Defining NASA : the historical debate over the agency's mission / W.D. Kay.

By: Material type: TextPublication details: Albany : State University of New York Press, c2005.Description: xii, 247 p. ; 23 cmISBN:
  • 0791463818 (alk. paper)
  • 9780791463819 (alk. paper)
  • 0791463826 (pbk. : alk. paper)
  • 9780791463826 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • TL521.312 .K38 2005
Contents:
pt. 1. Introduction -- 1. What is NASA's purpose? -- 2. Analytical framework -- pt. 2. First mission -- 3. Prehistory : space policy before Sputnik -- 4. NASA : born out of fright (1957-1961) -- 5. Mission advanced -- pt. 3. Second mission -- 6. Mission accomplished-- now what? -- 7. Space policy redefined (again) -- 8. Dollars, not dreams ; business, not government -- 9. Concluding thoughts.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 179-241) and index.

pt. 1. Introduction -- 1. What is NASA's purpose? -- 2. Analytical framework -- pt. 2. First mission -- 3. Prehistory : space policy before Sputnik -- 4. NASA : born out of fright (1957-1961) -- 5. Mission advanced -- pt. 3. Second mission -- 6. Mission accomplished-- now what? -- 7. Space policy redefined (again) -- 8. Dollars, not dreams ; business, not government -- 9. Concluding thoughts.

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