Critical issues in the history of Spaceflight /
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| Imprint: | New York : Nova Science Publishers, Incorporated, 2018. |
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| Description: | 1 online resource (554 pages) |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Space Science, Exploration and Policies Ser. Space science, exploration and policies series. |
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| Format: | E-Resource Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/12647683 |
Table of Contents:
- Intro; Contents; Introduction*; Acronyms and Abbreviations; Section 1. Motivations for Spaceflight; Introduction; Chapter 1; Seeking Newer Worlds: An Historical Context for Space Exploration; Islands in the Mist: The Case for Ages of Discovery; Great Voyages: The First Age; Corps of Discovery: The Coming of the Second Age; Lost Worlds: The Waning of the Second Age; Boldly Going Where No One Is: The Third Age; Back to the Future: Beyond the Third Age; Chapter 2; Compelling Rationales for Spaceflight? History and the Search for Relevance; A Question of Motivation.
- Five Rationales for SpaceflightHuman Destiny/Survival of the Species; Geopolitics/National Pride and Prestige; National Security and Military Applications; Economic Competitiveness and Satellite Applications; Scientific Discovery and Understanding; History and the Search for Relevance; Section 2. Human and Robotic Exploration; Introduction; Chapter 3; Observations on the Robotic versus Human Issue in Spaceflight; Classical Approaches to Space Exploration; History and the Human Spaceflight Vision; Robots in Space; Astrophysics and the Electromagnetic Space Program.
- A Postbiological PerspectiveConclusion; Chapter 4; Human-Machine Issues in the Soviet Space Program; Automation on Vostok: Technological, Disciplinary, and Medical Factors; Vostok Dual Use: Military/Civilian and Automatic/Manual; The Voskhod 2 Mission: The Cosmonaut Takes Control; Designing a Cosmonaut for Soyuz; Soyuz Flights: Dividing Glory and Responsibility between Human and Machine; The Role of Ground Control; The Paradox of Disciplined Initiative; The Lunar Program: A Turn Toward Manual Control; Defining the Cosmonaut Profession; Automation in Context; Directions for Further Research.
- Chapter 5Human and Machine in the History of Spaceflight; Between Human and Machine; The Case of Apollo; The Test Pilots; Systems Thinking and the Role of the Human; X-15 Human and Machine; Rethinking Apollo; An Agenda for Research; Section 3. NASA and External Relations; Introduction; Chapter 6; NASA and the Aerospace Industry: Critical Issues and Research Prospects; Nasa and Industry: Four Core Issues; Initially Designing and Building Aerospace Artifacts; Redesigning, Testing and Reworking Aerospace Artifacts; Contests and Alliances between/among Contractors and NASA Units.
- Conceptualizing Contracting Relations and Production on Technology's EdgesNasa and Industry: Two Key Studies; Industry and NASA: Mercury Moments and Closing Questions; Chapter 7; NASA and the Department of Defense: Enduring Themes in Three Key Areas; Developing, Organizing and Implementing America's Space Age Vision in the 1950s; The Technological Capabilities Panel and NSC-5520; Responding to the Sputniks and Creating NASA; Completing the Organizational Structure; Wrestling with the Rationale for Human Spaceflight in the Early Space Program; Jockeying for Human Spaceflight Missions.