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Languages : en
Pages : 896
Book Description
Exploring the Unknown, Volume VII, NASA SP-2008-4407, 2008, *
Author: Psychology of Space Exploration: Contemporary Research in Historical Perspective
Author: Douglas A. VakochPublisher: U.S. Government Printing Office
ISBN:
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 270
Book Description
This book explores some of the contributions of psychology to yesterday's great space race, today's orbiter and International Space Station missions, and tomorrow's journeys beyond Erath's orbit. It provides an analysis of the challenges facing future space explorers while at the same time presenting new empirical research on topics ranging from simulation studies of commercial spaceflights to the psychological benefits of viewing Earth from space.
Psychology of Space Exploration: Contemporary Research in Historical Perspective
Author: Douglas A. VakochPublisher: Government Printing Office
ISBN: 0160897432
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 268
Book Description
Through essays on topics including survival in extreme environments and the multicultural dimensions of exploration, readers will gain an understanding of the psychological challenges that have faced the space program since its earliest days. An engaging read for those interested in space, history, and psychology alike, this is a highly relevant read as we stand poised on the edge of a new era of spaceflight. Each essay also explicitly addresses the history of the psychology of space exploration.
NASA 50th Anniversary Proceedings: NASA's First 50 Years: Historical Perspectives
Author: Steven J. DickPublisher: U. S. National Aeronautics & Space Administration
ISBN:
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 784
Book Description
On 29 July 1958, President Dwight D. Eisenhower signed the National Aeronautics and Space Act, creating the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), which became operational on 1 October of that year. Over the next 50 years, NASA achieved a set of spectacular feats, ranging from advancing the well-established field of aeronautics to pioneering the new fields of Earth and space science and human spaceflight. In the midst of the geopolitical context of the Cold War, 12 Americans walked on the Moon, arriving in peace “for all mankind.” Humans saw their home planet from a new perspective, with unforgettable Apollo images of Earthrise and the “Blue Marble,” as well as the “pale blue dot” from the edge of the solar system. A flotilla of spacecraft has studied Earth, while other spacecraft have probed the depths of the solar system and the universe beyond. In the 1980s, the evolution of aeronautics gave us the first winged human spacecraft, the Space Shuttle, and the International Space Station stands as a symbol of human cooperation in space as well as a possible way station to the stars. With the Apollo fire and two Space Shuttle accidents, NASA has also seen the depths of tragedy. In this volume, a wide array of scholars turn a critical eye toward NASA’s first 50 years, probing an institution widely seen as the premier agency for exploration in the world, carrying on a long tradition of exploration by the United States and the human species in general. Fifty years after its founding, NASA finds itself at a crossroads that historical perspectives can only help to illuminate.
Fairing Well
Author: Christian GelzerPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Military trucks
Languages : en
Pages : 174
Book Description
NASA at 50
Author: Rebecca WrightPublisher: NASA History Division
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Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 368
Book Description
These interviews capture refections from top decision-makers as the space agency was completing its first 50 years. Based on oral histories, the book offers insights from those responsible for moving NASA through a deep transition - from the end of the Space Shuttle Program, the centerpiece of human spaceflight for three decades, to the goals of the new policy known as the Vision for Space Exploration.
Remembering the space age: Proceedings of the 50th Anniversary Conference
Author: Publisher: Government Printing Office
ISBN: 9780160867118
Category : Astronautics
Languages : en
Pages : 488
Book Description
From the Publisher: Proceedings of October 2007 conference, sponsored by the NASA History Division and the National Air and Space Museum, to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Sputnik 1 launch in October 1957 and the dawn of the space age.
Remembering the Space Age
Author: Steven J. DickPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Astronautics
Languages : en
Pages : 486
Book Description
From the Publisher: Proceedings of October 2007 conference, sponsored by the NASA History Division and the National Air and Space Museum, to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Sputnik 1 launch in October 1957 and the dawn of the space age.
The Spoken Word II
Author: Curtis PeeblesPublisher:
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Category : Aerospace engineers
Languages : en
Pages : 216
Book Description
Cosmos & Culture: Cultural Evolution in a Cosmic Context
Author: Steven J. DickPublisher: Government Printing Office
ISBN: 0160897416
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 600
Book Description
NOTE: NO FURTHER DISCOUNT FOR THIS PRINT PRODUCT--OVERSTOCK SALE -- Significantly reduced list price During the last 50 years, coincident with the Space Age, cosmic evolution has been recognized as the master narrative of the universe, history writ large. Cosmic evolution includes physical, biological, and cultural evolution, and of these the latter is by far the most rapid. In this volume, authors with diverse backgrounds in science, history, anthropology, and more, consider culture in the context of the cosmos. How does our knowledge of cosmic evolution affect terrestrial culture? Conversely, how does our knowledge of cultural evolution affect our thinking about possible cultures in the cosmos? Are life, mind, and culture of fundamental significance to the grand story of the cosmos that has generated its own self-understanding through science, rational reasoning, and mathematics? Might this lead to cultural evolution on a large enough scale to allow the universe to both create and steer itself toward its own destiny? Related products: NASA's First 50 Years: Historical Perspectives; NASA 50 Anniversary Proceedings can be found here: https://bookstore.gpo.gov/products/sku/033-000-01336-1 Bringing the Future Within Reach: Celebrating 75 Years of the NASA John H. Glenn Research Center, 1941-2016 can be found here: https://bookstore.gpo.gov/products/sku/033-000-01377-9 Other products produced by National Aerounautics and Space Administration (NASA) can be found here: https://bookstore.gpo.gov/agency/550
