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The Space Station : A Personal Journey /

This insider's account, a penetrating view of science policy and politics during two presidencies, captures the euphoria that characterized the space program in the late seventies and early eighties and furnishes an invaluable perspective on the Challenger tragedy and the future of the United S...

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Autor principal: Mark, Hans, 1929-2021 (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Durham : Duke University Press, 1987.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo

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505 0 |a Contents -- Preface -- I. Beginnings -- II. Nuclear Lessons -- III, Livermore -- IV. The Space Race Starts -- V. The Start at Ames and the Space Shuttle -- VI. The Development of the Shuttle, Colonies in Space, and Politics -- VII. The Air Force and Space -- VIII. Space Policy, Arms Control, and Organizational Problems -- IX. The Shuttle Program Has Problems -- X. The Election of President Reagan -- XI. The Effort Starts in Earnest -- XII. Space Policy and Edwards Air Force Base -- July 4, 1982 -- XIII. The Enterprise in Europe -- May-June 1983 
505 0 |a XIV. The Final PushXV. The President Decides -- XVI. The Congressional Debate -- XVII. Another Beginning -- XVIII. Tragedy and Tomorrow -- Appendixes -- Index 
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