Notice bibliographique
Spaceflight in the shuttle era and beyond [Texte imprimé] : redefining humanity's purpose in space / Valerie Neal
Type de contenu
- Texte
Type de médiation
- sans médiation
Titre(s)
- Spaceflight in the shuttle era and beyond [Texte imprimé] : redefining humanity's purpose in space / Valerie Neal
Auteur(s)
Publication
- New Haven London : Yale university press
Date de copyright
- C 2017
Description matérielle
- 1 vol. (XIII-270 p. - [8] p. de pl.) : ill. ; 25 cm
ISBN
- 9780300206517
Classification décimale Dewey
- 629.450 09 23
Note(s)
- Notes bibliogr. Index
Résumé ou extrait
- An exploration of the changing conceptions of the iconic Space Shuttle and a call for a new vision of spaceflight. The thirty years of Space Shuttle flights saw contrary changes in American visions of space. Valerie Neal, who has spent much of her career examining the Space Shuttle program, uses this iconic vehicle to question over four decades' worth of thinking about, and struggling with, the meaning of human spaceflight. She examines the ideas, images, and icons that emerged as NASA, Congress, journalists, and others sought to communicate rationales for, or critiques of, the Space Shuttle missions. At times concurrently, the Space Shuttle was billed as delivery truck and orbiting science lab, near-Earth station and space explorer, costly disaster and pinnacle of engineering success. The book's multidisciplinary approach reveals these competing depictions to examine the meaning of the spaceflight enterprise. Given the end of the Space Shuttle flights in 2011, Neal makes an appeal to reframe spaceflight once again to propel humanity forward
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