Critical Issues in the History of Spaceflight
Overview
In March 2005, the NASA History Division and the Division of Space History at the National Air and Space Museum brought together a distinguished group of scholars to consider the state of the discipline of space history. This volume is a collection of essays based on those deliberations. The meeting took place at a time of extraordinary transformation for NASA, stemming from the new Vision of Space Exploration announced by President George W. Bush in January 204: to go to the Moon, Mars, and beyond. This Vision, in turn, stemmed from a deep reevaluation of NASA's goals in the wake of the Space Shuttle Columbia accident and the recommendations of the Columbia Accident Investigation Board. The new goals were seen as initiating a "New Age of Exploration" and were placed in the context of the importance of exploration and discovery to the American experiences.
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- ISBN-13: 9781493716630
- ISBN-10: 1493716638
- Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
- Publish Date: November 2013
- Dimensions: 10 x 7.01 x 1.36 inches
- Shipping Weight: 2.54 pounds
- Page Count: 676
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