Space and the American Imagination

Autor: Howard E. McCurdy

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Oprawa: Miękka

Wydawca: Johns Hopkins University Press

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People dreamed of cosmic exploration-winged spaceships and lunar voyages; space stations and robot a...

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Autor

Howard E. McCurdy

Język

Angielski

Oprawa

Książka - Miękka

Data wydania

2011

strony

408

EAN

9780801898686

ISBN

0801898684

Enbook ID

04710420

Wydawca

Johns Hopkins University Press

Waga

556

Wymiary

156 x 230 x 25

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People dreamed of cosmic exploration-winged spaceships and lunar voyages; space stations and robot astronauts-long before it actually happened. Space and the American Imagination traces the emergence of space travel in the popular mind, its expression in science fiction, and its influence on national space programs. Space exploration dramatically illustrates the power of imagination. Howard E. McCurdy shows how that power inspired people to attempt what they once deemed impossible. In a mere half-century since the launch of the first Earth-orbiting satellite in 1957, humans achieved much of what they had once only read about in the fiction of Jules Verne and H. G. Wells and the nonfiction of Willy Ley. Reaching these goals, however, required broad-based support, and McCurdy examines how advocates employed familiar metaphors to excite interest (promising, for example, that space exploration would recreate the American frontier experience) and prepare the public for daring missions into space. When unexpected realities and harsh obstacles threatened their progress, the space community intensified efforts to make their wildest dreams come true. This lively and important work remains relevant given contemporary questions about future plans at NASA. Fully revised and updated since its original publication in 1997, Space and the American Imagination includes a reworked introduction and conclusion and new chapters on robotics and space commerce.

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