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Space, the Dormant Frontier: Changing the Paradigm for the 21st Century » Read Now
by Joan Johnson-Freese, Roger Handberg. 280 pgs.

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Rather than examining only the civil or military side of the US space program, as have many books in the past, Space, the Dormant Frontier takes a unique look at the space program as a whole. Part of the book's treatise is that the two communities must stop ignoring each other if the US space...
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Rather than examining only the civil or military side of the US space program, as have many books in the past, Space, the Dormant Frontier takes a unique look at the space program as a whole. Part of the book's treatise is that the two communities must stop ignoring each other if the US space program is to move forward beyond being a science project, jobs program, or political football. How the program got into its current, semi-desperate state is also examined, as history has given space a legacy once glorious, now an albatross. The authors include information and analysis on the military and civil space programs, challenge the perspective of the Washington Beltway analyst with vested interests in the status quo, and make policy recommendations based on realism, rather than idealism.
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The Race to Exploit Outer Space, in World and I » Read Now
by Leonard David. 6 pgs.

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...November. According to a recent report issued by SpaceVest, a space investment group in Reston, Virginia, the use of space...Smith, a specialist in aerospace and...
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Our Mission on Mars: A Human Mission to Mars--And a Deadline for Achieving It--Could Inspire All of Humanity to Reach for the Stars, in The Futurist » Read Now
by Tad Daley. 5 pgs.

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...lifetime in either direction. Foreign-policy sage George F. Kennan likes to say...the first footsteps of the nascent Space Age. But for all that events nobility...21st...
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U.S. Commitment to Human Spaceflight beyond Earth Orbit Still in Doubt, in Issues in Science and Technology » Read Now
by John M. Logsdon. 2 pgs.

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...profound shift in U.S. policy for human space flight, which for...activities." The new policy was responsive to...human presence in space." Although...
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Human Spaceflight, in Issues in Science and Technology » Read Now
by Edward Tenner, Alex Roland. 3 pgs.

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...discussions that can lead to a more successful space program that will be a source of the national...his first paragraph, "Our journey into space will go on," has rallied...
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Space Policy Alternatives » Read Now
by Radford Byerly Jr. 285 pgs.

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...Accountability in the U.S. Space Program: A Perspective...8 Policy Issues Pertaining...science, and space programs. Since...covered energy policy and other areas...to call...
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Can Democracies Fly in Space? The Challenge of Revitalizing the U.S. Space Program (Chap. 2 "In Search of the Magic Bullet: Critiques of U.S. Space Policy") » Read Now
by W. D. Kay. 248 pgs.

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Over the last two decades, the image of the U.S. space program has become seriously tarnished. Its problems have ranged from massive cost overruns to serious program delays to catastrophic mission failures. The space program, once the most prominent symbol of American scientific and technological...
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Over the last two decades, the image of the U.S. space program has become seriously tarnished. Its problems have ranged from massive cost overruns to serious program delays to catastrophic mission failures. The space program, once the most prominent symbol of American scientific and technological preeminence, now seems but one more example of government bumbling, extravagance, and waste. In this study, Kay examines the recent problems of the space program and finds that NASA's failures, like its earlier successes, are ultimately traceable to the way the American political system operates. Asking "can democracies fly in space?," the author suggests that the traditional workings of democratic politics actually exacerbates those very features of space projects--size, expense, and complexity--that make their development so difficult in the first place.
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Reaching for the High Frontier: The American Pro-space Movement, 1972-84 » Read Now
by Michael A. G. Michaud. 438 pgs.

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...activists been? Have they had any significant effect on policy, legislation, programs, and attitudes? Will their dreams...reach a broader audience, including those...
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The Politics of Space: A History of U.S.-Soviet/Russian Competition and Cooperation in Space (Chap. 1 "The Origins of Space Policy: A Reflection and an Instrument of Foreign and Domestic Interests") » Read Now
by Matthew J. Von Bencke. 266 pgs.

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...of the formation of early U.S. space policy. American leaders, like their...Cargill Hall , "The Origins of U.S. Space Policy: Eisenhower, Open Skies, and Freedom...Stares...
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Should the U.S. Weaponize Space?, in USA Today (Society for the Advancement of Education) » Read Now
by Charles V. Pena. 5 pgs.

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...negate the hostile use of space against U.S. interests." Critics of such a policy shift are concerned that...component of overall U.S. space policy, but certainly not...
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Seeking New World Vistas: The Militarization of Space ("Analyzing the Space Policy Process" begins on p. 10) » Read Now
by Roger Handberg. 286 pgs.

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The military is moving slowly but surely toward a world in which weapons will be stationed in outer space, and officials argue that these developments are essential to the maintenance of U.S. national security in the post-Cold War world. Handberg explores these recent proposals for change and...
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The military is moving slowly but surely toward a world in which weapons will be stationed in outer space, and officials argue that these developments are essential to the maintenance of U.S. national security in the post-Cold War world. Handberg explores these recent proposals for change and assesses the policy implications that might well result in a challenge to proponents for the militarization of space. Taking the reader through the first Sputnik launch and then the Gulf War, the "first space war," Handberg introduces his audience to a broad overview of space as an arena for the conduct of military activity. He argues that the new policies are likely to result in a world that is less, not more, secure.
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Kennedy's Space Policy Reconsidered: A Post-Cold War Perspective, in Air Power History » Read Now
by Roger D. Launius. 14 pgs.

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...when it came to NASA and space exploration. 5. Apollo left...Decision as a Model of Public Policy Formulation In the more...S.-Soviet Cooperation in Space (Miami, Fla:...
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Open Skies Policy and the Origin of the U.S. Space Program, in Air Power History » Read Now
by Lester F. Rentmeester. 8 pgs.

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...Open Skies Policy and the Origin of the U.S. Space Program. by Lester F. Rentmeester...role in implementing this national policy was as an advisor to the Turkish...stone...
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Problem Definitions and Policy Contradictions: John F. Kennedy and the "Space Race," in Policy Studies Journal » Read Now
by W. D. Kay. 17 pgs.

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...John F. Kennedys Approaches to U.S. Space Policy Kennedys decision to initiate...president himself, defined U.S. space policy. Problem Definition and the U...strategy--one...
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NASA and the Decision to Build the Space Shuttle, 1969-72, in The Historian » Read Now
by Roger D. Launius. 18 pgs.

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...astronauts and squandered the U.S. lead in space exploration.(28) Finally, politics...Arthur L. Levine, The Future of the U.S. Space Program (New York, 1975)...
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The Space Station: A Personal Journey (Chap. VIII "Space Policy, Arms Control, and Organizational Problems" and Chap. XIII "Space Policy and Edwards Air Force July 4, 1982") » Read Now
by Hans Mark. 266 pgs.

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...Effort Starts in Earnest 126 XII Space Policy and Edwards Air Force Base -- July 4, 1982 143...225 Index 255 To the memory of the seven space travelers who died aboard the...