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Exploring the Unknown Volume VII: Human Space Flight Projects Mercury, Gemini
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Exploring the Unknown Volume VII: Human Space Flight Projects Mercury, Gemini and Apollo: Selected Documents in the History of the U.S. Civil Space Pr Paperback - 2009

by Roger D. Launius; John M. Logsdon

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The extension of human activity into outer space has been accompanied by a high degree of self-awareness of its historical significance. Few large-scale activities have been as extensively chronicled so closely to the time they actually occurred. Many of those who were directly involved were quite conscious that they were making history, and they kept full records of their activities. Because most of the activity in outer space was carried out under government sponsorship, it was accompanied by the documentary record required of public institutions, and there has been a spate of official and privately written histories of most major aspects of space achievement to date. When top leaders considered what course of action to pursue in space, their deliberations and decisions often were carefully put on the record. There is, accordingly, no lack of material for those who aspire to understand the origins and evolution of U.S. space policies and programs. The documents selected for inclusion in this volume are presented in two chapters: one covering the Mercury and Gemini projects and another chapter covering Project Apollo. Each section in the present volume is introduced by an overview essay. In the main, these essays are intended to introduce and complement the documents in the section and to place them in a chronological and substantive context. Each essay contains references to the documents in the section it introduces, and also contains references to documents in other volumes in this series. NASA-SP-2008-4407. NASA History Series. This is an 800+ page volume.

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  • Title Exploring the Unknown Volume VII: Human Space Flight Projects Mercury, Gemini and Apollo: Selected Documents in the History of the U.S. Civil Space Pr
  • Author Roger D. Launius; John M. Logsdon
  • Binding Paperback
  • Pages 812
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
  • Publication date 2009-11-08
  • ISBN 9781470030032 / 1470030039
  • Weight 2.46 lbs (1.12 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.21 x 6.14 x 1.61 in (23.39 x 15.60 x 4.09 cm)
  • Category Science

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John Logsdon is former Director of the Space Policy Institute at The George Washington University. Logsdon was a member of the Columbia Accident Investigation Board. He is a current member of the NASA Advisory Council. Logsdon is a professor emeritus of political science and international affairs, and has been on the GWU faculty since 1970. He is also on the faculty of the International Space University, and held the first Chair in Space History at the National Air and Space Museum. During 2008-2009, he held the position of Charles A. Lindbergh Chair in Aerospace History at the National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution. Logsdon authored the entry on space exploration for the latest edition of the Encyclopedia Britannica and many articles and commentaries.

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