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Author Erickson, Mark, 1962-

Title Into the unknown together : the DOD, NASA, and early spaceflight / Mark Erickson.

Imprint Maxwell Air Force Base, Ala. : Air University Press, 2005.

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Location Call No. OPAC Message Status
 Axe Federal Documents Online  D 301.26/6:SP 1/9    ---  Available
Description 1 online resource (ix, 667 pages) : illustrations
text txt rdacontent
computer c rdamedia
online resource cr rdacarrier
Note Title from title screen (viewed on Apr. 12, 2013).
"September 2005."
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 547-654) and index.
Summary "Colonel Erickson examines the use of space exploration as a tool to secure international prestige and national pride as part of the Cold War struggle with the Soviet Union during the Eisenhower, Kennedy, and Johnson administrations. He looks at the creation of the National Aeronautical and Space Administration (NASA), the evolving NASA-DOD relationship, and the larger context in which this relationship was forged. He focuses on the human-spaceflight projects -- Projects Mercury, Gemini, Apollo, Dynasoar, and the Manned Orbiting Laboratory--by examining the geopolitical, domestic political, and bureaucratic environments in which decisions concerning these projects were made. By blending in the individuals involved, the obstacles that were overcome, and the achievements of the US space program, Erickson reveals a special transformation that took place during this chapter of Americana."--Abstract from AU press web site.
Contents Necessary preconditions -- Eisenhower Act I : reaction to Sputnik and the birth of NASA -- Eisenhower Act II : forging a NASA-DOD relationship -- Mercury, Dynosoar, and the National Reconnaissance Office under Eisenhower -- Kennedy, prestige, and the manned lunar landing program -- NASA, DOD, McNamara and the Air Force under Kennedy -- Gemini, Dynosoar, and the manned orbiting laboratory -- Johnson's philosophy, space policy, and institutional continuity -- Apollo and the MOL -- Conclusion.
Subject United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration -- History.
United States. Air Force -- History.
United States. Department of Defense -- History.
United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration -- History.
Manned space flight -- Government policy -- United States -- History.
Astronautics, Military -- Government policy -- United States.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Aeronautics & Astronautics.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Title DOD, NASA, and early spaceflight
Department of Defense, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, and early spaceflight
Other Form: Print version: Erickson, Mark, 1962- Into the unknown together (DLC) 2006295328 (OCoLC)62409712
ISBN 9781429455527 (electronic bk.)
1429455527 (electronic bk.)
Standard No. DEBBG BV040921690
NZ1 13111836
Gpo Item No. 0422-K (online)
Sudoc No. D 301.26/6:SP 1/9

 
    
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