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