Space and the American Imagination

Name: Space and the American Imagination
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ISBN: 9780801898686

ISBN-10: 0801898684

ISBN-13: 9780801898686

Edition: 2nd 2011

Authors: 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 of Jules Verne and H. G. Wells and the…

Book details

List price: $35.00
Edition: 2nd
Copyright year: 2011
Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
Publication date: 3/1/2011
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 408
Size: 6.46" wide x 8.94" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 1.232
Language: English



Acknowledgments


Introduction Imagination



The Vision



Making Space Flight Seem Real



The Cold War



Apollo: The Aura of Competence



Mysteries of Life



The Extraterrestrial Frontier



Stations in Space



Spacecraft



Robots



Space Commerce



Back on Earth


Conclusion Imagination and Culture


Notes


Index