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  • - Technology, Evolution, and Interplanetary Travel
    af Roger D. Launius & Howard E. McCurdy
    342,95 kr.

    Rather than asking us to suspend disbelief, Robots in Space demands that we accept facts as they evolve.

  • - Systems Management in American and European Space Programs
    af Stephen B. (Clifford Hall Johnson
    298,95 kr.

    To begin to understand this apparent contradiction in terms, we must first understand the exacting nature of space technologies and the concerns of those who create them."

  • - The Sacred, the Profane, and the American Space Program, 1957-1975
    af Kendrick (University of Southampton) Oliver
    427,95 kr.

    Oliver's study is rigorous and detailed but contemplative in its approach, examining the larger meanings of mankind's first adventures in "the heavens."

  • - Politics, Space Technology, and the Quest for Reusable Rocketry
    af Andrew J. (Historical Consultant) Butrica
    498,95 kr.

    Behind the glories and tragedies that make headlines and move the nation, the story of the space shuttle is inextricably bound to the lesser-known drama of the search for a reusable single-stage-to-orbit rocket. In this book, Andrew J. Butrica tells this story.

  • - High Technology and Organizational Change in the U.S. Space Program
    af Howard E. (American University) McCurdy
    374,95 kr.

    Changes imposed to accomplish the lunar landing-along with the normal aging process and increased bureaucracy in the government as a whole-gradually eroded NASA's original culture and reduced its technical strength.

  • - James E. Webb of NASA
    af W. Henry (Director Lambright
    383,95 kr.

    He shows how Webb's performance reflected important changes in twentieth century public life, including the concentration of political power in Washington; expansion of the federal bureaucracy; the rise of big science; and visions of cooperation among government, industry, and higher education.

  • - Incremental Politics and Technological Choice
    af Howard E. (American University) McCurdy
    383,95 kr.

    Comparing the space station decision to earlier decisions to go to the moon and to build the space shuttle, McCurdy shows how public officials responsible for long-term science and technology policy maneuvered in a political system that demanded short-term flexibility.

  • af Joan Lisa Bromberg
    378,95 kr.

    She explains why NASA sometimes encouraged and sometimes thwarted the privatization of space projects and describes the agency's role in the rise of such new space industries as launch vehicles and communications satellites.

  • - The Jet Propulsion Laboratory and the Quest for Mars
    af Erik M. Conway
    330,95 - 402,95 kr.

    Conway, JPL's historian, offers an insider's perspective into the changing goals of Mars exploration, the ways in which sophisticated computer simulations drove the design process, and the remarkable evolution of landing technologies over a thirty-year period.

  • - NASA and the Politics of Space Exploration
    af W. Henry (Director Lambright
    488,95 kr.

    Mars has captured the human imagination for decades. Since NASA's establishment in 1958, the space agency has looked to Mars as a compelling prize, the one place, beyond the Moon, where robotic and human exploration could converge. This book analyzes the history of the robotic Mars exploration program from its origins to today.

  • - NASA and the Technopolitics of Supersonic Transportation, 1945-1999
    af Erik M. Conway
    397,95 kr.

    Historians, along with participants in current aerospace research programs, will gain valuable perspective on the interaction of politics and technology.

  • af Paul Dickson
    528,95 kr.

    This is a must-own reference for space history buffs.

  • - A History
    af Erik M. Conway
    583,95 kr.

    Atmospheric Science at NASA critically examines this politically controversial science, dissecting the often convoluted roles, motives, and relationships of the various institutional actors involved-among them NASA, congressional appropriation committees, government weather and climate bureaus, and the military.

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