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Johnson-Freese, Joan.

Space, the dormant frontier: changing the paradigm for the 21st
century / Joan Johnson-Freese and Roger Handberg.
p. cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. ) and index.

ISBN 0-275-95887-6 (alk. paper)

1. Astronautics--Government policy-- United States. 2. Outer
Space--Exploration--Government policy--United States. I. Handberg,
Roger. II. Title.

TL789.8.U5J65 1997

387.8′0973--dc21 96-53546

British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data is available.

Copyright © 1997 by Joan Johnson-Freese and Roger Handberg

All rights reserved. No portion of this book may be
reproduced, by any process or technique, without the
express written consent of the publisher.

Library of Congress Card Number: 96-53546

ISBN: 0-275-95887-6

First published in 1997

Praeger Publishers, 88 Post Road West, Westport, CT 06881

An imprint of Greenwood Publishing Group, Inc.

Printed in the United States of America

TM

The paper used in this book complies with the
Permanent Paper Standard issued by the National
Information Standards Organization (Z39.48-1984).

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