape Canaveral and whole earth environmentalism
  • Heavenly bodies: "manned spaceflight" and the Women's Movement
  • The New Right's stuff: the hippie counterculture and the rise of the conservative crescent
  • Conclusion: Grounding the Space Race.

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