Spies and shuttles : NASA's secret relationships with the DOD and CIA / / James David

• Autore: David James E. <1951->
• Pubblicazione: Washington, District of Columbia : , : Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum, , 2015; ©2015
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (371 p.)
• Disciplina: 327.1273
• Soggetto topico: Astronautics - United States - History; Astronautics, Military - Government policy - United States
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Introduction -- Forging close ties in NASA's early years -- NASA, the CIA, and foreign intelligence during the Apollo era -- Expanding interaction in old and new areas -- Restrictions on remote sensing from space -- Concerns over human spaceflight program experiments and lunar and astronomy program technologies -- The shuttle : NASA's radically new partnership with the national security agencies -- The national security agencies abandon the shuttle -- NASA's applications satellites and national security requirements -- Conclusion.
• Sommario/riassunto: Author James David tells the inside story of how NASA became a strange bedfellow to the Department of Defense and the National Security Agency, performing covert operations such as flying over sensitive areas, launching secret telecommunications satellites, and missile launch testing.
• Titolo autorizzato: Spies and shuttles
• ISBN: 0-8130-5043-X; 0-8130-5500-8
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910459748703321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II