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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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    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.

    Collections: Entire Library
    ...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.

    Collections: Entire Library
    ...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.

    Collections: Entire Library
    ...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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    Reaching for the High Frontier: The American Pro-space Movement, 1972-84 » Read Now

    by Michael A. G. Michaud. 438 pgs.

    Collections: History, Entire Library
    ...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.

    Collections: History, Entire Library
    ...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.

    Collections: Entire Library
    ...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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    Kennedy's Space Policy Reconsidered: A Post-Cold War Perspective, in Air Power History » Read Now

    by Roger D. Launius. 14 pgs.

    Collections: History, Entire Library
    ...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.

    Collections: History, Entire Library
    ...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.

    Collections: Entire Library
    ...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.

    Collections: History, Entire Library
    ...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.

    Collections: History, Entire Library
    ...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...

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