Spaceflight in the Shuttle Era and Beyond

Spaceflight in the Shuttle Era and Beyond
Author :
Publisher : Yale University Press
Total Pages : 295
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9780300206517
ISBN-13 : 0300206518
Rating : 4/5 (518 Downloads)

Book Synopsis Spaceflight in the Shuttle Era and Beyond by : Valerie Neal

Download or read book Spaceflight in the Shuttle Era and Beyond written by Valerie Neal and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 2017-01-01 with total page 295 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An exploration of the changing conceptions of the iconic Space Shuttle and a call for a new vision of spaceflight The thirty years of Space Shuttle flights saw contrary changes in American visions of space. Valerie Neal, who has spent much of her career examining the Space Shuttle program, uses this iconic vehicle to question over four decades' worth of thinking about, and struggling with, the meaning of human spaceflight. She examines the ideas, images, and icons that emerged as NASA, Congress, journalists, and others sought to communicate rationales for, or critiques of, the Space Shuttle missions. At times concurrently, the Space Shuttle was billed as delivery truck and orbiting science lab, near-Earth station and space explorer, costly disaster and pinnacle of engineering success. The book's multidisciplinary approach reveals these competing depictions to examine the meaning of the spaceflight enterprise. Given the end of the Space Shuttle flights in 2011, Neal makes an appeal to reframe spaceflight once again to propel humanity forward.


Spaceflight in the Shuttle Era and Beyond Related Books

Spaceflight in the Shuttle Era and Beyond
Language: en
Pages: 295
Authors: Valerie Neal
Categories: Technology & Engineering
Type: BOOK - Published: 2017-01-01 - Publisher: Yale University Press

GET EBOOK

An exploration of the changing conceptions of the iconic Space Shuttle and a call for a new vision of spaceflight The thirty years of Space Shuttle flights saw
Societal Impact of Spaceflight
Language: en
Pages: 704
Authors: Steven J. Dick
Categories: Astronautics
Type: BOOK - Published: 2007 - Publisher: Government Printing Office

GET EBOOK

Preparing for the High Frontier
Language: en
Pages: 114
Authors: National Research Council
Categories: Science
Type: BOOK - Published: 2011-11-09 - Publisher: National Academies Press

GET EBOOK

As the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) retires the Space Shuttle and shifts involvement in International Space Station (ISS) operations, ch
Beyond Blue Skies
Language: en
Pages: 545
Authors: Christopher J. Petty
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2020-11 - Publisher: U of Nebraska Press

GET EBOOK

In 1945 some experts still considered the so-called sound barrier an impenetrable wall, while winged rocket planes remained largely relegated to science fiction
Discovery
Language: en
Pages: 147
Authors: Valerie Neal
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2014-07-04 - Publisher: Zenith Press

GET EBOOK

DIVAn introduction to all 39 missions of the most iconic space shuttle orbiter, Discovery, which will be displayed at the Smithsonian starting in Spring 2012./d