NASA's First 50 Years: Historical Perspectives

Abstract:

Topics covered include: NASA at 50; Inside NASA at 50; Imagining an Aerospace Agency in the Atomic Age; Leading in Space 50 Years of NASA Administrators; Space Access: NASA's Role in Developing Core Launch-Vehicle Technologies; NASA's International Relations in Space An Historical Overview; Fifty Years of NASA and the Public What NASA What Publics; NASA Aeronautics A Half Century of Accomplishments; Evolution of Aeronautics Research at NASA; The NACA, NASA, and the Supersonic-Hypersonic Frontier; Fifty Years of Human Spaceflight Why Is There Still a Controversy; From the Secret of Apollo to the Lessons of Failure The Uses and Abuses of Systems; Engineering and Project Management at NASA; The "Von Braun Paradigm" and NASA's Long-Term Planning for Human Spaceflight; Life Sciences and Human Spaceflight; Voyages to Mars; The Space Age and Disciplinary Change in Astronomy; Planetary Exploration in the Inner Solar System; NASA's Voyages to the Outer Solar System; Deep Space Navigation, Planetary Science, and Astronomy A Synergetic Relationship; NASA's Earth Science Program The Space Agency's Mission to Our Home Planet; Earth Observations from Space Achievements, Challenges, and Realities; Earth Science and Planetary Science A Symbiotic Relationship; and Exploration, Discovery, and Culture NASA's Role in History.

Publication Information:

Number of Pages = 777

Updated/Added to NTRS: 2010-08-30

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