Societal Impact of Spaceflight
Author : Steven J. Dick
Publisher : Government Printing Office
Page : 704 pages
File Size : 13,71 MB
Release : 2007
Category : Astronautics
ISBN : 9780160867170
Author : Steven J. Dick
Publisher : Government Printing Office
Page : 704 pages
File Size : 13,71 MB
Release : 2007
Category : Astronautics
ISBN : 9780160867170
Author : C. V. Anderson
Publisher : Nova Publishers
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 18,27 MB
Release : 2002
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9781590331651
National Aeronautics & Space Administration (Nasa) Background, Issues, Bibliography
Author : Steven J. Dick
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Page : 776 pages
File Size : 32,19 MB
Release : 2010-08-20
Category :
ISBN : 9781470024758
Fifty years after the founding of NASA, from 28 to 29 October 2008, the NASA History Division convened a conference whose purpose was a scholarly analysis of NASA's first 50 years. Over two days at NASA Headquarters, historians and policy analysts discussed NASA's role in aeronautics, human spaceflight, exploration, space science, life science, and Earth science, as well as crosscutting themes ranging from space access to international relations in space and NASA's interaction with the public. The speakers were asked to keep in mind the following questions: What are the lessons learned from the first 50 years? What is NASA's role in American culture and in the history of exploration and discovery? What if there had never been a NASA? Based on the past, does NASA have a future? The results of those papers, elaborated and fully referenced, are found in this 50th anniversary volume. The reader will find here, instantiated in the complex institution that is NASA, echoes of perennial themes elaborated in an earlier volume, Critical Issues in the History of Spaceflight. The conference culminated a year of celebrations, beginning with an October 2007 conference celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Space Age and including a lecture series, future forums, publications, a large presence at the Smithsonian Folklife Festival, and numerous activities at NASA's 10 Centers and venues around the country. It took place as the Apollo 40th anniversaries began, ironically still the most famous of NASA's achievements, even in the era of the Space Shuttle, International Space Station (ISS), and spacecraft like the Mars Exploration Rovers (MERs) and the Hubble Space Telescope. And it took place as NASA found itself at a major crossroads, for the first time in three decades transitioning, under Administrator Michael Griffin, from the Space Shuttle to a new Ares launch vehicle and Orion crew vehicle capable of returning humans to the Moon and proceeding to Mars in a program known as Constellation. The Space Shuttle, NASA's launch system since 1981, was scheduled to wind down in 2010, freeing up funds for the new Ares launch vehicle. But the latter, even if it moved forward at all deliberate speed, would not be ready until 2015, leaving the unsettling possibility that for at least five years the United States would be forced to use the Russian Soyuz launch vehicle and spacecraft as the sole access to the ISS in which the United States was the major partner. The presidential elections a week after the conference presaged an imminent presidential transition, from the Republican administration of George W. Bush to (as it turned out) the Democratic presidency of Barack Obama, with all the uncertainties that such transitions imply for government programs. The uncertainties for NASA were even greater, as Michael Griffin departed with the outgoing administration and as the world found itself in an unprecedented global economic downturn, with the benefits of national space programs questioned more than ever before. There was no doubt that 50 years of the Space Age had altered humanity in numerous ways ranging from applications satellites to philosophical world views. Throughout its 50 years, NASA has been fortunate to have a strong sense of history and a robust, independent, and objective history program to document its achievements and analyze its activities. Among its flagship publications are Exploring the Unknown: Selected Documents in the History of the U.S. Civil Space Program, of which seven of eight projected volumes were completed at the time of the 50th anniversary. The reader can do no better than to turn to these volumes for an introduction to NASA history as seen through its primary documents. The list of NASA publications at the end of this volume is also a testimony to the tremendous amount of historical research that the NASA History Division has sponsored over the last 50 years, of which this is the latest volume.
Author : Jesse Reed
Publisher : Thames Hudson
Page : 220 pages
File Size : 27,47 MB
Release : 2015-09
Category : Corporate image
ISBN : 9780692586532
The NASA Graphics Standards Manual, by Richard Danne and Bruce Blackburn, is a futuristic vision for an agency at the cutting edge of science and exploration. Housed in a special anti-static package, the book features a foreword by Richard Danne, an essay by Christopher Bonanos, scans of the original manual (from Danne's personal copy), reproductions of the original NASA 35mm slide presentation, and scans of the Managers Guide, a follow-up booklet distributed by NASA.
Author : Edgar M. Cortright
Publisher :
Page : 236 pages
File Size : 23,12 MB
Release : 1968
Category : Astronomical geography
ISBN :
Author : United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration. NASA Historical Staff
Publisher :
Page : 22 pages
File Size : 25,89 MB
Release : 1963
Category :
ISBN :
Author : Herman Noordung
Publisher : DIANE Publishing
Page : 174 pages
File Size : 11,59 MB
Release : 1995-03
Category :
ISBN : 0788118498
A translation from German of a 1929 treatise by the author. Deals with the problem of the space travel. Expresses ideas about rocketry and space travel. Extensive treatment of the engineering aspects of a space station. Extensive bibliography. 100 drawings.
Author : Wayne Hale
Publisher : Government Printing Office
Page : 570 pages
File Size : 15,74 MB
Release : 2010
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780160887604
Explains how the space shuttle works and describes a shuttle trip from lift-off to touchdown.
Author : Teresa Wimmer
Publisher : Agents of Government
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 40,81 MB
Release : 2015
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781608185474
An in-depth look at the people and policies behind the government agency known as NASA, from its founding in 1958 to the controversies and challenges it faces today.
Author : Sarah Fabiny
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 129 pages
File Size : 22,32 MB
Release : 2019-05-07
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 1524786047
Find out all about NASA in this out-of-this-world addition to the What Was? series. The National Aeronautics and Space Administration, better known as NASA, began in 1958. With its creation, the United States hoped to ensure it won the space race against the Soviet Union. Author Sarah Fabiny describes the origins of NASA, the launching of the Apollo program that landed the first human on the moon, and the many missions and discoveries that have taken place since then. NASA has a rich history and still plays an important role in uncovering the mysteries of the universe. Readers are sure to get sucked into this book.