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
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