The long space age : the economic origins of space exploration from Colonial America to the Cold War...
The long space age : the economic origins of space exploration from Colonial America to the Cold War...
The long space age : the economic origins of space exploration from Colonial America to the Cold War / Alexander MacDonald.
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New Haven Yale University Press, [2017]
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G 2018/0230
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English
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xi, 258 pages ; 25 cm.
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text
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unmediated
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volume
Contents
1.Piety, Pioneers, and Patriots: The First American Observatories -- 2.Public Spirit and Patronage: American Observatories -- 3.Spaceflight, Millionaires, and National Defense: Robert Goddard's Fund-Raising Program -- 4.In the Eyes of the World: The Signaling Value of Space Exploration -- The Next S...
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New Haven Yale University Press, [2017]
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Connecticut
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[2017]
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An economic historian argues that privately funded space exploration is not a new development, but a trend beginning with the astronomical observatories of the nineteenth century Over the last half-century there has been a rapid expansion in commerce off the surface of our planet. Nations and corporations have placed hundreds of satellites that pro...
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The long space age : the economic origins of space exploration from Colonial America to the Cold War / Alexander MacDonald.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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G 2018/0230
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74VKVGR5MORb
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKVGR5MORb
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0300219326
9780300219326
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629.40973
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991024152416802626
