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Space and the American imagination /

McCurdy, Howard E.

Space and the American imagination / Howard E. McCurdy. - 2nd ed. - Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2011. - x, 395 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

The vision -- Making space flight seem real -- The Cold War -- Apollo : the aura of competence -- Mysteries of life -- The extraterrestrial frontier -- Stations in space -- Spacecraft -- Robots -- Space commerce -- Back on Earth.

9780801898679 (hardcover : alk. paper) 0801898676 (hardcover : alk. paper) 9780801898686 (pbk. : alk. paper) 0801898684 (pbk. : alk. paper)

2010019456


Astronautics--Public opinion.--United States
Mass media--Influence.--United States
Astronautics and state--United States.
Popular culture--United States.

TL789.8.U5 / M338 2011

387.80973

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