Critical Issues in the History of Spaceflight (The NASA History Series) - Softcover

Administration, National Aeronautics And Space

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1493716638 ISBN 13: 9781493716630

Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2013

Synopsis

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.

Edition details

• Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Publication date: 2013
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1493716638
• ISBN 13: 9781493716630
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 676
• Editor: Dick Steven J., Launius Roger D.