LEADER 03269nam 2200385 a 450 001 9910703042803321 005 20191002125654.0 035 $a(CKB)5470000001381252 035 $a(OCoLC)670540615 035 $a(EXLCZ)995470000001381252 100 $a20101019d2010 ua 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurmn||||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 00$aNASA's first 50 years$b[electronic resource] $ehistorical perspectives /$fSteven J. Dick, editor 210 1$aWashington, DC :$cNational Aeronautics and Space Administration, Office of Communications, History Division :$cFor sale by the Supt. of Docs., U.S. G.P.O.,$d[2010] 215 $a1 online resource (xvi, 759 pages) $cillustrations (some color) 225 1 $aNASA SP ;$v2010-4704 300 $aTitle from PDF title screen (NASA, viewed Oct. 4, 2010). 300 $a"NASA 50th anniversary proceedings." 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aIntroduction / Steven J. Dick -- NASA at 50 / Michael D. Griffin -- Inside NASA at 50 / Howard E. McCurdy -- Imagining an aerospace agency in the atomic age / Robert R. MacGregor -- Leading in space : 50 years of NASA administrators / W. Henry Lambright -- Space access : NASA's role in developing core launch-vehicle technologies / J.D. Hunley -- NASA's international relations in space : an historical overview / John Krige -- Fifty years of NASA and the public : what NASA? what publics? / Linda Billings -- NASA aeronautics : a half century of accomplishments / Anthony M. Springer -- Evolution of aeronautics research at NASA / Robert G. Ferguson -- The NACA, NASA, and the supersonic-hypersonic frontier / Richard P. Hallion -- Fifty years of human spaceflight : why is there still a controversy? / John M. Logsdon -- From the secret of Apollo to the lessons of failure : the uses and abuses of systems engineering and project management at NASA / Stephen B. Johnson -- The "Von Braun paradigm" and NASA's long-term planning for human spaceflight / Michael J. Neufeld -- Life sciences and human spaceflight / Maura Phillips Mackowski -- Voyages to Mars / Laurence Bergreen -- The space age and disciplinary change in astronomy / David DeVorkin -- Planetary exploration in the inner solar system / Joseph N. Tatarewicz -- NASA's voyages to the outer solar system / Michael Meltzer -- Deep space navigation, planetary science, and astronomy : a synergetic relationship / Andrew J. Butrica -- NASA's earth science program : the space agency's mission to our home planet / Edward S. Goldstein -- Earth observations from space : achievements, challenges, and realities / James R. Fleming -- Earth science and planetary science : a symbiotic relationship? / Erik Conway -- Exploration, discovery, and culture : NASA's role in history / Steven J. Dick. 517 $aNASA's First 50 Years 606 $aAstronautics$zUnited States$xHistory 615 0$aAstronautics$xHistory. 701 $aDick$b Steven J$0836818 712 02$aUnited States.$bNational Aeronautics and Space Administration. 801 0$bGPO 801 1$bGPO 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910703042803321 996 $aNASA's first 50 years$93538816 997 $aUNINA