1.

Record Nr.

UNISA996387640103316

Titolo

Orders conceived by the lords of his Maiesties Priuie Councell, and by his Highnesse speciall direction, commanded to be put in execution for the restraint of killing, and eating of flesh this next Lent, .. [[electronic resource]]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Imprinted at London, : By Robert Barker, printer to the Kings most excellent Maiestie., Anno Dom. 1608. [i.e. 1609]]

Descrizione fisica

2 sheets (versos blank)

Altri autori (Persone)

James, King of England,  <1566-1625.>

Soggetti

Meat industry and trade - Law and legislation - Great Britain

Fasting - Law and legislation

Lent - Law and legislation

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Caption title.

Dates are given according to Lady Day dating.

Dated below caption title: 30. Ianuary, in the sixt yeere of his Maiesties reigne ...

Imprint from colophon.

Reproduction of original in the British Library.

Sommario/riassunto

eebo-0018



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910953737703321

Autore

Kay W. D

Titolo

Defining NASA : the historical debate over the agency's mission / / W.D. Kay

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Albany, : State University of New York Press, 2005

ISBN

9780791483633

0791483630

9781423743903

1423743903

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (260 p.)

Classificazione

ZO 8600

Disciplina

354.79/0973

Soggetti

Space sciences - United States - History

Astronautics - United States - History

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 179-241) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Front Matter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- What Is NASA’s Purpose? -- Analytical Framework -- First Mission -- Prehistory: Space Policy Before Sputnik -- NASA: Born Out of Fright (1957–1961) -- Mission Advanced -- Second Mission? -- Mission Accomplished . . . Now What? -- Space Policy Redefined (Again) -- Dollars, Not Dreams; Business, Not Government -- Concluding Thoughts -- Notes -- Index

Sommario/riassunto

Most observers would point to the 1969 Apollo moon landing as the single greatest accomplishment of NASA, yet prominent scientists, engineers, and public officials were questioning the purpose of the U.S. space program, even at the height of its national popularity. Defining NASA looks at the turbulent history of the space agency and the political controversies behind its funding. W. D. Kay examines the agency's activities and behavior by taking into account not only the political climate, but also the changes in how public officials conceptualize space policy. He explores what policymakers envisioned when they created the agency in 1958, why support for the Apollo program was so strong in the 1960s only to fade away in such a relatively short period of time, what caused NASA and the space



program to languish throughout most of the 1970s only to reemerge in the 1980s, and, finally, what role the agency plays today.