Spaceflight : a concise history

By:

Neufeld, Michael J

Material type: Text

TextSeries: MIT Press Essential Knowledge seriesPublication details: MIT Press 2018 CambridgeDescription: 233pISBN:

9780262536332

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DDC classification:

629.41 NEU

Summary: This book provides a comprehensive history of spaceflight, highlighting the development of unmanned spacecraft since the 1960s and robotic deep-space exploration. The author discusses the origins of space ideas, the Cold War space race, Apollo's rationales, internationalization and privatization, space science fiction, and the popular desire to go into space. The author also discusses the cultural influence of space science fiction, space tourism, and the potential for multiplanet species.

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1: Spaceflight Dreams and Military Imperatives 2: The Cold War Space Race 3: Space Science and Exploration 4: A Global Space Infrastructure 5: Astroculture: Spaceflight and the Imagination 6: Human Spaceflight after the Cold War Epilogue: The Past and Future of Spaceflight

This book provides a comprehensive history of spaceflight, highlighting the development of unmanned spacecraft since the 1960s and robotic deep-space exploration. The author discusses the origins of space ideas, the Cold War space race, Apollo's rationales, internationalization and privatization, space science fiction, and the popular desire to go into space. The author also discusses the cultural influence of space science fiction, space tourism, and the potential for multiplanet species.

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