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Politics and Space: Image Making by NASA

Book by Mark E. Byrnes; Praeger Publishers, 1994

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Astronautics--United States--Public Opinion, Mass Media--United States--Influence, United States--National Aeronautics And Space Administration--Public Opinion, United States--Politics And Government

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...Subcommittee on Science, Technology, and Space, NASA Authorization for Fiscal Year 1985 , 98th...Subcommittee on Manned Space Flight, 1965 NASA Authorization , Part 2, 88th Cong...1st sess., 4 March 1975, 8; and NASA, NASA Highlights 1986- 1988 Washington...
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Reinventing NASA: Human Spaceflight, Bureaucracy, and Politics

Book by Roger Handberg; Praeger, 2003

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Astronautics--Political Aspects--United States, United States--National Aeronautics And Space Administration

Collections: History, Entire Library

...Science: Causes and Impacts of Cutbacks to NASA s Outer Solar System Exploration Missions...budget. Government Accounting Office, NASA:Large Programs May Consume Increasing...billion. Government Accounting Office, NASA Budgets: Gap Between Funding Requirements...
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Space Enterprise: Beyond NASA

Book by David P. Gump; Praeger Publishers, 1990

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Space Industrialization, Space Stations, United States--National Aeronautics And Space Administration

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...ships were fleeing the recovery zone, and NASA expected to lose close to a million dollars in booster equipment as a result. Why was NASA so determined to launch Challenger despite...problems? The answer is shuttle economics. NASA needed 24 flights a year from its fleet...
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Economic Impact of Large Public Programs: The NASA Experience

Book by Eli Ginzberg, James W. Kuhn, Jerome Schnee, Boris Yavitz; Olympus Pub. Co., 1976

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Aerospace Industries--United States, United States--Appropriations And Expenditures

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...institutions modified and transformed by NASA is large. This process is not all one...implication of our case studies is that NASA must develop a system for impact control...as for impact planning. Specifically, NASA requires an organized process for measuring...
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Using Government Information Sources: Print and Electronic

Book by Jean L. Sears, Marilyn K. Moody; Oryx Press, 1994

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Electronic Information Resources--United States--Catalogs, Electronic Information Resources--United States--Handbooks, Manuals, Etc, Government Publications--United States--Bibliography, Government Publications--United States--Handbooks, Manuals, Etc

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NASA SP . irregular 1961-. U.S. National Aeronautics and Space...book-length studies of a historic or scientific nature on NASA missions, space, and aeronautics. NASA NP . irregular U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration...

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Journal Articles on: nasa

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More to Learn from NASA about Learning, Unlearning, and Forgetting

Journal article by Amy K. Donahue; Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory, Vol. 21, 2011

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Books--Book reviews, Organizational Learning at NASA: The Challenger and Columbia Accidents (Nonfiction work)--Book reviews

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More to Learn from NASA about Learning, Unlearning, and Forgetting...Casamayou. 2009. Organizational Learning at NASA: The Challenger Columbia Accidents. Washington...University Press. 238 pp. Every winter NASA revisits a week of tragedy during which...
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Into the Unknown Together: The DOD, NASA, and Early Spaceflight

Journal article by Rick W. Sturdevant; Air Power History, Vol. 53, 2006

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Books--Book reviews, Into the Unknown Together: The DOD, NASA, and Early Spaceflight (Book)--Book reviews

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Into the Unknown Together: The DOD, NASA, and Early Spaceflight. by Rick W. Sturdevant Into the Unknown Together: The DOD, NASA, and Early Spaceflight. By Mark Erickson...Mark Ericksons "The Evolution of the NASA-DoD Relationship from Sputnik to the...
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Case Study for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (Nasa)

Journal article by Robert E. Maitner Jr., Jorge Otero; The Journal of Government Financial Management, Vol. 53, 2004

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Accounting procedures, Accounting systems, Case studies, Government agencies, Integration, NASA, National Aeronautics & Space Administration, United States

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...Aeronautics and Space Administration (Nasa) by Robert E. Maitner Jr , Jorge Otero...Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Langley Research Center has made a concerted...This study provides a clear example of how NASA is already reaping benefits from its implementation...
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Leadership in Space: Selected Speeches of NASA Administrator Michael Griffin, May 2005-October 2008

Journal article by Paul D. Stone; Air Power History, Vol. 57, 2010

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Books--Book reviews, Leadership in Space: Selected Speeches of NASA Administrator Michael Griffin, May 2005-October 2008 (Nonfiction work)--Book reviews

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...Leadership in Space: Selected Speeches of NASA Administrator Michael Griffin, May 2005...Leadership in Space: Selected Speeches of NASA Administrator Michael Griffin, May 2005-October 2008. Washington, D.C.: NASA Headquarters, 2008. Illustrations. Photographs...
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Florida's Space Coast: The Impact of NASA on the Sunshine State

Journal article by Gary Garrett; Journal of Southern History, Vol. 70, 2004

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Books--Book reviews, Florida's Space Coast: The Impact of NASA on the Sunshine State (Book)--Book reviews

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...Floridas Space Coast: The Impact of NASA on the Sunshine State. by Gary Garrett Floridas Space Coast: The Impact of NASA on the Sunshine State. By William Barnaby...Aeronautical and Space Administration (NASA) officials should be delighted with...

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Magazine Articles on: nasa

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NASA Technology for Policing

Magazine article by Christy Whitehead; Law & Order, Vol. 53, October 2005

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Criminal investigations, Government agencies, National Aeronautics & Space Administration--NASA, Police, Technological change, Video

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NASA Technology for Policing by Christy Whitehead Two members of NASA have turned their eyes away from looking at the skies...Saddam Hussein, a video enhancement system developed by NASA is proving to be a valuable law enforcement tool. The...
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NASA Privatization Initiative Could Be Too Much of a Good Thing

Magazine article by Sandra I. Erwin; National Defense, Vol. 82, April 1998

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Aerospace industry, Competition, Government agencies, Government contracts, NASA, National Aeronautics & Space Administration, Privatization, Space exploration

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NASA Privatization Initiative Could Be Too Much...Capitol Hill. An upcoming contract award by NASA, however, is fueling the argument that its...Consolidated Operations About mid-summer, NASA will award one company a long-term multibillion...
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The Wrong Stuff: Investigating NASA and Nuclear Issues

Magazine article by Karl Grossman; Investigative Reporters and Editors, Inc. The IRE Journal, Vol. 20, November 1997

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Freedom of information, Government agencies, Journalism, NASA, National Aeronautics & Space Administration, Nuclear energy, Space exploration

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The Wrong Stuff: Investigating NASA and Nuclear Issues by Karl Grossman I became...Jupiter and Sun." The article told of NASA shuttles to be used the following year...Let me note I was not suspicious about NASA and the U.S. space program at the time...
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Nasa's Odyssey to Reach Mars, NASA Will Need to Navigate a Treacherous Landscape of Detours and Dead Ends

Magazine article by William Speed Weed; Popular Science, Vol. 267, November 2005

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NASA, National Aeronautics & Space Administration, Space exploration, Space shuttle, Spacecraft

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Nasas Odyssey to Reach Mars, NASA Will Need to Navigate a Treacherous Landscape of...budget that is barely keeping pace with inflation, NASA has a difficult road ahead. At each turn, NASA and its contractors must perform a Herculean task...
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Anomaly = Disaster, and Other Handy NASA Euphemisms

Magazine article by Dawn Stover; Popular Science, Vol. 264, February 2004

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Definitions, Jargon, NASA, National Aeronautics & Space Administration

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Anomaly = Disaster, and Other Handy NASA Euphemisms; by Dawn Stover The U.S. space agency has a language all its own. NASA uses so many acronyms that the agency issues...employees to keep track of them. And even when NASA uses ordinary words, theyre often imbued...

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NASA Launches New Market; after 50 Years, Dreams Turn to Profitable Travel

Newspaper article; The Washington Times, July 28, 2008

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

NASA Launches New Market; after 50 Years, Dreams...Byline: Tom Ramstack, THE WASHINGTON TIMES NASA will turn 50 on Tuesday, boasting five decades...country to discuss how to turn the knowledge NASA amassed in its 50 years into profitable businesses...
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NASA Ignored Dangers to Shuttle, Panel Says; Report Cites Management's Missteps

Newspaper article; The Washington Times, August 27, 2003

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NASA ignored dangers to shuttle, panel says...Byline: William Glanz, THE WASHINGTON TIMES NASA officials contributed to the loss of the Space...organizational and cultural problems within NASA, coupled with the pressure space-shuttle...
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NASA Will Reassign 3 Shuttle Managers; Agency Girds for 'Really Ugly' Report

Newspaper article; The Washington Times, July 4, 2003

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NASA will reassign 3 shuttle managers; Agency...Glanz, THE WASHINGTON TIMES Critics expect NASA to reassign more employees in the wake of...investigating the shuttles Feb. 1 disintegration. NASA said this week it will reassign three shuttle...
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Turning NASA into a Global Alarmism and Scares Administration; No More Astronauts and Audacity, a Lot More Politics

Newspaper article; The Washington Times (Washington, DC), February 19, 2010

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Global temperature changes--Political aspects, Outer space--Discovery and exploration, Outer space--Political aspects, Space exploration--Political aspects

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Turning NASA into a Global Alarmism and Scares Administration...President Obama has announced a major shift at NASA - canceling President George W. Bushs 2004...Center put it more crudely - Obama lied; NASA died ) the winners in the new NASA budget...
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NASA Eyes Next Shuttle Launch as Early as March

Newspaper article; The Washington Times, September 9, 2003

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NASA eyes next shuttle launch as early as March. Byline: William Glanz, THE WASHINGTON TIMES NASA plans to launch its next shuttle as soon as...first opportunity to launch the next shuttle. NASA Associate Administrator for Space Flight William...

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Encyclopedia Articles on: nasa

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National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

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...AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION (NASA), civilian agency of the U.S. federal...international cooperation in space matters. NASA came into existence on Oct. 1, 1958...and its staff never exceeded 500, the NASA annual budget reached $14.2 billion...
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Infrared Astronomy

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), had its first flight in 1975. Named...Levy 9 into Jupiter. Also sponsored by NASA is the Infrared Telescope Facility, a...Background Explorer (COBE), was launched by NASA. Operating through 1993, COBE detected...
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Space Shuttle

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), it consists of a winged orbiter, two...resumed on a more conservative schedule. NASA was forced to reemphasize expendable rockets...killing the seven astronauts on board. NASA again halted shuttle launches, and a special...
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Space Exploration

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

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...sent back data. Spirit and Opportunity, NASA rovers, landed successfully on Mars in...problems with fuel tank insulation led NASA to suspend shuttle launches for a year...exploration of Mars. The following year NASA unveiled a $104 billion plan for a lunar...
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Aldrin, Buzz

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...astronaut by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). Aldrin was the prime pilot of Gemini 12 (Nov. 11 15, 1966...after Armstrong) to walk on the moon. After retiring from NASA, Aldrin served (1971 72) as commandant of the Aerospace Research...

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