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A Spaceship for All: NASA, the Space Shuttle, and Public Engagement After Apollo - Hardcover

Kaminski, Amy Paige

 
9780822947660: A Spaceship for All: NASA, the Space Shuttle, and Public Engagement After Apollo
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 0822947668 ISBN 13: 9780822947660
Verlag: University of Pittsburgh Press, 2024

Inhaltsangabe

When the Apollo 11 astronauts returned from humanity’s first voyage to the moon in 1969, NASA officials advocated for more ambitious missions. But with the civil rights movement, environmental concerns, the Vietnam War, and other social crises taking up much of the public’s attention, they lacked the support to make those ambitions a reality. Instead, the space agency had to think more modestly and pragmatically, crafting a program that could leverage the excitement of Apollo while promising relevance for average Americans. The resulting initiative, the space shuttle, would become the centerpiece of NASA human space flight activity for forty years, opening opportunities for the public to engage with and participate in space projects in new ways. The People’s Spaceship traces how and why NASA painstakingly connected the vehicle to so many segments of society. Underscoring the successes and challenges endured in the process, Amy Paige Kaminski shares the story of how the space shuttle became an American technological icon. 

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Amy Paige Kaminski has more than twenty years of experience in federal policy and program development roles, working closely with the academic, nonprofit, and corporate sectors. She has held senior positions at NASA, advising on science policy and building pathways to involve everyday people as contributors to the agency’s science and technology programs. She is editor of the book Space Science and Public Engagement.  

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Verlag
University of Pittsburgh Press
Erscheinungsdatum
2024
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
0822947668
ISBN 13 
9780822947660
Einband
Gebundene Ausgabe
Anzahl der Seiten
320
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