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Space and the American Imagination
Howard E. McCurdy
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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 ... Read more
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 ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
408
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
Number of Pages
408
Place of Publication
Baltimore, MD, United States
ISBN
9780801898686
SKU
V9780801898686
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About Howard E. McCurdy
Howard E. McCurdy is a professor in the School of Public Affairs at American University; author of Faster, Better, Cheaper: Low-Cost Innovation in the U.S. Space Program, Inside NASA: High Technology and Organizational Change in the U.S. Space Program, and The Space Station Decision: Incremental Politics and Technological Choice; and coauthor of Robots in Space: Technology, Evolution, and Interplanetary Travel, ... Read more
Reviews for Space and the American Imagination
A very useful study for those interested in fictions about space travel and exploration.
Science Fiction Studies
An interesting work for all space fans.
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Science Fiction Studies
An interesting work for all space fans.
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