TY - BOOK AU - McCurdy,Howard E. TI - Space and the American imagination SN - 9780801898679 (hardcover : alk. paper) AV - TL789.8.U5 M338 2011 U1 - 387.80973 22 PY - 2011/// CY - Baltimore PB - Johns Hopkins University Press KW - Astronautics KW - United States KW - Public opinion KW - Mass media KW - Influence KW - Astronautics and state KW - Popular culture N1 - 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 ER -